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Romantic Music Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The drama in a concerto is between the _______ and the _______

a)

Conductor, Orchestra

b)

Soloist, Orchestra

c)

Concert Master, Orchestra

d)

Conductor, Soloist

2.

This person was a top composer for choral music, specifically small groups

a)

Clara Wieck Schumann

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

Hector Berlioz

3.

This genre was not generally programmatic

a)

Opera

b)

Concerto

c)

Symphony

d)

String Quartet

4.

Four-part choral music was originally written for

a)

Concert performances

b)

Performances for wealthy

c)

Music competitions

d)

Social gatherings

5.

The 19th Century was the age of great instrumental ________

a)

Composer-Virtuoso

b)

Composer-Performer

c)

Composer-Librettist

d)

Composer-Listener

6.

_______ became more prominent as part of the education curriculum in Europe

a)

Equal participation

b)

Standard notation

c)

Music literacy

d)

New composers

7.

Who began writing concert overtures once the became independent of operas?

a)

Giuseppi Verdi

b)

Felix Mendelssohn

c)

Gioachino Rossini

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

8.

Singspiel is from which country?

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Germany

9.

Who was the most prominent composer of Italian Opera in the 19th Century?

a)

Verdi

b)

Rossini

c)

Beethoven

d)

Weber

10.

What happened to the status of the composer in the 19th Century?

a)

Their status decreased

b)

Their status ceased to exist

c)

Their status increased

d)

Their status did not change

11.

The philosophical idea behind music in the Romantic - " ______ should not descend to the level of ______"

a)

Words, music

b)

Strings, brass

c)

Music, words

d)

Woodwinds, Strings

12.

Romanticism values ______ and ______

a)

Imagination and personal expression

b)

Science and reason

c)

God and church

d)

Technology and passion

13.

The term Romantic comes from which literary genre?

a)

Science Fiction

b)

The Romance

c)

Biography

d)

Action and Adventure

14.

Some called the first three decades of the Romantic the "Age of Beethoven", however, it should be considered the "Age of Beethoven and ______"

a)

Verdi

b)

Weber

c)

Wagner

d)

Rossini

15.

Beethoven rejected the concert overture because

a)

They were unmusical

b)

It exposed everything from the opera

c)

They were too easy to write

d)

Too many people were already writing them

16.

Operettas were a ______ scale the operas

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

Simpler

d)

Harder

17.

Beethoven's concert overture for _____ helped move the genre forward

a)

Fidelio

b)

Rigoletto

c)

Der Freischutz

d)

Tristan and Isolde

18.

Operettas were typically _____ and _____

a)

Dark or scary

b)

Light-hearted or humorous

c)

Deep or emotional

d)

Happy or light

19.

The concert overture grew out of the tradition of

a)

Grosso concertos

b)

Cantatas

c)

Opera overtures

d)

String quartets

20.

Who developed the leitmotiv?

a)

Bach

b)

Verdi

c)

Mozart

d)

Wagner

21.

Who is considered the heir to Beethoven's writing?

a)

Berlioz

b)

Grieg

c)

Strauss

d)

Schumann

22.

Who better synthesized music and drama?

a)

Weber

b)

Wagner

c)

Mendelssohn

d)

Beethoven

23.

Which instrument was used for special effects?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Piccolo

c)

Clarinet

d)

Violin

24.

Which of Beethoven's compositions was prohibited because it spoke out against the government?

a)

Ninth Symphony

b)

Moonlight Sonata

c)

Concerto no. 1

d)

Fidelio

25.

By 1800, the _____ had established itself as the most prominent instrumental genre.

a)

Concerto

b)

String Quartet

c)

Synphony

d)

Sonata

26.

The _____ was a meeting place for socialites and buisnesspeople

a)

Concert hall

b)

Opera house

c)

Theater

d)

Arena

27.

What instrument was used regularly in the Romantic Period?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Piccolo

c)

Trombone

d)

Contrabassoon

28.

Which is a result of larger concert halls?

a)

Smaller instruments

b)

Smaller ensembles

c)

New instruments

d)

Less seating

29.

Who wrote Mazurkas and Polonaises to celebrate his country?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Wagner

c)

Weber

d)

Chopin

30.

The listening public sought insight into the ______ of composers as never before.

a)

Working methods

b)

Daily schedule

c)

Family history

d)

Religious practices