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MÚSICA EN EL ROMANTICISMO

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Romantic music in Music History is referred to

a)

18th Century music

b)

19th Century music

c)

20th Century music

d)

Music composed at any time to be sung or played in Love stories

2.

A song for solo voice and piano in german language is called

a)

Opera Aria

b)

Lied

(Lieder in plural)

c)

Romanza

d)

Ouverture

3.

Winterreise (Winter journey) is a song cycle from

a)

Mendelssohn

b)

Chopin

c)

Schumann

d)

Schubert

4.

What we call Programme Music is

a)

Vocal music telling a story

b)

Instrumental music which "tells a story" or is descriptive

c)

Opposite to Absolute music

d)

Music for the scene, like the Opera or the Ballet

5.

Romantic composers took a keen interest in art and found inspiration in

a)

A painting they had seen, a book or poem they had read

b)

Far-off lands and distant past, legends and

fairy -tales

c)

Dreams, night and moonlight;

The joy and pain of LOVE

d)

Seasons and Nature: rivers, lakes and forests

6.

Incidental music refers to

a)

Music written for events such as a wedding or a funeral

b)

Music composed for a public outdoor performance

c)

Music specially composed to be heard at certain points of a play

d)

Music written to be played at home

7.

Several improvements were made to the piano during the 19th century:

a)

The number of notes decreased

b)

The frame was made of metal instead of wood

c)

Wool was used instead leather to cover the hammers

d)

Strings were made shorter and thinner

8.

The mos famous examples of virtuoso are

a)

Paganini at the violin and Liszt at the piano

b)

Schumann at the violin and Schubert at the piano

c)

Wagner at the piano and Chopin at the violin

d)

Verdi at the violin and Chopin at the piano

9.

The famous master-piece "The Sorcerer´s Apprentice" is

a)

A Concerto from Paul Dukas

b)

A Symphony from Schubert

c)

A Symphonic Poem from Paul Dukas

d)

A Symphonic Poem from Schubert

10.

Which of this Balletts were not composed by Chaikovski

a)

The Nutcracker

b)

The sleeping beauty

c)

Coppelia

d)

Swan lake

11.

Smetana describes the landscape of his homeland in a Symphonic Poem intitled

a)

Vltava

b)

The Blue Danube

c)

The Rhinegold

d)

A night on the bare mountain

12.

Wagner designed a theatre specially built for him at

a)

Berlin

b)

Vienna

c)

Prague

d)

Bayreuth

13.

The most famous Norwegian composer is

a)

Antonin DVORAK

b)

Edvard GRIEG

c)

Nicolai RIMSKI-KORSAKOV

d)

Jan SIBELIUS

14.

In Wagner´s operas a short theme representing a character, emotion or even an object is called

a)

Leitmotiv

b)

Suite

c)

Exposition

d)

Development

15.

Thus spake Zarathustra is a long Symphonic Poem from

a)

MENDELSSOHN

b)

LISZT

c)

SCHUBERT

d)

Richard STRAUSS

16.

The famous piece ASTURIAS written for piano was composed by

a)

Manuel de FALLA

b)

Francisco GRANADOS

c)

Isaac ALBÉNIZ

d)

Tomás BRETÓN

17.

The symphony "From the New World" was written by

a)

Bedrich SMETANA

b)

Piotr Illich CHAIKOVSKI

c)

Manuel de FALLA

d)

Antonin DVORAK

18.

We can say the composer who showed the deepest understanding of the piano´s character and capabilities was

a)

CHOPIN

b)

VERDI

c)

BIZET

d)

PUCCINI

19.

Whicho of these operas was not written by Giuseppe VERDI

a)

La Traviata

b)

Rigoletto

c)

Aida

d)

Turandot

20.

Georges BIZET was fascinated by the Spanish Culture

and placed in Seville his Opera

a)

Aida

b)

Norma

c)

Carmen

d)

The Barber of Seville