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WorksheetsQuiz on Romanticism and Gabriel Faure
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Which period is known for making greater use of longer, more emotional themes than the Classical era?
Baroque Era
Classical Era
Romantic Era
Modern Era
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic attributed to Romanticism?
A surrender to nature
A focus on the nocturnal, the ghostly, the frightful, and terrifying
Strict adherence to musical formulas and conventions
Greater individualism
Which composers are known for their experimental harmonic progressions during the Romantic Era?
Wagner and Liszt
Beethoven and Mozart
Bach and Handel
Haydn and Schubert
Which of the following was common during the Romantic Era?
Small chamber orchestras
Large, grand orchestras
Minimalist compositions
Electronic music
Which of the following composers is NOT associated with the early movers of Romanticism?
Schubert
Berlioz
Chopin
Beethoven
Which of the following is an example of the use of a wider range of dynamics in Romantic music?
ppp to fff
mp to mf
p to f
pp to ff
Which of the following is NOT a feature of Romantic orchestration?
Increase in virtuosic players
Freedom to experiment with musical structures
Use of electronic instruments
Program music becoming more common
Which of the following composers is associated with Late Romanticism?
Mahler
Schubert
Chopin
Liszt
What was Gabriel Fauré's nationality?
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Which of the following is NOT one of Gabriel Fauré's best-known works?
Pavane
Requiem
Symphony No. 5
Après un rêve
Where was Gabriel Fauré born?
Paris
Lyon
Pamiers
Marseille
Who advised Gabriel Fauré's parents to send him to the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse?
Camille Saint-Saëns
Simon-Lucien Dufaur de Saubiac
Louis Niedermeyer
Franz Liszt
Which teacher introduced Fauré to the music of Liszt, Schumann, and Wagner?
Louis Niedermeyer
Simon-Lucien Dufaur de Saubiac
Camille Saint-Saëns
Franz Liszt
What award was Gabriel Fauré given for his military service?
Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre
Médaille Militaire
Order of Merit
Who appointed Fauré as choirmaster at the Église Saint-Sulpice?
Charles-Marie Widor
Georges Bizet
Vincent d'Indy
Henri Duparc
What type of musical pieces did Fauré write during his duties at the Église Saint-Sulpice?
Canticles and motets
Symphonies and operas
Concertos and sonatas
Fugues and preludes
Who introduced Fauré to Pauline Viardot?
Saint-Saëns
Charles-Marie Widor
Georges Bizet
Franz Liszt
In what year was the Société Nationale de Musique founded?
1871
1874
1877
1880
Which of the following composers was NOT a member of the Société Nationale de Musique?
Georges Bizet
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vincent d'Indy
Franz Liszt
Where did Fauré move in 1874 to act as deputy for the principal organist?
Église de la Madeleine
Église Saint-Sulpice
Hofoper in Munich
Her Majesty's Theatre in London
Who did Fauré become engaged to in July 1877?
Pauline Viardot's daughter Marianne
Saint-Saëns' sister
Franz Liszt's niece
Georges Bizet's cousin
Which opera did Fauré and Messager see at the Cologne Opera?
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Parsifal
Die Meistersinger
What was the name of the short, up-tempo piano work for four hands composed by Fauré and Messager?
Which composer did Fauré admire and have a detailed knowledge of?
Wagner
Saint-Saëns
Georges Bizet
Franz Liszt
Who encouraged Fauré to apply for the vacant post at the Paris Conservatoire in 1892?
Ernest Guiraud
Ambroise Thomas
Théodore Dubois
Maurice Ravel
What position was Fauré appointed to after being blocked by Ambroise Thomas?
Inspector of the music conservatories in the French provinces
Chief organist of the Madeleine
Professor of composition at the Conservatoire
Delegate to his capable assistant André Gedalge
Who succeeded Ambroise Thomas as head of the Conservatoire in 1896?
Théodore Dubois
Maurice Ravel
Florent Schmitt
Charles Koechlin
Which composer resigned his professorship in fury when Dubois was appointed instead of him?
Massenet
Louis Aubert
Jean Roger-Ducasse
George Enescu
Which of the following composers was NOT taught by Fauré?
Maurice Ravel
Florent Schmitt
Charles Koechlin
Ambroise Thomas
What did Roger-Ducasse say about Fauré's teaching method?
He would evoke the rules of the form at hand and refer to examples drawn from the masters.
He insisted on strict adherence to traditional methods.
He discouraged the use of personal creativity.
He rarely interacted with his students.
What did Henry Prunières say Fauré developed among his pupils?
Taste, harmonic sensibility, the love of pure lines, of unexpected and colorful modulations
A strict adherence to classical forms
A focus on technical proficiency over creativity
A preference for modernist techniques
Where was an unprecedented national musical tribute held for Fauré in 1922?
Paris
London
Berlin
Rome
Fauré's music has been described as linking the end of Romanticism with which musical movement?
Baroque
Classical
Modernism
Renaissance
Which famous composer was still composing when Fauré was born?
Beethoven
Chopin
Mozart
Bach
By the time of Fauré's death, which types of music were being heard?
Baroque and Classical
Jazz and Atonal
Folk and Blues
Rock and Pop
Which dictionary describes Fauré as the most advanced composer of his generation in France?
Oxford Dictionary of Music
Harvard Dictionary of Music
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
New Grove Dictionary of Opera
During the last twenty years of his life, Fauré suffered from what condition?
Blindness
Paralysis
Increasing deafness
Heart disease
Fauré's works of the last years of the century include incidental music for which English premiere?
The Magic Flute
Pelléas et Mélisande
Carmen
La Traviata
In which year did the premiere of Prométhée take place?
1898
1900
1907
1917
From 1903 to 1921, Fauré regularly wrote music criticism for which publication?
The Times
Le Figaro
The Guardian
Le Monde
In 1905, a scandal erupted in French musical circles over which prize?
Grammy Awards
Prix de Rome
Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Prize
Which of Fauré's pupils was eliminated prematurely in his sixth attempt for the Prix de Rome?
Debussy
Ravel
Satie
Saint-Saëns
Who was appointed to the Conservatoire and radically changed the administration and curriculum with the support of the French government?
Debussy
Tchaikovsky
Fauré
Albéniz
What did Fauré appoint independent external judges to decide on?
Concert schedules
Admissions, examinations, and competitions
Music compositions
Financial budgets
Which composer’s works did the curriculum broaden to range from Renaissance polyphony to?
Debussy
Tchaikovsky
Albéniz
Ravel
What was one of the main reasons Fauré had no more time for composition after being appointed to the Conservatoire?
He was traveling frequently
He was running the Conservatoire
He was composing for operas
He was teaching piano
Where did Fauré usually go to concentrate on composition during the summer?
Spain
Germany
Swiss lakes
Italy
Which of the following is one of Fauré's works from the period after he was appointed to the Conservatoire?
La chanson d'Ève
Symphony No. 5
The Nutcracker
Carmen
In what year was Fauré elected to the Institut de France?
1905
1907
1909
1911
What serious health problem did Fauré develop during his later years?
Blindness
Heart disease
Hearing problems
Arthritis
Which country saw a rise in the popularity of Fauré's music at the turn of the 20th century?
Italy
Britain
United States
Japan
Which famous composer thought Fauré was "adorable" in the 1880s?
Debussy
Ravel
Tchaikovsky
Albéniz
Who sought Gabriel Fauré's advice in his later years?
Richard Strauss
Aaron Copland
Saint-Saëns
Maurice Ravel
What event almost stranded Fauré in Germany?
The outbreak of the First World War
The death of his friend
A boycott of German music
His annual composing retreat
Where did Fauré go after leaving Germany during the First World War?
Switzerland
France
Italy
England
What did Fauré believe about nationalism in music?
It should be avoided
It is essential for expressing feelings
It belongs to a country above all others
It is necessary for individual traits
Which cities did Fauré visit in January 1905 for concerts of his music?
Frankfurt and Cologne
Paris and Berlin
Vienna and Munich
London and Rome
At what age did Fauré retire from the Conservatoire?
75
70
65
80
What honor did Fauré receive in 1922?
Grand-Croix of the Légion d'honneur
Nobel Prize
Order of Merit
Pulitzer Prize
Where was the national homage to Fauré held?
Sorbonne
Louvre
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame
What health issues did Fauré suffer from in his later years?
Deafness and frailty
Blindness and arthritis
Heart disease and diabetes
Cancer and asthma
Who were some of the young composers devoted to Fauré?
Members of Les Six
Members of The Five
Members of The Group of Seven
Members of The Ten
What genre did Fauré decide to write for strings, without piano, which Beethoven made famous?
Symphony
Quartet
Sonata
Concerto
When did Fauré finish his Quartet for strings?
11 September 1923
11 September 1924
11 September 1925
11 September 1926
Where is Fauré buried?
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Montmartre Cemetery
Passy Cemetery
Montparnasse Cemetery
Who succeeded Fauré as the director of the Conservatoire?
Aaron Copland
Henri Rabaud
Bartók
Stravinsky
Which composer wrote about the lack of radical difference between Fauré's early and late works?
Berlioz
Chopin
Aaron Copland
Schoenberg
Which musical technique did Fauré foreshadow in his later years?
Baroque
Atonal music
Classical
Romanticism
Which composers influenced Fauré in his early work?
Chopin and Beethoven
Mozart and Schumann
Bach and Handel
Vivaldi and Haydn
What was the name of the book written by Gustave Lefèvre that influenced Fauré?
Traité d'harmonie
L'horizon chimérique
La bonne chanson
Cinq mélodies "de Venise"
Which classical theorist's style did Lefèvre's harmonic theory differ from?
Beethoven
Rameau
Bach
Handel
What term did Copland use to refer to Fauré?
The Beethoven of France
The Mozart of France
The Brahms of France
The Bach of France
What genre is Fauré regarded as a master of?
Symphony
Opera
Ballet
French art song, or mélodie
Which cycle did Fauré compose in 1894 that he described as his most spontaneous composition?
L'horizon chimérique
La bonne chanson
Cinq mélodies "de Venise"
Les berceaux
Which song cycle by Fauré was described as a novel kind of song suite?
La bonne chanson
Cinq mélodies "de Venise"
L'horizon chimérique
Les roses d'Ispahan
Which of the following works by Fauré was first performed in 1888 and described as "a lullaby of death"?
The Requiem, Op. 48
La chanson d'Ève
Le jardin clos
Dolly Suite
How many nocturnes did Fauré compose?
Thirteen
Six
Four
Eight
Which composer had a significant influence on Fauré's early piano works?
Schumann
Liszt
Wagner
Copland
Who described Fauré's orchestral style as having "a definite aesthetic attitude"?
Nectoux
Schumann
Liszt
Copland
Which of the following is NOT a set of piano works composed by Fauré?
Barcarolles
Impromptus
Mazurka
Nocturnes
Who was Fauré's friend and former pupil with whom he composed the Dolly Suite?
André Messager
Alfred Cortot
Jean Roger-Ducasse
Charles Koechlin
Which of the following instruments did Fauré believe should not be necessary for orchestration?
Glockenspiels
Violins
Flutes
Drums
Who admired the sparseness of Fauré's orchestration?
Poulenc
Debussy
Rabaud
Koechlin
Which of the following is NOT one of Fauré's best-known orchestral works?
Masques et bergamasques
Dolly
Pelléas et Mélisande
Symphony No. 5
Who orchestrated Fauré's work "Dolly"?
Henri Rabaud
Debussy
Poulenc
Koechlin
What is an elegy typically associated with in music?
A joyful celebration
A type of sad and mournful song
A fast-paced dance
A patriotic anthem
Which of the following is a common theme in elegies?
Celebration of a wedding
Lamenting over someone's death
Describing a beautiful landscape
Telling a heroic story
What is the origin of the word "elegy"?
Latin, meaning "a song of joy"
Greek, meaning "a song of mourning"
French, meaning "a song of love"
Italian, meaning "a song of celebration"
In addition to music, what else can the word "elegy" refer to?
A dance performance
A painting
A poem dealing with similar themes
A sculpture
What form can musical elegies take?
A vocal performance only
An instrumental composition
A theatrical play
A dance routine
