WorksheetsModule Four Exam Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
The Romantic Period in western music ranged from approximately:
1600-1750
1865-1719
1825-1900
1750-1850
The nineteenth century saw innovation in instruments shaped by:
the monarchies of the major political powers.
French Impressionism.
the Catholic church.
the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution.
Of the following instruments, which first appeared in the Romantic era?
trombone
saxophone
dulcimer
piano
Brass instruments became more technically capable due to the invention of:
cork
exhaust pipes
piston valves
crooks
Which of the following skews the historical record of preserving Native American music and culture?
Incompleteness of the surviving data.
Differences between music in its natural habitat and outside of it.
Contrast between native and non-native perceptions of Native American culture.
All of the above
Of the following, which does NOT describe orchestras of the Romantic Period?
The conductor emerged as a central figure.
The range of dynamics increased.
The size of orchestras decreased, making for more compact ensembles.
New instruments were added to the ensemble.
What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?
virtuosity
chromaticism
nationalism
exoticism
The motivations behind the preservation and dissemination of African American folk music, spirituals, and slave songs are closely connected with similar concerns regarding ___________ music in 19th century America.
Anglo-Celtic
Indonesian
Native American
Greek
Of the following, who was the most noted female composer of the Romantic era?
Ruth Crawford
George Sand
Nadezhda von Meck
Clara Schumann
During the mid-nineteenth century, the American popular music industry was consolidated in what city?
New York City
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Boston
Instrumental music based on literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called:
absolute music
background music
program music
existential music
The practice of incorporating the folk music of one’s own country within a composition is known as:
exoticism
chromaticism
nationalism
virtuosity
Which nineteenth-century American composer wrote The Banjo?
William Billings
Louis Gottschalk
Hector Berlioz
Edvard Grieg
The German art song style of the Romantic Era was known as the:
lied
operetta
madrigal
chanson
Which composer was NOT a member of the Mighty Five?
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mily Balakirev
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Mussorgsky
The ___________ was a musical device Wagner popularized to highlight heroes and villains in his operas.
appoggiatura
suspension
anticipation
leitmotif
The New World Symphony was composed by:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Bedrich Smetana
Antonin Dvorak
Jean Sibelius
Tchaikovsky was best known for being a prolific __________________ composer.
mass
ballet
opera
overture
Symphonie Fantastique was the epitome of the Romantic Era ____________________.
Tone Poem
Program Symphony
Double Concerto
Concert Overture
Which composer is most notably affiliated with the evolution of French opera?
Jean Sibelius
Georges Bizet
Giuseppe Verdi
Gustav Mahler
Which composer was known national hero and helped unify a nation through opera?
Johannes Brahms
Giuseppe Verdi
Gustav Mahler
Stephen Foster
How many songs was Schubert credited with composing before he died?
Only 1, he died so young.
20
Over 600.
Exactly 5,342.
Music recording technology emerged in the late 1800s with the invention of the:
Computer
Juke Box
Phonograph
Cassette Tape
Which Hungarian composer was known as a legend during his lifetime and inspired the “Seven Innovations” in Howard Goodall’s BBC Documentary Story of Music, each of which revolutionized Romantic Era music?
Franz Liszt
Frederic Chopin
Frederic Chopin
Richard Wagner
The attached score sample is an example of _________________?
Recitative
Ostinato
Wave form
Shape-note notation
