MUSIC 101 Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers
The Romantic period in music ranged from approximately... - Answer-1830-1900
During the nineteenth century, concert life. began to center on the: - Answer-public
concert hall
Which of the following does NOT describe orchestra of the nineteenth century? -
Answer-The size of orchestra decreased, making for more compact ensembles.
What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off
lands? - Answer-Exoticism
Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic Music? - Answer-Reserved
emotions
Which of the following does NOT characterize musicians of the Romantic era? -
Answer-They continued to. be viewed as servants
The German term for the art song is: - Answer-Lieder
The favorite Romantic poets of the composers of Lieder were: - Answer-Goethe and
Heine
The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were: - Answer-Love, longing, and nature
A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme
is called a(n): - Answer-A song cycle
Which nineteenth-century German composer is best remembered for his song cycle
Dichterliebe? - Answer-Robert Schumann
Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific composer of: -
Answer-Lieder, chamber music, piano music, all the above
What is the name of. Schubert's famous lied. - Answer-Der Erlkönig
The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was: - Answer-the
piano
Nineteenth-century composers of the lyric piano pieces include: - Answer-Brahms,
Schumann, Chopin, all the above
Questions and Answers
The Romantic period in music ranged from approximately... - Answer-1830-1900
During the nineteenth century, concert life. began to center on the: - Answer-public
concert hall
Which of the following does NOT describe orchestra of the nineteenth century? -
Answer-The size of orchestra decreased, making for more compact ensembles.
What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off
lands? - Answer-Exoticism
Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic Music? - Answer-Reserved
emotions
Which of the following does NOT characterize musicians of the Romantic era? -
Answer-They continued to. be viewed as servants
The German term for the art song is: - Answer-Lieder
The favorite Romantic poets of the composers of Lieder were: - Answer-Goethe and
Heine
The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were: - Answer-Love, longing, and nature
A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme
is called a(n): - Answer-A song cycle
Which nineteenth-century German composer is best remembered for his song cycle
Dichterliebe? - Answer-Robert Schumann
Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific composer of: -
Answer-Lieder, chamber music, piano music, all the above
What is the name of. Schubert's famous lied. - Answer-Der Erlkönig
The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was: - Answer-the
piano
Nineteenth-century composers of the lyric piano pieces include: - Answer-Brahms,
Schumann, Chopin, all the above
