WorksheetsArt Song - The Erlking
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4mins
Art song is a musical composition for
Multiple voices
Solo voice and piano
Solo voice and orchestra
All of the above
German word for song
Aria
Lieder
Chanson
Art Song is a fusion of:
Music and imagery
Music and dance
Poetry and music
Tick the common themes often heard in Art Song
Love
Loss
Nature
Supernatural
Myths
Strophic Form is a song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza (strophe) of the poem
True
False
The form of The Erlking is:
Strophic
Modified Strophic
Through-composed
None of these
When each stanza is set to new music rather than in a strophic manner is called what?
(a)
A group of art songs unified by a story line that runs through their poems, or by musical ideas linking the songs is called a...
Song set
Song cycle
Song group
Song suite
The Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of...
Death
Sickness
Life
The mood of an art song is often set by a brief piano introduction and summed up at the end by a piano section called a (a)
When the same music is repeated for each stanza of poem, the form is known as s (a)
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the romantic art song?
A song that allows music to reflect the poem's changing moods
The accompaniment is an integral part of the composers intent and serves as an interpretive partner to the voice
The art song is restricted to strophic or through-composed forms
A song cycle is a set of romantic art songs that many be unified by a story line that runs through the poems, or by musical ideas linking the songs
Select the three characters depicted in the Erlking
Son
Mother
Father
Erlking
Ghost
The piano's relentless rhythm in The Erlking unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the...
Frightened nature of the child
The anxiety of the Father over his child's sickness
Racing of a heartbeat
Galloping of a horse
