MH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Musical compositions that offer an idealized play of sound and form without the referential
intentions of program music are often described as _____ music. ANSW✅✅absolute
A musical setting of a German poem in the nineteenth century is called a(n) _____. ANSW✅✅Lied
Chopin's piano music invokes the styles and techniques of all of the following EXCEPT:
-Afro-Caribbean folk dance.
-Polish folk music.
-bel canto opera.
-Bach's preludes and fugues.
-Viennese dance music. ANSW✅✅Afro-Caribbean folk dance.
A significant difference between the piano compositions of Chopin and Liszt is that:
-Chopin's piano music was published immediately during his lifetime, while Liszt's was published
only after his death.
-Chopin's piano music was prevailingly diatonic, while Liszt's was overwhelmingly chromatic.
-Chopin's piano music tended to be absolute music, while Liszt's tended to be programmatic or
representational.
-Chopin's piano music was heavily influenced by contemporary opera, while Liszt's shows no
connection to opera.
-Chopin restricted himself to the composition of very short character pieces, while Liszt wrote long
multi-movement works. ANSW✅✅Chopin's piano music tended to be absolute music, while Liszt's
tended to be programmatic or representational.
In the nineteenth century, women were widely discouraged or barred from attending conservatories
or teaching in them.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅True
Chopin's dedication to composing short pieces led him to ignore larger genres like the sonata, of
which he composed none.
, TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
The short, lyric piano work that depicts or suggests a mood, personality, or scene, often with a
descriptive title, is called a(n) _____. ANSW✅✅Character Piece
The first repertoire of the eighteenth century to be absorbed into a permanent canon of admired
works in the nineteenth century was the:
-oratorios of Handel and Haydn.
-keyboard suites of François Couperin and Jean-Phillipe Rameau.
-operas of Vivaldi and Scarlatti.
-chamber music of Corelli.
-keyboard music of Bach. ANSW✅✅Oratorios of Handel and Haydn.
Choral societies served all of the following important functions in musical and social life in the early
nineteenth century EXCEPT:
-exposing less musically sophisticated people to quality repertoire.
-preserving authentic eighteenth-century choral performance practices.
-occupying leisure time.
-cultivating spiritual and ethical values.
-developing sense of local community. ANSW✅✅Preserving authentic eighteenth-century choral
performance practices.
Clara Wieck willingly restricted her compositional efforts to solo piano music, as her contemporaries
considered larger genres of chamber and orchestral music beyond the capacities of women
composers.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
By the middle of the nineteenth century, chamber music genres were the media in which many
avant-garde composers like Berlioz and Liszt experimented with novel techniques and forms.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
An expressive setting of a strophic, lyric poem sung a capella by a small choir is called a(n) _____.
ANSW✅✅partsong
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Musical compositions that offer an idealized play of sound and form without the referential
intentions of program music are often described as _____ music. ANSW✅✅absolute
A musical setting of a German poem in the nineteenth century is called a(n) _____. ANSW✅✅Lied
Chopin's piano music invokes the styles and techniques of all of the following EXCEPT:
-Afro-Caribbean folk dance.
-Polish folk music.
-bel canto opera.
-Bach's preludes and fugues.
-Viennese dance music. ANSW✅✅Afro-Caribbean folk dance.
A significant difference between the piano compositions of Chopin and Liszt is that:
-Chopin's piano music was published immediately during his lifetime, while Liszt's was published
only after his death.
-Chopin's piano music was prevailingly diatonic, while Liszt's was overwhelmingly chromatic.
-Chopin's piano music tended to be absolute music, while Liszt's tended to be programmatic or
representational.
-Chopin's piano music was heavily influenced by contemporary opera, while Liszt's shows no
connection to opera.
-Chopin restricted himself to the composition of very short character pieces, while Liszt wrote long
multi-movement works. ANSW✅✅Chopin's piano music tended to be absolute music, while Liszt's
tended to be programmatic or representational.
In the nineteenth century, women were widely discouraged or barred from attending conservatories
or teaching in them.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅True
Chopin's dedication to composing short pieces led him to ignore larger genres like the sonata, of
which he composed none.
, TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
The short, lyric piano work that depicts or suggests a mood, personality, or scene, often with a
descriptive title, is called a(n) _____. ANSW✅✅Character Piece
The first repertoire of the eighteenth century to be absorbed into a permanent canon of admired
works in the nineteenth century was the:
-oratorios of Handel and Haydn.
-keyboard suites of François Couperin and Jean-Phillipe Rameau.
-operas of Vivaldi and Scarlatti.
-chamber music of Corelli.
-keyboard music of Bach. ANSW✅✅Oratorios of Handel and Haydn.
Choral societies served all of the following important functions in musical and social life in the early
nineteenth century EXCEPT:
-exposing less musically sophisticated people to quality repertoire.
-preserving authentic eighteenth-century choral performance practices.
-occupying leisure time.
-cultivating spiritual and ethical values.
-developing sense of local community. ANSW✅✅Preserving authentic eighteenth-century choral
performance practices.
Clara Wieck willingly restricted her compositional efforts to solo piano music, as her contemporaries
considered larger genres of chamber and orchestral music beyond the capacities of women
composers.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
By the middle of the nineteenth century, chamber music genres were the media in which many
avant-garde composers like Berlioz and Liszt experimented with novel techniques and forms.
TRUE/FALSE? ANSW✅✅False
An expressive setting of a strophic, lyric poem sung a capella by a small choir is called a(n) _____.
ANSW✅✅partsong
