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WorksheetsDual Enrollment Music 19th Intro/Beethoven
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Bach revival
a)
happened three hundred years after his death.
b)
was very brief and made no difference in the future of music
c)
was held at First Lutheran Church
d)
was led by his dear friend G.F. Handel
2.
The growing interest in classical music contributed to the
a)
growth of music publishing
b)
downfall of modern music
c)
building of the Bach Hall of Fame
d)
gap between the lower and upper class
3.
The first American conservatory was ________________, founded in 1857.
a)
Peabody Conservatory
b)
The Juilliard School
c)
Brevard Music Center
d)
Cleveland State Conservatory
4.
Scholars who research the history of music are called
a)
musicologists
b)
Renaissance men
c)
music history buffs
d)
music history researchers
5.
Instrument makers invented dozens of new instruments; most were
a)
metal wind instruments
b)
reed and bamboo wind instruments
c)
string instruments with metal strings
d)
metal percussion instruments
6.
The saxophone eventually became all of the following except
a)
a full-time member of the symphony orchestra
b)
a full-time member of the military band
c)
the dominant wind instrument in popular music
d)
a jazz instrument
7.
At the turn of the century, concert bands, such as the one led by _________ became popular.
a)
John Philip Sousa
b)
Charles Ives
c)
Benjamin Dale
d)
Harold Hill
8.
In the United States, the new mass entertainment included
a)
musical comedy, minstrel shows and concerts by touring concert bands
b)
touring magic acts, jugglers, and opera scenes
c)
Shakespearian theatre, minimalist drama and steel drumming
d)
The Cakewalk, Dixieland, and shuffleboard songs
9.
Ballet went solo during the nineteenth century after being an integral part of ______________.
a)
opera
b)
Christmas productions
c)
palace entertainment only
d)
the liturgy
10.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, musical entertainment was truly a _______________.
a)
business, and a thriving one.
b)
high-class affair
c)
dying art
d)
luxury that most could not afford
11.
The grandest staged music event of the century was
a)
Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, a cycle of four music dramas that last about fifteen hours
b)
the World’s Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival in Boston in 1874
c)
Woodstock, which became a annual event
d)
The revival of Bach’s music at the concert featuring “St. Matthew’s Passion”
12.
Wagner claimed that the future direction of music was
a)
the synthesis of the arts
b)
pure opera
c)
in keyboard music
d)
the independence of the soloists
13.
Beethoven gained a loyal following among aristocrats, including three who
a)
supported him with an annual stipend that enabled him to concentrate on composing
b)
built a performance hall in his honor
c)
turned against him when he went deaf
d)
introduced him to his future wife during one of the famous piano duels
14.
The revolutionary qualities in Beethoven’s music
a)
set it apart from the music of other composers.
b)
are the reason that he was not accepted as a composer during his lifetime.
c)
are directly related to his deafness.
d)
caused him to be placed in jail on several occasions due to riots at performances
15.
Beethoven opens the Fifth-Symphony with a ________ and not a _______.
a)
motive, melody
b)
roar, whisper
c)
oboe, flute
d)
chord, harmonic progression
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