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39 Cards in this Set
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The French Revolution began in
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1789
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Initially, the goals of the French Revolution included all of the following except
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- respect for the rights of the individual.
- political and religious freedom. X a powerful monarch to rule the country by divine right. -democratic reforms. |
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(T/F) Napoleon Bonaparte was the political and military leader who eventually achieved the goals and reforms of the Enlightenment.
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FALSE
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Napoleon was defeated in
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1815
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The French intellectual, called the "father of Romanticism," who turned from a rational to an emotional approach to life and art was
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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(T/F) Around the turn of the nineteenth century, painters turned from classical subjects and styles to a subjective and highly emotional artistic expression.
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TRUE
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(T/F) The artist who was called the Great Romantic but considered himself a classicist was Eugene Delacroix.
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TRUE
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All of the following were TRUE regarding the Romantic period around the turn of the nineteenth century except
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X even as music performance moved from the private chamber to the public concert hall, the quality and quantity of music remained unchanged.
-the range of volume increased significantly as composers called for the very softest and very loudest effects. -"monster," grandiose performances were greatly appreciated. -oratorios were sometimes given festival performances with over five hundred people participating. |
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The orchestra used in the first performance of Haydn's Creation in 1798 had _____ pieces.
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180
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(T/F) Because Beethoven's piano music was lighter and more refined than that of Mozart, the Viennese piano was redesigned to be quieter in the early nineteenth century.
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FALSE
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(T/F) Between 1800 and 1830, metal braces were added to the piano to increase the amount of tension the strings could bear, and a cast-iron frame was added, making the piano essentially like our modern instrument.
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TRUE
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During the early nineteenth century, the harp was improved, acquiring "double __________," that allowed it to play flat as well as sharp notes.
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action
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(T/F) In the transition from the Classical to the Romantic periods, the role and number of wind instruments was greatly reduced to make room for the expanding brass section.
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FALSE
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The effort to increase the capacity of the various brass instruments to produce rapid changes in pitch led to the addition of __________, which greatly enhanced their melodic capabilities.
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valves and pistons
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The __________ was invented in 1816, enabling composers to indicate exactly the tempo they desired for any composition.
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metronome
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__________ was one of the first major composers to use metronome markings.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Beethoven and his younger contemporary, Schubert, inherited all of the following musical traditions except
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-solo and orchestral forms that had been developed by Haydn and further explored by Mozart and could now be carried to the limits of expression.
-a variety of instruments to provide the range of colors Romantics desired in their orchestras. X less precise notation than was used previously. -the opportunity to indicate exactly the manner in which they wanted their music performed. |
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(T/F) Like Mozart before him, Beethoven was a talented prodigy who received a careful and thorough musical education.
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FALSE
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(T/F) Beethoven developed a close relationship with Haydn because their personalities were so closely matched.
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FALSE
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__________, who had the reputation of being the best pianist in Vienna, was afflicted in his late twenties with an ear disease that eventually led to total deafness.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Although Beethoven mastered the forms of the Classical style, he also altered them by
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- disguising the dividing points between large sections.
- extending the length of the development section in sonata-allegro movements. -expanding the length and role of the coda to that of a second development. ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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For the third movement of his symphonies, Beethoven often replaced the traditional minuet and trio with the lighter, faster __________, altering the tempo and mood of the movement while preserving the three-part design.
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scherzo and trio
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(T/F) Beethoven made frequent use of the sonata-allegro design, and he always kept its traditional proportions.
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FALSE
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Beethoven liked to combine forms: the __________ retains the key relationship of the sonata-allegro but alternates themes in the fashion of a rondo.
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sonata-rondo
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All of the following are TRUE of Beethoven's music except
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-his music reflects the conflicts of his personality and experience.
X his music shows a lack of sudden mood changes, to the point of being static. - his robust humor is apparent in his music. - his intense suffering is expressed in his music. |
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It is customary to divide Beethoven's work into _____ periods.
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three
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(T/F) Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has a choral fourth movement based upon Schiller's "Ode to Joy," that continues to thrill audiences today.
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TRUE
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__________, a transitional figure who composed in both the Classical and Romantic styles, was the only "Viennese" composer who was actually from Vienna.
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Franz Schubert
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Schubert absorbed the Classical appreciation of __________, and his chamber pieces are beautifully organized according to Classical principles.
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form
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(T/F) When Schubert died in 1828, he was just 31 years old and not widely known as a composer.
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TRUE
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The term universally applied to German art songs is
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Lieder.
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Some of Schubert's most effective songs are included in song sets or song __________, which had texts by the same poet.
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cycles
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An outstanding trait of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is the use of the
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chorus and orchestra
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In the "Erlkönig" Schubert uses the piano to suggest
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the galloping horse.
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-instrument to measre tempo
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metronome
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-brief melodic phrase, often with strong rhythmic interest, appropriate of extended development
-often serves as a motto or recurring them throht a movement or a composition |
motive
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-setting of a well-known poet's work to music by a serious composer
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art song
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German art songs
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Lieder
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-set of songs by one composer, often with texts by the same poet
-the songs may be related by subject, melodic material, or both |
song cycle
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