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Romantic Art Songs and Choral Music

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1. The German Romantic ballad expanded the lied in all of the following ways except :

It was longer.
It required a greater variety of moods.
It increased the importance of the piano part.
Its subject was usually humorous.

2. The ballad tradition can be traced to England and Scotland:

True
False

3. All of the following statements about Schubert lieder are true except:

The piano accompaniment often reflects the meaning of the text.
The form is usually either strophic or through-composed.
The central section usually modulates from the major to the relative minor.
Modulation frequently moves from a parallel major to a parallel minor.

4. A very famous Schubert song that uses the favorite Romantic topics of the supernatural, the power of nature, and death is:

Die Forelle
Der Erlkönig
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Du bist die Ruh'

5. A Schubert cycle of 24 songs reflecting on lost love and youth is:

Winterreise
Dichterliebe
Frauenliebe und -leben
Vier ernste Gesänge

6. Schumann's love for his wife Clara can be felt in his song cycle

Winterreise
Dichterliebe
Fauenliebe und -leben
Vier ernste Ges änge

7. The Liebeslieder Waltzes for a quartet of solo voices with 4-hand piano accompaniment were written by :

Schubert
Schumann
Wolf
Brahms

8. Brahms lieder, like many of his compositions are characterized by all of the following except:

an introspective, serious tone
melodies built around triads
accompaniment that reflects the meaning of the text
rich texture

9. Conservative Romantic composers were more likely to write for chorus and orchestra than for soloists and orchestra.

True
False

10. A composer of Russian sacred music who combined Western style with Eastern Orthodox tradition was:

Glinka
Rebikov
Bortniansky
Borodin

11. Schubert wrote the following kinds of sacred music

full anthems
settings of the Ordinary
verse anthems
motets

12. The Cecilian movement was influenced by:

the Enlightenment
16th century a capella chorus
Mozart
Liszt

13. A French composer who was well known for his sacred music as well as for his operas was:

Meyerbeer
Gounod
Ravel
Gluck

14. All of the following opera composers also wrote large sacred choral works except:

Rossini
Verdi
Berlioz
Wagner

15. The Brahms German Requiem uses only the text from the Catholic mass for the dead:

True
False