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Romantic Era I

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Romantic Era take place?

a)

1750-1825

b)

1820-1900

c)

1600-1750

d)

1400-1600

2.

Which Classical composer really pushed the boundaries of Classical form and helped usher in the Romantic Era?

a)

Mozart

b)

Haydn

c)

Beethoven

d)

Scarlatti

3.

During the Romantic Era, shorter pieces of music (generally one movement) that had some programmatic elements were referred to as:

a)

Character Pieces

b)

Sonatas

c)

Symphonies

d)

Lieder

4.

German poetry set to music is called:

a)

Lied

b)

Song

c)

Singspiel

d)

Character Piece

5.

A collection of poems by the same poet all set to music is called:

a)

Song Cycle

b)

Multi-movement Cycle

c)

Lieder

d)

Song Group

6.

This composer wrote over 600 German Art Songs.

a)

Franz Schubert

b)

Robert Schumann

c)

Mozart

d)

Beethoven

7.

Art Songs exercised the practice of text painting, which is:

a)

using the music to describe what's happening in the poem.

b)

using another art medium to depict the poem.

c)

using poetry as the libretto for an opera.

d)

using poems to inspire other art forms.

8.

This composer also wrote German Art Songs. His approach to writing made the piano and voice equally expressive partners. Many of his songs had detailed piano intros, interludes, or codas.

a)

Franz Schubert

b)

Robert Schumann

c)

Franz Liszt

d)

Frederic Chopin

9.

This Hungarian composer was a famous virtuoso pianist who wrote showy music for himself to perform on tour. Some people regard him as one of the first real "rock stars" of music history.

a)

Franz Schubert

b)

Franz Liszt

c)

Robert Schumann

d)

Maurice Gottschalk

10.

This composer moved from Warsaw, Poland to Paris, France where he me other famous composers of the Romantic Era. His music had a Polish flavor to it. Most people are familiar with his Nocturnes and Piano Etudes.

a)

Franz Liszt

b)

Frederic Chopin

c)

Franz Schubert

d)

Robert Schumann

11.

A Nocturne is a piece of music that is supposed to represent the calm emotions of...

a)

The Spring

b)

The Night

c)

The Day

d)

Church music

12.

The word Etude means:

a)

Study

b)

Attitude

c)

Art Song

d)

Night Music

13.

More and more common people were able to afford musical instruments because:

a)

Jobs were better.

b)

The Industrial Revolution helped lower production costs of instruments.

c)

The Industrial Revolution made people want to spend more time on music rather than work.

d)

People cared about music more than the other arts during the Romantic Era.

14.

Franz Liszt wrote a collection of one-movement symphonic pieces that depicted different stories/images/scenes. These symphonic works are called:

a)

Programmatic Symphonies

b)

Symphonic Poems

c)

Symphonic Lieder

d)

Pictorial Symphonies

15.

Which of the following were orchestral pieces that Franz Liszt wrote? (Select all that apply)

a)

"Hamlet"

b)

"Zeus"

c)

"Mazeppa"

d)

"Poland"

16.

The focus of the Romantic Era was...

a)

Evoking love

b)

Evoking extreme emotions

c)

Reinventing sacred music

d)

an emphasis on humorous pieces