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Quiz on Romanticism and Gabriel Faure

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1-90.
1.

Which period is known for making greater use of longer, more emotional themes than the Classical era?

a)

Baroque Era

b)

Classical Era

c)

Romantic Era

d)

Modern Era

2.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic attributed to Romanticism?

a)

A surrender to nature

b)

A focus on the nocturnal, the ghostly, the frightful, and terrifying

c)

Strict adherence to musical formulas and conventions

d)

Greater individualism

3.

Which composers are known for their experimental harmonic progressions during the Romantic Era?

a)

Wagner and Liszt

b)

Beethoven and Mozart

c)

Bach and Handel

d)

Haydn and Schubert

4.

Which of the following was common during the Romantic Era?

a)

Small chamber orchestras

b)

Large, grand orchestras

c)

Minimalist compositions

d)

Electronic music

5.

Which of the following composers is NOT associated with the early movers of Romanticism?

a)

Schubert

b)

Berlioz

c)

Chopin

d)

Beethoven

6.

Which of the following is an example of the use of a wider range of dynamics in Romantic music?

a)

ppp to fff

b)

mp to mf

c)

p to f

d)

pp to ff

7.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of Romantic orchestration?

a)

Increase in virtuosic players

b)

Freedom to experiment with musical structures

c)

Use of electronic instruments

d)

Program music becoming more common

8.

Which of the following composers is associated with Late Romanticism?

a)

Mahler

b)

Schubert

c)

Chopin

d)

Liszt

9.

What was Gabriel Fauré's nationality?

a)

German

b)

French

c)

Italian

d)

Spanish

10.

Which of the following is NOT one of Gabriel Fauré's best-known works?

a)

Pavane

b)

Requiem

c)

Symphony No. 5

d)

Après un rêve

11.

Where was Gabriel Fauré born?

a)

Paris

b)

Lyon

c)

Pamiers

d)

Marseille

12.

Who advised Gabriel Fauré's parents to send him to the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse?

a)

Camille Saint-Saëns

b)

Simon-Lucien Dufaur de Saubiac

c)

Louis Niedermeyer

d)

Franz Liszt

13.

Which teacher introduced Fauré to the music of Liszt, Schumann, and Wagner?

a)

Louis Niedermeyer

b)

Simon-Lucien Dufaur de Saubiac

c)

Camille Saint-Saëns

d)

Franz Liszt

14.

What award was Gabriel Fauré given for his military service?

a)

Legion of Honour

b)

Croix de Guerre

c)

Médaille Militaire

d)

Order of Merit

15.

Who appointed Fauré as choirmaster at the Église Saint-Sulpice?

a)

Charles-Marie Widor

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

Vincent d'Indy

d)

Henri Duparc

16.

What type of musical pieces did Fauré write during his duties at the Église Saint-Sulpice?

a)

Canticles and motets

b)

Symphonies and operas

c)

Concertos and sonatas

d)

Fugues and preludes

17.

Who introduced Fauré to Pauline Viardot?

a)

Saint-Saëns

b)

Charles-Marie Widor

c)

Georges Bizet

d)

Franz Liszt

18.

In what year was the Société Nationale de Musique founded?

a)

1871

b)

1874

c)

1877

d)

1880

19.

Which of the following composers was NOT a member of the Société Nationale de Musique?

a)

Georges Bizet

b)

Emmanuel Chabrier

c)

Vincent d'Indy

d)

Franz Liszt

20.

Where did Fauré move in 1874 to act as deputy for the principal organist?

a)

Église de la Madeleine

b)

Église Saint-Sulpice

c)

Hofoper in Munich

d)

Her Majesty's Theatre in London

21.

Who did Fauré become engaged to in July 1877?

a)

Pauline Viardot's daughter Marianne

b)

Saint-Saëns' sister

c)

Franz Liszt's niece

d)

Georges Bizet's cousin

22.

Which opera did Fauré and Messager see at the Cologne Opera?

a)

Das Rheingold

b)

Die Walküre

c)

Parsifal

d)

Die Meistersinger

23.

What was the name of the short, up-tempo piano work for four hands composed by Fauré and Messager?

4 lines
24.

Which composer did Fauré admire and have a detailed knowledge of?

a)

Wagner

b)

Saint-Saëns

c)

Georges Bizet

d)

Franz Liszt

25.

Who encouraged Fauré to apply for the vacant post at the Paris Conservatoire in 1892?

a)

Ernest Guiraud

b)

Ambroise Thomas

c)

Théodore Dubois

d)

Maurice Ravel

26.

What position was Fauré appointed to after being blocked by Ambroise Thomas?

a)

Inspector of the music conservatories in the French provinces

b)

Chief organist of the Madeleine

c)

Professor of composition at the Conservatoire

d)

Delegate to his capable assistant André Gedalge

27.

Who succeeded Ambroise Thomas as head of the Conservatoire in 1896?

a)

Théodore Dubois

b)

Maurice Ravel

c)

Florent Schmitt

d)

Charles Koechlin

28.

Which composer resigned his professorship in fury when Dubois was appointed instead of him?

a)

Massenet

b)

Louis Aubert

c)

Jean Roger-Ducasse

d)

George Enescu

29.

Which of the following composers was NOT taught by Fauré?

a)

Maurice Ravel

b)

Florent Schmitt

c)

Charles Koechlin

d)

Ambroise Thomas

30.

What did Roger-Ducasse say about Fauré's teaching method?

a)

He would evoke the rules of the form at hand and refer to examples drawn from the masters.

b)

He insisted on strict adherence to traditional methods.

c)

He discouraged the use of personal creativity.

d)

He rarely interacted with his students.

31.

What did Henry Prunières say Fauré developed among his pupils?

a)

Taste, harmonic sensibility, the love of pure lines, of unexpected and colorful modulations

b)

A strict adherence to classical forms

c)

A focus on technical proficiency over creativity

d)

A preference for modernist techniques

32.

Where was an unprecedented national musical tribute held for Fauré in 1922?

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

Berlin

d)

Rome

33.

Fauré's music has been described as linking the end of Romanticism with which musical movement?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Modernism

d)

Renaissance

34.

Which famous composer was still composing when Fauré was born?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Chopin

c)

Mozart

d)

Bach

35.

By the time of Fauré's death, which types of music were being heard?

a)

Baroque and Classical

b)

Jazz and Atonal

c)

Folk and Blues

d)

Rock and Pop

36.

Which dictionary describes Fauré as the most advanced composer of his generation in France?

a)

Oxford Dictionary of Music

b)

Harvard Dictionary of Music

c)

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

d)

New Grove Dictionary of Opera

37.

During the last twenty years of his life, Fauré suffered from what condition?

a)

Blindness

b)

Paralysis

c)

Increasing deafness

d)

Heart disease

38.

Fauré's works of the last years of the century include incidental music for which English premiere?

a)

The Magic Flute

b)

Pelléas et Mélisande

c)

Carmen

d)

La Traviata

39.

In which year did the premiere of Prométhée take place?

a)

1898

b)

1900

c)

1907

d)

1917

40.

From 1903 to 1921, Fauré regularly wrote music criticism for which publication?

a)

The Times

b)

Le Figaro

c)

The Guardian

d)

Le Monde

41.

In 1905, a scandal erupted in French musical circles over which prize?

a)

Grammy Awards

b)

Prix de Rome

c)

Pulitzer Prize

d)

Nobel Prize

42.

Which of Fauré's pupils was eliminated prematurely in his sixth attempt for the Prix de Rome?

a)

Debussy

b)

Ravel

c)

Satie

d)

Saint-Saëns

43.

Who was appointed to the Conservatoire and radically changed the administration and curriculum with the support of the French government?

a)

Debussy

b)

Tchaikovsky

c)

Fauré

d)

Albéniz

44.

What did Fauré appoint independent external judges to decide on?

a)

Concert schedules

b)

Admissions, examinations, and competitions

c)

Music compositions

d)

Financial budgets

45.

Which composer’s works did the curriculum broaden to range from Renaissance polyphony to?

a)

Debussy

b)

Tchaikovsky

c)

Albéniz

d)

Ravel

46.

What was one of the main reasons Fauré had no more time for composition after being appointed to the Conservatoire?

a)

He was traveling frequently

b)

He was running the Conservatoire

c)

He was composing for operas

d)

He was teaching piano

47.

Where did Fauré usually go to concentrate on composition during the summer?

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

Swiss lakes

d)

Italy

48.

Which of the following is one of Fauré's works from the period after he was appointed to the Conservatoire?

a)

La chanson d'Ève

b)

Symphony No. 5

c)

The Nutcracker

d)

Carmen

49.

In what year was Fauré elected to the Institut de France?

a)

1905

b)

1907

c)

1909

d)

1911

50.

What serious health problem did Fauré develop during his later years?

a)

Blindness

b)

Heart disease

c)

Hearing problems

d)

Arthritis

51.

Which country saw a rise in the popularity of Fauré's music at the turn of the 20th century?

a)

Italy

b)

Britain

c)

United States

d)

Japan

52.

Which famous composer thought Fauré was "adorable" in the 1880s?

a)

Debussy

b)

Ravel

c)

Tchaikovsky

d)

Albéniz

53.

Who sought Gabriel Fauré's advice in his later years?

a)

Richard Strauss

b)

Aaron Copland

c)

Saint-Saëns

d)

Maurice Ravel

54.

What event almost stranded Fauré in Germany?

a)

The outbreak of the First World War

b)

The death of his friend

c)

A boycott of German music

d)

His annual composing retreat

55.

Where did Fauré go after leaving Germany during the First World War?

a)

Switzerland

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

England

56.

What did Fauré believe about nationalism in music?

a)

It should be avoided

b)

It is essential for expressing feelings

c)

It belongs to a country above all others

d)

It is necessary for individual traits

57.

Which cities did Fauré visit in January 1905 for concerts of his music?

a)

Frankfurt and Cologne

b)

Paris and Berlin

c)

Vienna and Munich

d)

London and Rome

58.

At what age did Fauré retire from the Conservatoire?

a)

75

b)

70

c)

65

d)

80

59.

What honor did Fauré receive in 1922?

a)

Grand-Croix of the Légion d'honneur

b)

Nobel Prize

c)

Order of Merit

d)

Pulitzer Prize

60.

Where was the national homage to Fauré held?

a)

Sorbonne

b)

Louvre

c)

Eiffel Tower

d)

Notre Dame

61.

What health issues did Fauré suffer from in his later years?

a)

Deafness and frailty

b)

Blindness and arthritis

c)

Heart disease and diabetes

d)

Cancer and asthma

62.

Who were some of the young composers devoted to Fauré?

a)

Members of Les Six

b)

Members of The Five

c)

Members of The Group of Seven

d)

Members of The Ten

63.

What genre did Fauré decide to write for strings, without piano, which Beethoven made famous?

a)

Symphony

b)

Quartet

c)

Sonata

d)

Concerto

64.

When did Fauré finish his Quartet for strings?

a)

11 September 1923

b)

11 September 1924

c)

11 September 1925

d)

11 September 1926

65.

Where is Fauré buried?

a)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

b)

Montmartre Cemetery

c)

Passy Cemetery

d)

Montparnasse Cemetery

66.

Who succeeded Fauré as the director of the Conservatoire?

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

Henri Rabaud

c)

Bartók

d)

Stravinsky

67.

Which composer wrote about the lack of radical difference between Fauré's early and late works?

a)

Berlioz

b)

Chopin

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Schoenberg

68.

Which musical technique did Fauré foreshadow in his later years?

a)

Baroque

b)

Atonal music

c)

Classical

d)

Romanticism

69.

Which composers influenced Fauré in his early work?

a)

Chopin and Beethoven

b)

Mozart and Schumann

c)

Bach and Handel

d)

Vivaldi and Haydn

70.

What was the name of the book written by Gustave Lefèvre that influenced Fauré?

a)

Traité d'harmonie

b)

L'horizon chimérique

c)

La bonne chanson

d)

Cinq mélodies "de Venise"

71.

Which classical theorist's style did Lefèvre's harmonic theory differ from?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Rameau

c)

Bach

d)

Handel

72.

What term did Copland use to refer to Fauré?

a)

The Beethoven of France

b)

The Mozart of France

c)

The Brahms of France

d)

The Bach of France

73.

What genre is Fauré regarded as a master of?

a)

Symphony

b)

Opera

c)

Ballet

d)

French art song, or mélodie

74.

Which cycle did Fauré compose in 1894 that he described as his most spontaneous composition?

a)

L'horizon chimérique

b)

La bonne chanson

c)

Cinq mélodies "de Venise"

d)

Les berceaux

75.

Which song cycle by Fauré was described as a novel kind of song suite?

a)

La bonne chanson

b)

Cinq mélodies "de Venise"

c)

L'horizon chimérique

d)

Les roses d'Ispahan

76.

Which of the following works by Fauré was first performed in 1888 and described as "a lullaby of death"?

a)

The Requiem, Op. 48

b)

La chanson d'Ève

c)

Le jardin clos

d)

Dolly Suite

77.

How many nocturnes did Fauré compose?

a)

Thirteen

b)

Six

c)

Four

d)

Eight

78.

Which composer had a significant influence on Fauré's early piano works?

a)

Schumann

b)

Liszt

c)

Wagner

d)

Copland

79.

Who described Fauré's orchestral style as having "a definite aesthetic attitude"?

a)

Nectoux

b)

Schumann

c)

Liszt

d)

Copland

80.

Which of the following is NOT a set of piano works composed by Fauré?

a)

Barcarolles

b)

Impromptus

c)

Mazurka

d)

Nocturnes

81.

Who was Fauré's friend and former pupil with whom he composed the Dolly Suite?

a)

André Messager

b)

Alfred Cortot

c)

Jean Roger-Ducasse

d)

Charles Koechlin

82.

Which of the following instruments did Fauré believe should not be necessary for orchestration?

a)

Glockenspiels

b)

Violins

c)

Flutes

d)

Drums

83.

Who admired the sparseness of Fauré's orchestration?

a)

Poulenc

b)

Debussy

c)

Rabaud

d)

Koechlin

84.

Which of the following is NOT one of Fauré's best-known orchestral works?

a)

Masques et bergamasques

b)

Dolly

c)

Pelléas et Mélisande

d)

Symphony No. 5

85.

Who orchestrated Fauré's work "Dolly"?

a)

Henri Rabaud

b)

Debussy

c)

Poulenc

d)

Koechlin

86.

What is an elegy typically associated with in music?

a)

A joyful celebration

b)

A type of sad and mournful song

c)

A fast-paced dance

d)

A patriotic anthem

87.

Which of the following is a common theme in elegies?

a)

Celebration of a wedding

b)

Lamenting over someone's death

c)

Describing a beautiful landscape

d)

Telling a heroic story

88.

What is the origin of the word "elegy"?

a)

Latin, meaning "a song of joy"

b)

Greek, meaning "a song of mourning"

c)

French, meaning "a song of love"

d)

Italian, meaning "a song of celebration"

89.

In addition to music, what else can the word "elegy" refer to?

a)

A dance performance

b)

A painting

c)

A poem dealing with similar themes

d)

A sculpture

90.

What form can musical elegies take?

a)

A vocal performance only

b)

An instrumental composition

c)

A theatrical play

d)

A dance routine