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Hector Berlioz: [blank_start]Idee Fixe[blank_end]
Giuseppe Verdi: [blank_start]Bel Canto[blank_end]
Richard Wagner: [blank_start]Gesamtkunstwerk[blank_end]
Francis J. Child: [blank_start]Ballad[blank_end]
Franz Schubert: [blank_start]Lied[blank_end]
Nicolo Paganini: [blank_start]Caprices[blank_end]
Franz Lizst: [blank_start]Tone Poem[blank_end]
Frederick Chopin: [blank_start]Mazurka[blank_end]
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Idee Fixe
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Bel Canto
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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Ballad
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Lied
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Caprices
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Tone Poem
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Mazurka
Question 2
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In "Erlkönig," the singer takes on three distinct roles or voices.
Question 3
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Romantic music is identifiable by which of the following attributes:
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Emphasis on and exploration of "absolute" music
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Balanced phrase structure and melodies that follow strict conventions
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Smaller orchestral "forces"
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An emphasis on the individual artist
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Simple harmony as a reaction to the complexity of Classical harmony
Question 4
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"Idée fixe" and "leitmotif" are related terms.
Question 5
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Giuseppe Verdi is well known for his "endless melodies."
Question 6
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Tchaikovsky was a fierce Nationalist who felt it was important to explore Russian folk music and stories in his musical compositions.
Question 7
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Which of the following terms are associated with Antonín Dvořák:
Question 8
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Claude Debussy: [blank_start]Symbolism[blank_end]
Igor Stravinsky: [blank_start]Asymmetrical Rhythms[blank_end]
Béla Bartók: [blank_start]Ethnomusicology[blank_end]
Charles Ives: [blank_start]Humanophone[blank_end]
Aaron Coplan: [blank_start]Americana[blank_end]
Maurice Ravel: [blank_start]Classicist form[blank_end]
George Gershwin: [blank_start]Folk opera[blank_end]
Arnold Schönberg: [blank_start]Expressionism[blank_end]
Ralph Vaughn Williams: [blank_start]Thomas Tallis[blank_end]
Milton Babbitt: [blank_start]Who Cares if you Listen?[blank_end]
Scott Joplin: [blank_start]Ragtime[blank_end]
Alban Berg: [blank_start]Post-Tonal opera[blank_end]
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Symbolism
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Asymmetrical Rhythms
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Ethnomusicology
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Humanophone
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Americana
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Classicist form
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Folk opera
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Expressionism
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Thomas Tallis
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Who Cares if you Listen?
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Ragtime
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Post-Tonal opera
Question 9
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Richard Strauss is known as the "Waltz King".
Question 10
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The waltz was risqué and scandalous in the 19th century.
Question 11
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What time signature does the Waltz have?
Question 12
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Whereas Debussy was the master of harmony, Ravel was very experimental with and masterful of [blank_start]orchestration[blank_end]
Question 13
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Ravel often discarded traditional orchestral schemes and rules for the sake of timbral explorations
Question 14
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Which of the following composers did guest pianist Laure Struber perform?
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Chopin
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Vivaldi
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Ives
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Debussy
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Schopenhauer
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Scarlatti
Question 15
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Pervasive use of [blank_start]rubato[blank_end] is a stylistic fingerprint of Chopin’s and of other Romantic composers who strove to achieve a breathing, highly emotional expression
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rubato
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ostinato
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continuo
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tempo