Romantic Era Listening and Content PRACTICE QUIZ 10/23/18

#1 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor I
Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement
Which of the following best describes listening example #1?
Symphony/woodwinds/ lyrical /moderate triple meter/
Incidental music/homophonic e major flute/
Program Symphony/Duple meter, Minor key,
Solo Piano/Slow, B Minor, Chromatic/
#2 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Handel: Messiah "Rejoice Greatly"
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #2?
Opera buffo/quick tempo, accented duple meter, changes in range/
Oratorio/melismatic/A-B-A
Requiem mass /homophonic, dramatic choral opening, set in eight verses/ Lied /solo voices and piano, fast, shifts from minor to major /
Lied /solo voices and piano, fast, shifts from minor to major /
#3 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Act III, Recitative and Lament
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #3?
Mazurka for solo piano/Chromatic lines, Modal harmonies, disjunct
Incidental music/homophonic e major flute/
Symphony/woodwinds/ lyrical /moderate triple meter/
Music drama/swirling strings, polyphonic, bother minor and major/
#4 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G Major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #4?
Mazurka for solo piano/Chromatic lines, Modal harmonies, disjunct
Classical/expressive minor key, duplex melody, modified song
Fugue/solo keyboard, four voices, minor chord/
Classical/expressive minor key, duplex melody, modified song
#5 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #5?
Opera, English /triple melody,free rhythm,steady beat
Medieval/polyphonic, Three voices, Rondeau/
Opera buffo/quick tempo, accented duple meter, changes in range/
Lied /solo voices and piano, fast, shifts from minor to major /
#6 This piece is:
Bach: Cantata No. 140, I
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Josquin: Ave Maria ... Virgo serena
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #6?
Program Symphony/Duple, Minor, extreme dynamics
Incidental music/homophonic e major flute/
Symphony/woodwinds/ lyrical /moderate triple meter/
Ballet/Quiet and mysterious.Three part (A-B-A). Bouncy duple meter
#7 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Farmer: Fair Phyllis
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Billings: David's Lamentation
Which of the following best describes listening example #7?
Latin Motet/four voice a cappella, triple meter, imitative polyphony
Anthem/homorhythmic, four voices, little text repetition
Medieval/polyphonic, Three voices, Rondeau/ "Alleluia" Plainchant; 3 Elements: Prayer to the Virgin Mary, Three part structure, Monophonic
Medieval/polyphonic, Three voices, Rondeau/
#8 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus I
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #8?
3 Elements: Homophonic then Polyphonic texture, Minor key in beginning/shifts between Major and Minor, Full Orchestra
Fugue/solo keyboard, four voices, minor chord/
Classical/expressive minor key, duplex melody, modified song form
Mazurka for solo piano/Chromatic lines, Modal harmonies, disjunct
#9 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #9?
Parlor Song/strophic poem, homophonic, wavelike/
Aria/melancholy melody , moderate triple meter , alternates minor-major-minor keys/Italian
Lied /solo voices and piano, fast, shifts from minor to major
Oratorio, in three parts/ends in f major, begins in g minor, choppy melody/
#10 This piece is:
Schubert: Erlkönig
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River from Das Jahr
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite 1, excerpts
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, III
Verdi, Rigoletto, Act III, excerpts: Aria, “La donna è mobile”
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III, Opening
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Two Dances
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Which of the following best describes listening example #10?
Fugue/solo keyboard, four voices, minor chord/
Classical/expressive minor key, duplex melody, modified song form
Mazurka for solo piano/Chromatic lines, Modal harmonies, disjunct
Solo Piano/Slow, B Minor, Chromatic
Program music is:
Music that describes a nonmusical subject, like a story, object, or scene, through the use of musical effects
Nineteenth-century trend in which composers wrote music that evoked feelings and settings of distant lands or foreign cultures.
A flexible tempo using slight variations of speed to enhance musical expression
A composed song in which the text, melody, and accompaniment, are interrelated to create a unified effect
Franz Schubert....:
German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
Focused on the intensity and emotion of music rather than the technical notes, etc.; wrote only pieces for piano
Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
Gustav Mahler
Operas on mythological themes; continuous music (lots of instrumental); leitmotif; der Ring des nibelungen; built his own theater in Bayreuth
1860-1911, Brahms' Viennese successor, conductor, radical ideas, symphony, big orchestra, unusual sounds for a concert hall
German Romantic Composer. Wrote symphonic, choral and instrumental works including "Ein Deutches Requiem"
(1840-1893); 6 symphonies, 1812 overture: uses orthodox hymn, french anthem, russian anthem, about napoleons failed march on Moscow in 1812
The dates for the Romantic Period are
Tall and good looking
1820-1900
Dinner and a Movie
1450-1600
Write a brief essay discussing the key elements of the Romantic Era
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