the narrator
Which of the Elfking characters is speaking at this point in the excerpt?(Elfking)
the son
What image are the quick, repeated notes in the piano meant to convey?(Elfking)
a galloping horse's hooves
What character is singing in this excerpt?(Elfking)
the Elfking
What part oft he vocalist's range is featured in this selection?(Elfking)
lowest register
What is the meter of this dance?(Mazurka)
triple
What is the technique heard here whereby the performer takes liberties with the rhythm?(Mazurka)
rubato
Which best describes the overall texture heard in this work?(Mazurka)
homophonic
The movement of the melody in this excerpt is:(Mazurka)
wide-ranging and often disjunc
The tempo of this excerpt is best described as:(Mazurka)
moderato
Which best describes the nature of this excerpt?(symphonie fantastique)
marchlike
Which instrument plays the fixed idea here?(symphonie fantastique)
clarinet
What is the meter of this excerpt?(symphonie fantastique)
duple
What term best describes the dynamics at this moment in the excerpt?(symphonie fantastique)
fortissimo
What are the brass players doing in this excerpt to change the timbre of their instruments?(symphonie fantastique)
using mutes
What instruments in this excerpt are employed to evoke the image of a hunt?(The Moldau)
French horns and trumpets
What unpitched (or indefinitely pitched) percussion instrument is predominantly heard in this episode?(The Moldau)
triangle
What is happening in the dynamics in this excerpt?(The Moldau)
a descrescendo
What term best describes the dynamics of this excerpt?(The Moldau)
piano
Which term best describes the technique employed by the string section in this excerpt?(The Moldau)
pizzicato
This movement's opening theme is heard in an ________ key.(symphony n 3)
minor
This movement is in ______ meter.(symphony n 3)
Which instrument is featured as soloist in this excerpt?(symphony n 3)
french horn
Which term best describes the gentle push and pull of the tempo in this excerpt?(symphony n 3)
Which best describes the dynamics in this excerpt?(symphony n 3)
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
This operatic selection features a recurring instrumental passage known as an(rigoletto)
ritornello
What is the meter of this aria?(rigoletto)
What is the range of the person singing this excerpt?(rigoletto)
tenor
Which term best describes the texture of this excerpt?(rigoletto)
The music that Verdi wrote for the orchestra in this excerpt was designed to emulate:(rigoletto)
the strumming of a guitar
This quartet features two male voices as well as two female voices: a soprano and a: (rigoletto)
contralto
Which term best describes the tempo of this excerpt? (rigoletto)
andante
What is the size of the orchestra in this excerpt?(Valkyrie)
very large
Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?(Valkyrie)
The solo female voice in this excerpt is a ________.(Valkyrie)
soprano
Which best describes the tempo of this excerpt?(Valkyrie)
allegro
Which best describes the dynamics of this excerpt?(Valkyrie)
forte to fortissimo, followed by a decrescend
Which term best describes the overall tonality of this work?(requiem)
Which term best describes the tempo of this excerpt?(requiem)
In this work, the music is meant to reflect the literal meaning of the words being sung, a technique known as:(requiem)
word painting
The overall dynamics of this excerpt are best described as:(requiem)
What is the texture of this excerpt?(requiem)
Which best describes the scale on which this opening melody is built?(afternoon of a farm)
chromatic
What instrument first introduces this languid melody?(afternoon of a farm)
flute
What instrument's glissandos serve to give this work a dreamlike effect(afternoon of a farm)
harp
Which instrument introduces the main melody in this more animated section?(afternoon of a farm)
Which best describes the overall rhythm of this work?(afternoon of a farm)
free-flowing
Schubert's Erlking was written:
early in his life
The text of The Erlking was written by:
Goethe
What is the form of Schubert's song Erlking?
through-composed
What does the triplet rhythm in the piano accompaniment symbolically represent in this song?
the horse's hooves
Which best characterizes the range for the father's role in the song?
low range
What expressive technique does Schubert use in the boy's cry, My father, my father?
high range and dissonance
How is the character of the Erlking differentiated musically in the song?
medium range and major mode
According to legend, a child touched by the Erlking must die.
TRUE
Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat minor is set in _____ meter.
What best describes the character of the Chopin's Mazurka?
dancelike
Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing:
mazurkas and polonaises
The mazurka was originally a noble, processional dance.
FALSE
The inspiration for Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was:
the actress Harriet Smithson
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:
the idée fixe
Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
a diabolical march
What does the loud chord immediately after the statement of the idée fixe in the solo clarinet at the end of the fourth movement in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique represent?
the falling of the guillotine's blade
In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?
the fifth
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique exemplifies the type of program music known as:
the program symphony
Which of the following is NOT true about Hector Berlioz?
He was a German Romantic composer.
The character development in Sinfonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the_______.
dée fixe
One of Berlioz's key innovations was his orchestration effects.
Which type of program best describes Smetana's The Moldau?
geographic/historic, depicting actual events or places
Which category of program music best describes The Moldau?
symphonic poem
The Moldau is part of a cycle of works known as:
my country
Bedøich Smetana represents the:
Bohemian nationalist school
The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is given to which instrument?
the cellos
The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is:
a play by Victor Hugo
What is the historical setting for Rigoletto?
an Italian court, during the Renaissance era
Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
What is the basis for the story of Die Walküre?
a medieval German epic poem
There are ____ Valkyries, all daughters of Wotan.
nine
Which best describes the character of Wotan?
the father of the gods
A leitmotif is:
a recurring melodic theme that signifies something
Which instrument precedes Wotan's call to Loge?
trombone
From which source did Verdi select his text for his Requiem?
the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass
Verdi's Requiem is part of which Christian tradition?
Lutheran
Verdi's Requiem was criticized by the Church in the nineteenth century for:
being excessively theatrical
The Dies irae section of Verdi's Requiem contains all of the following, except:
major key tonality
The Requiem aeternam section of Verdi's Requiem is marked by which characteristics?
a cappella performance
The fully completed Requiem by Verdi was dedicated to whom?
Alessandro Manzoni
In the Dies irae section of his Requiem Verdi creates a sense of awesome terror through the use of which musical tools?
both a and b
Verdi used the complete mass text for his Requiem:
Verdi's Requiem was written to commemorate the death of his mother:
The tone of Verdi's Dies irae section in his Requiem is of quiet contemplitude.
The text of Verdi's Requiem is derived from the Catholic tradition.
Prisoners condemned to die in Nazi concentration camps sang Verdi's Requiem as an act of defiance.
The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as:
sonata-allegro
Which genre best describes the Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun?
The program for Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns:
a mythological creature in a dreamlike state
Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun?
chromatic and languorous
Which melodic instrument is featured in the opening melody of Debussy's Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun?
Berg,Wozzeck, Act 1, Scene 11Harmony