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@001 Who wrote the Scheherazade suite?
\Tchaikovsky
\Rachmaninoff
\*Rimsky-Korsakov
\Mussorgsky
^This work was written in 1887 during Rimsky-Korsakov's
most fruitful period.
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@002 Who was credited with completing  Mozart's last work,
The Requiem?
\His father
\Salieri
\His wife
\*His pupil
^Contrary to the belief that this work was finished by Salieri, it
was in fact completed by Sussmayer, a
student of Mozart's.
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@003 What city was Mozart was born in?
\*Salzburg
\Hamburg
\Vienna
\Dresden
^Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756.  He died in
1791.
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@004 Which of the following is not a Spanish dance
\*Tarantella
\Fandango
\Habanera
\Folia
^The Tarantella is a Neopolitan dance in rapid 6/8 meter,
probably named after the town of Taranto in
southern Italy.
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@005 Who composed the opera Aida?
\Saint-Saens
\Scarlatti
\*Verdi
\Mozart
^Aida was written in 1871, the last opera in the richly
productive, second period of Verdi's career.
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@006 What is the highest female voice?
\Mezzo-soprano
\Contralto
\Sotto voce
\*Soprano
^Soprano soloists are classified as Dramatic, Lyric, or
Coloratura according to tone quality and range.
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@007 Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in which country?
\Italy
\*Brazil
\Spain
\Portugal
^"More than any other musical representative of Brazil, he
seems to be actuated by the interior flame of
his race"....Irving Schwerke.
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@008 Which work was not written by Richard Wagner?
\*Die Fledermaus
\Tannhauser
\Lohengrin
\Die Meistersinger
^Die Fledermaus was written by Richard Strauss
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@009 Which of the following is not a Russian composer?
\Igor Stravinsky
\*Boris Godunov
\Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky
\Serge Prokofiev
^"Boris Godunov" is an opera written Modest Mussorgsky,
based on the text of "Czar Boris".
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@010 Ravel's Bolero is approximately how long when played?
\*17 minutes
\45 minutes
\7 minutes
\30 minutes
^Maurice Ravel was born in Cibouri, France in 1875.  He died
in 1937.
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@011 What virtuoso pianist had to turn to composing  after he
injured his hand when he tried to
strengthen his third and fourth fingers using a self-invented
apparatus ?
\Franz Liszt
\Richard Wagner
\*Robert Schumann
\Richard Strauss
^The apparatus was a rope and pulley device hung from the
ceiling and attached to the third and fourth
fingers. The resulting injury, which ruined his concert career
was probably tendonitis.
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@012 Which well-known composer was confined to an insane
asylum in Bonn near the end of his life?
\Franz Lizst
\*Robert Schumann
\Ludwig Von Beethoven
\Johannes Brahms
^"In his own field, Schumann is lonely, incomparable. No
composer has whispered such secrets of subtle
and ravishing beauty to a receptive listener." ...Philip Hale
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@013 Name the composer who tried to commit suicide by
jumping in the Rhine.
\Hector Berlioz
\Franz Schubert
\*Robert Schumann
\Joseph Haydn
^Schumann was in a deep state of depression towards the end
of his life.  He heard voices and musical
sounds that tormented him endlessly.  He would say that the
dead masters visited him to dictate melodies
to him.
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@014 What composer was famous for his Polonaises?
\Franz Liszt
\*Frederic Chopin
\Bela Bartok
\Ludwig Von Beethoven
^Chopin wrote eleven Polonaises.
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@015 Which century did Johann Sebastian Bach die in?
\19th
\17th
\20th
\*18th
^Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia in
1685.  He died in Leipzig, Germany in 1750.
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@016 What does the term "equal temperament" describe?
\a perfectly tuned piano
\a smooth rapport between teacher and student
\playing in another key to compensate for out-of-tune piano
\*an octave divided into 12 equal notes
^An extreme difficulty in the eighteenth century was modulation
from one key to another.  A theorist,
Andreas Werckmeister, hit on the  idea of dividing the octave
into 12 equal notes.
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@017 How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
{Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770.  He died in
Vienna, Austria in 1827.}
\twelve
\*nine
\four
\one
^Although many composers (eg: Bruckner, Dvorak, Haydn and
Mozart) have written as many as nine
symphonies, the most celebrated is Beethoven's last sympnony,
also known as the choral symphony.
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@018 Which composer sent a lock of goat's hair to an ardent
admirer?
\Haydn
\Mozart
\*Beethoven
\Chopin
^Karl Holz persuaded Beethoven to send the wife of Halm, the
pianist/composer some hairs from the beard of a goat. Beethoven,
realizing that his prank had been taken as an insult, apologized
& sent a genuine lock of his hair .
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@019 What does the term appoggiatura mean?
\vocal range of a boy who's voice has just changed
\musical passage freely performed
\*replacement of a note by it's upper or lower note
\the playing of a chord with notes sounded in succession
^The appoggiatura, which is a musical ornament, is sometimes
indicated by a special sign or by a grace
note.
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@020 What is the meaning of fermata?
\to hit a note sharply
\*to pause
\a four beat rest
\a slow tempo
^A fermata is a pause commonly found at the end of a phrase.
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@021 A style of vocal music from the fifteenth century of Italian
origin is:
\Coloratura
\Baguette
\*Madrigal
\Rococo
^A madrigal is based on love lyrics and has no set form.
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@022 A  IV-I  chord progression is called a:
\deceptive cadence
\authentic cadence
\imperfect cadence
\*plagal cadence
^A plagal cadence is sometimes referred to as a "church
cadence". (eg: "Amen".)
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@023 A cadenza is:
\a pause near the end of a composition
\*a passage in the style of brilliant improvisation
\a musical passage played in the rubato mode
\approaching a note from above or below
^Originally cadenzas were not written by the composer but
were improvised by the player. Present day
performers use cadenzas written by such artists as: Hummel,
Moscheles and Joachim, etc.
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@024 Name the composer who wrote a an opus to specifically
demonstrate equal temperament.
\*Bach
\Palestrina
\Hindemith
\Tellemann
^The Well-Tempered Clavier was written by Bach to show that
with equal temperament, music could be
played and modulated to all twelve keys equally.
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@025 Sonata No. 8, Opus No.13 in C minor by Beethoven is
referred to as:
\Moonlight Sonata
\*Sonata Pathetique
\Hammerklavier Sonata
\Waldstein
^The Pathetique Sonata is one of the first of the great
Beethoven Sonatas. The entire work is beautifully
connected, thematically.
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@026 The first four notes (of the melody) of Beethoven's
Sonata Pathetique in C minor are:
\*C, C, D, Eb
\C, Bb, Eb, Db
\G, Eb, D, G
\G, G, G, Eb
^The thematic material is closely linked between the four
movements.
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@027 The  first four notes of the first main theme of  Chopin's
Grande Valse Brilliante in Eb major are:
\Bb, Bb, Bb,C
\*Bb, D, Eb, F
\G, Eb, D, G
\G, Ab, C, Bb
^No other composer was so influential in developing modern
piano technique and style as Chopin.
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@028 The first four notes of the first main melody in Chopin's
"Minute Waltz" in Db are:
\Bb, Db, Eb, F
\F, F, F, Db
\Ab, C, Db, Eb
\*G, Ab, C, Bb
^This is not a sixty second waltz but a "small" waltz after the
French word "minute".
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@029 The first three notes of the main theme of the second
movement in Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
are:
\*C, Bb, Eb
\G, G, G,
\G, Bb, Bb,
\G, Eb, D
^This is one of Beethoven's most beautiful melodies.
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@030 Which composer had the "house-gig" for 25 years as
Kapellmeister at the Court of Prince
Esterhazy?
\Bach
\Salieri
\*Haydn
\Mozart
^Franz Josef Haydn composed  all of the music for the two
concerts per week for which he was
responsible.
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@031 The National Anthem of Austria has been referred to as
musically the finest National Anthem ever
written. Who composed this work?
\Richard Wagner
\Christoph Gluck
\An unknown composer
\*Josef Haydn
^Haydn surpassed his ambition to compose an Anthem
equaling "God Save the King". This is the well
known melody of "Deutschland uber Alles", the German
National Anthem.
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@032 Who, after a performance of the "Messiah" was heard to
sob, "Handel is the master of us all?"
\Beethoven
\*Haydn
 \Chopin
\Brahms
^Haydn heard this masterpiece while on a trip to London in
1797.
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@033 "The Creation" was composed by:
\Handel
\*Haydn
\Berlioz
\Gluck
^Haydn was very moved upon hearing Handel's "Messiah" and
when he was given a sacred text originally
conceived for Handel (based on Genesis and "Paradise Lost"),
he set to work. After eighteen months the
masterpiece was completed.
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@034 Who was the composer of  the "Clock " Symphony?
\Franz Schubert
\Hector Berlioz
\*Josef Haydn
\Joahnnes Brahms
^The second movement of the work has a persistent rhythm,
hence the name. Josef Haydn was born in
Rohrau, Lower Austria in 1732.  He died in Vienna in 1809.
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@035 Who wrote the "Toy"  Symphony?
\*Haydn
\Beethoven
\Brahms
\Mozart
^This is named after the fact that many toy-like instruments
such as: penny trumpet, quail call, rattle,
cuckoo, screech-owl whistle and a triangle are featured heavily.
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@036 In the slow, gentle second movement of Haydn's
Symphony in G Major (No.94), a loud chord for
full orchestra suddenly bursts forth. What  is this Symphony
better known as?
\The Hammerclavier Symphony
\*The Surprise Symphony
\The Emperor Symphony
\The Cloudburst Symphony
^There is speculation that Haydn's purpose was to wake up
drowsy audiences.
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@037 Most present day composers would consider 4 or 5
Symphonies to be a good Symphonic output for a
lifetime. Name the composer who wrote 102 Symphonies.
\Bach
\*Haydn
\Mendelssohn
\Mozart
^At one stage of his 25 year appointment at the Court of
Esterhazy, Haydn was composing one Symphony
per week. This is an amazing feat when one considers that a
Symphony can take from 6 months to a year
to complete.
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@038 Who was Mozart referring to when he said "He alone has
the secret of making me smile and
touching me to the bottom of my soul?"
\Bach
\*Haydn
\Salieri
\Beethoven
^Haydn and Mozart (who was 24 years younger) had great
respect and admiration for one another's
genius. Haydn looked upon Mozart as a teacher would look on
a pupil of greater genius .
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@039 The Symphony form owes its development to:
\*The Sonata form
\The Symphonia form
\The Rondo a la Turk form
\The Rococo form
^The symphony and sonata form are usually made up of four
movements.
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@040 The Symphony form usually consists of:
\One Symphonic movement
\*Four movements
\Three movements
\No specific structure
^The symphony form owes it's developement in large part to
Josef Haydn.
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@041 The second movement of a Symphony is usually:
\Allegro
\Presto
\*Slow
\Con Vivaldi
^The symphony is basically a sonata for orchestra.
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@042 A Polish court dance in triple rhythm , moderately fast is
a:
\Rondo
\*Polonaise
\Mazururka
\Polka
^The polonaise was a favored form of Chopin.
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@043 Who wrote  11 great polonaises for solo piano?
\Bartok
\*Chopin
\Mozart
\Debussey
^The polonaise is a moderately fast Polish court dance in triple
rhythm.
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@044 Near the end of this symphony, the players gradually
leave the stage until at the end there are only
two first violins left.  The composer was:
\John Cage
\Stockhausen
\*Haydn
\Bartok
^The name commonly given to this symphony is the "Surprise"
symphony.
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@045 Chopin's "Minute" waltz:
\Is so named  because good players can play it in one minute or
less
\*Is named after the French word for small. E.G small waltz
\Is in the key of D
\Is actually in 4/4
^Chopin wrote 15 waltzes. This one in Db is one of the most
well known.
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@046 How many symphonies did Chopin write?
 \One
\Three
\Two
\*None
^Chopin in fact wrote very little orchestral music. His real forte
was the piano.
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@047 With which composer would you link the following
musical forms. Nocturnes; Etudes; Waltzes;
Polonaises; Mazurkas; Impromptus etc.
\Bach
\Mozart
\*Chopin
\Beethoven
^Chopin wrote 169 works, most of which were for piano.
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@048 With which composer would you link the following
musical forms. Fugues; Preludes; Passions;
Partitas; organ works etc.
\Palestrina
\Vivaldi
\*Bach
\Haydn
^With twenty children and all of his other duties (church
musical director etc.) it is truly amazing that
Bach had time to get any work done at all.
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@049 Who was Wagner referring to when he said "The most
stupendous miracle in all music"?
\Beethoven
\Mozart
\Himself
\*Bach
^It would take a present day copyist 75 years to copy all the parts for
Bach's compositions. He not only wrote and copied all this music,
but was also organist, conductor, musical director and fathered 20 children.
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@050 With which composer would you link the following
musical forms. Symphonies; Overtures; Choral
music; piano sonatas; concertos; string quartets?
\Bach
\Chopin
\*Beethoven
\Liszt
^Beethoven's 16 string quartets are as monumental an
achievement as his 9 symphonies and 32 piano
sonatas.
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@051 Who was Wagner talking about when he said "He was a
Titan, wrestling with the Gods"?
\Mozart
\Bach
\*Beethoven
\Handel
^It's amazing to consider what it must be like to write a piece of
music when you cannot hear. Even more
amazing is the level of great lasting music that Beethoven
produced in the latter part of his life when he
was totally deaf.
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@052 The number of string quartets which Beethoven wrote is:
\4
\7
\*16
\none
^"Beethoven's string quartets embody his most intimate
thoughts, his most personal confidences and his
purist writing."...Milton Cross.
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@053 Which of Beethoven's symphonies is named the Eroica?
\2nd
\*3
\5
\9th
^Beethoven erased the name of  "Bonaparte" to whom he had
originally dedicated the 3rd symphony when
Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor. Instead he wrote the
words "Eroica" and dedicated it to the
"memory of a great man".
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@054 Who had Beethoven originally dedicated his 3rd
symphony, the Eroica to?
\Freedom
\*Napoleon
\Leonore
\Schiller
^Beethoven erased the name of  "Bonaparte" to whom he had
originally dedicated the 3rd symphony when
Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor. Instead he wrote the
words "Eroica" and dedicated it to the
"memory of a great man".
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@055 Beethoven incorporated a poem by Schiller into what
opus:
\Missa Solemnis
\Leonore Overture
\*Symphony no. 9
\Egmont Overture
^Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" is brilliantly incorporated in the
last movement of his 9th. symphony.
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@056 A common name for a canon so devised that it can be
repeated indefinitely is:
\a fugue
\*a round
\a chaconne
\a passacaglia
^"Three Blind Mice" and "Row,Row,Row Your Boat"are
popular examples of a Round.
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@057 "A musical joke" refers to:
\a deceptive cadence
\an appoggiatura
\Tiny Tim
\*A Sextet by Mozart
^Mozart makes fun at the incompetent musicians of his day by
using faulty musical devices such as
paralell fifths etc. in this 1787 divertimento.
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@058 A Motive or Motif is:
\the reason or motive for a composition
\*a brief melodic fragment too short to be called a theme
\a storyline for an opera
\a 19th century French dance form
^Used in composition as an idea which is to be developed.
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@059 What are the Goldberg Variations?
\Goldberg's treatise on musical composition
\rules for thematic developement
\Goldberg's book on piano fingerings
\*thirty variations by Bach on theme of his own
^This work was named after a pupil of Bach's, Johann
Goldberg.
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@060 Gaspard de la Nuit refers to:
\a French violinist known for for his late night carousing
\a tone poem by Debussy about the tragic figure,Gaspard
\the Belgian piano virtuoso of the same name
\*a set of three piano pieces by Ravel
^Composed in 1908, these piano pieces by Ravel were inspired
by the collected poems of Bertrand.
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@061 The "Ghost Trio" refers to:
\A string trio headed by the great Cello virtuoso, Josef Ghost.
\A composition by Liszt - Mephisto Waltz.
\An Opus by Bach thought to induce ghostly apparitions
\*A trio by Beethoven.
^Piano trio in D, (Op.70, No.1) so named because the the slow
movement has a ghostlike feeling .
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@062 A Gigue is:
\*A lively dance in 6/8 meter
\A musical engagement
\A French percussion instrument
\A type of French Madrigal
^Developed from the Irish and Scottish Jig.
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@063 "Sonata quasi una Fantasia", (a name given by the
composer) is also known as:
\Afternoon of a Faun
\Fantasy Impromptu
\Stranger in Paradise
\*Moonlight Sonata
^"Moonlight Sonata "in C# minor,  (Op. 27, No.2)
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@064 Who dedicated his first three piano sonatas to Josef
Haydn?
\Mozart
\Salieri
\Mahler
\*Beethoven
^Beethoven was paying homage to Haydn who was not only a
teacher to him, but who had also
contributed so much to the sonata form.
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@065 The Classical Sonata form usually has:
\*four movements
\three movements
\a presto 2nd movement
\no specific form
^Haydn had much to do with the development of the
Sonata/Symphony form.
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@066 Gluck, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven:
\Were composers of the Romantic period
\Were composers of the Baroque period
\*Were exponents of the classic Sonata
\Were all bachelors
^The classical sonata is typified by its four movement form.
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@067 The second movement of the Sonata form is usually:
\presto
\*slow
\tedious
\a gavotte
^The second movement is usually "slow" (eg Adagio, Andante,Largo or Lento)
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@068 The first movement of a Sonata is usually:
\andante
\a minuet or scherzo
\*Sonata form allegro
\allegro in rondo form
^Usually, dramatic and exciting.
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@069 Vivaldi, Purcell, Handle, and Bach were composers of
the:
\*Baroque period
\ Classic period
\pre Romantic period
\Renaissance period
^The Baroque period was 1600-1750.
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@070 Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Verdi were
composers of the:
\Baroque period
\*Romantic period
\Classic period
\Modern period
^The Romantic period was from 1820-1890. The late Romantic
period was from 1890-1920
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@071 Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Serge Rachmaninov
and Bela Bartok were all composers of the:
\Classic period
\post Classic period
\Romantic period
\*Modern period
^The Modern Period is 1890-the present.
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@072 Adagio refers to:
\a group of Italian street dancers
\the upsweep motion of a conducters baton
\music without accompaniment
\*a tempo indication meaning very slow
^As in the second movement of a sonata.
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@073 The musical term for a fast tempo is:
\Andante
\Allemande
\*Allegro
\Adagio
^As in the first movement of a sonata.
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@074 The literal imitation of one melody, instrumental or vocal,
by another at a specific time interval is:
\a fugue
\an obligato
\a cyclic form
\*a canon
^Beethoven used the canon device in the last movement of his
5th Symphony.
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@075 A Canzone is:
\*a transcribed madrigal or chanson
\an Italian form of the canon
\the principal tenor in an opera
\a very cheeky Italian wine
^The Canzone is usually found in the Renaissance.
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@076 Several independent voices, each entering separately with
the subject or answer are identifying
characteristics of:
\*the fugue
\the canon
\the passacaglia
\the divertimento
^The greatest exponent of the fugue was, of course, Bach.
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@077 Which composer was so fastidious in his preparation of
coffee that he would actually count out the
number of beans per cup?
\Stravinsky
\Brahms
\Bartok
\*Beethoven
^Beethoven estimated 60 beans per cup !
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@078 Which composer is known for a lullaby which bears his
name:
\Beethoven
\Chopin
\Verdi
\*Brahms
^The piece in question is "Brahms Lullaby".
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@079 Which composer wrote the  piano work "Microkosmos"
to teach children the modern idiom?
\Zoltan Kodaly
\Paul Hindemith
\Eric Satie
\*Bela Bartok
^Microcosmos means  "little world". This six volume, 153 piece
work features polytonal harmony and
polyrhythms.
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@080 The Concerto for Orchestra was written by :
\Berlioz
\Mahler
\Stravinsky
\*Bartok
^Even though tonally tame in comparison to Bartok's other
work, this is one of his most famous.
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@081 This European composer spent the last years of his life
living in appalling poverty in New York
City. Near the end, he was commissioned  to write a piece for
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His name:
\Mahler
\Stravinsky
\Berg
\*Bartok
^The noted bass virtuoso and conductor of the Boston
symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevizky, knowing
of Bela Bartok's condition of poverty and lack of musical
recognition commissioned him to write an
orchestral work. C. for Orch. inspired one of the few ovations
his music had ever received.
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@082 To which opus was Robert Schauffler referring when he
said; "It is as long as a symphony, as
brilliant and as  difficult as a  concerto. "?
\Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu
\Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
\*Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata
\Beethoven's Grosse Fugue
^Of monumental design, the Hammerklavier Sonata in B-flat
major was written in 1818.
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@083 Beethoven's life span was:
\*1770 - 1827
\1685 -1750
\1756 - 1791
\1810 - 1849
^Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770.
He died in Vienna, March 26, 1827.
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@084 Chopin's life span was:
\1770- 1827
\*1810 - 1849
\1811 -1886
\1840 -1893
^He died in Vienna . The whole city mourned.
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@085 Chopin and George Sand hoped to have an idyllic holiday
on this island paradise. Instead it turned
into a nightmare. Name this island.
\Elba
\Capri
\Crete
\*Majorca
^Chopin became so ill that he had to be carried aboard a
freighter for his return to France. While on
Majorca however, Chopin composed most of his wonderful
Preludes.
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@086 An American  popular-song composer based this hit song
on Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu. This
tune is:
\Autumn Leaves
\Stranger in Paradise
\Feelings
\*I'm Always chasing Rainbows
^Barry Manilow also borrowed from Chopin in his hit tune "I
Write the Songs", as did the composer of "
Till the End of Time".
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@087 Who wrote the "Unfinished Symphony" (in B minor)?
\Mozart
\Schumann
\Tchaikovsky
 \*Schubert
^The "Unfinished Symphony " was first performed 50 years
after it was written by Schubert.
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@088 80 years after his death,  Bach was all but forgotten
by the general public. Which composer is
credited with reviving interest in Bach after his death.
\Gustav Mahler
\Richard Strauss
\Franz Schubert
\*Felix Mendelssohn
^One of Mendelssohn's greatest contributions to music.
He revived interest in Bach by organizing the first performance of the
"St.Mathew Passion" since Bach's death.

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@089 Who composed "Clair de Lune" ?
\Franz Liszt
\Maurice Ravel
\*Claude Debussy
\Eric Satie
^Debussy wrote and dedicated this beautiful song  to Madame
Vasnier, a singing student whom he
worshipped and occasionally accompanied.
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@090 Who composed the piano piece, "Liebestraum" ?
\Mendelssohn
\Chopin
\Debussy
\*Liszt
^Franz Liszt wrote three "Liebestraume". The one which is so
popular is in fact No. 3. It was originally
written as a song and later adapted it for solo piano.
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@091 Which composer is credited with having first developed
the twelve tone technique?
\Richard Strauss
\*Arnold Schoenberg
\Igor Stravinsky
\Bela Bartok
^Schoenberg's method used 12  arbitrary, non-repeated tones
arranged in a definite order, each of equal
importance.
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@092 Who composed the musical piece "Silence" for solo
piano?
\*John Cage
\Karl Stockhausen
\Igor Stravinsky
\Darius Milhaud
^"Silence" is a  work in which the pianist opens the lid of the
piano, sits in  silence for about three
minutes, and then closes the lid of the piano once more. It is
one of John Cage's most famous pieces.
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@093 Which composer used the Prelude No. 1  in C from the
Well Tempered Clavier by Bach as an
accompaniment for a beautiful and famous religious melody?
\Barry Manilow
\Claude Debussy
\Franz Liszt
\*Charles Gounod
^The piece in question is Gounod's "Ave Maria", composed in
1854 . Franz Schubert also wrote a
wonderful version of "Ave Maria".
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@094 Who wrote "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy"?
\Mozart
\*Tchaikovsky
\Verdi
\Stravinsky
^This is  of course from the famous "Nutcracker Suite". At its
premiere in 1892, this work was not
received very well and just narrowly escaped being hissed by
the audience.
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@095 Who wrote the well known "Wedding March"?
\Mozart
\*Mendelssohn
\Schubert
\Wagner
^Felix Mendelssohn:    Born:  Hamburg, 1809.  Died:  Leipzig,
1847
<3

@096 Which one of the following works was penned by Gustav
Holst?
\The Seasons
\ The Snow Maiden
\Concerto for Orchestra
\*The Planets
^This breathtaking tone poem by Holst has a movement for
each of the Planets.  This is part of the dream
world musical repertory brilliantly orchestrated.
<2

@097 At the beginning of his career, Glenn Gould recorded a
work which he recorded again shortly before
he died. This was :
\The Preludes and Fugues
\*The Goldberg Variations
\The 32 Beethoven Sonatas
\The Art of the Fugue
^It is well worth listening to these two recordings to hear the
difference that time can bring to
interpretation.
<3

@098 "A Night on Bald Mountain " was written by:
\Vaughan Williams
\*Moussorgsky
\Grieg
\Stravinsky
^This is an example of  pisturesque tone-painting.
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@099 The "Peer Gynt Suite" was written by:
\Moussorgsky
\*Grieg
\Stravinsky
\Honegger
^Henrik Ibsen asked Grieg to write the incidental music to his
work, "Peer Gynt". It became Grieg's most
popular work.
<3

@100 The Rakoczy March is named for the leader of what country's campaign against Austria?
\ Italy
\ Poland
\ Bohemia
\*Hungary
^ Prince Francis Rakoczy led Hungary's revolt against Austria between 1703 and 1711. Liszt's renditions of this march were highly popular in his homeland.
<1
@101 What composer wrote a piece which became the national
anthem of two different countries?
\Mozart
\Verdi
\*Haydn
\Saint-Saens
^Haydn's "Emperor's Hymn" became the Austrian national anthem in
1797. The original words,"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser..." were
rewritten in 1841 by H. von Fallersleben as
"Deutschland,Deutschland uber alles...".
<2

@102 The opening line of this song asks, "My God, Why hast Thou
forsaken me?"
\Kyrie Eleison
\Kol Nidre
\*Eli, Eli
\Carmina Burana
^This Hebrew lament was first published in 1906,"author
unknown". Jacob Sandler sued for the rights in 1925, claiming he
had written it for the play "Brocha" starring Sophie Karp which
played on the Bowery in 1896. Although Sandler's claim to
authorship was believed, the judge ruled that the passage of time had
caused the song to lapse into the public domain.
<2

@103 What composer was born in Rohfrau, Lower Austria in 1732
and dies in Vienna in 1809?
\*Haydn
\Brahms
\J. Strauss
\Handel
^The son of a farmer, Haydn's genius was recognized at an early age.
He was put in the care of a local schoolmaster until the age of 8
when he went to join St. Stephen's choir in Vienna. At 17 his voice
changed and Haydn was forced to make his way in the world.
<2

@104 Schubert's "The Earl King" sets to music the work of what
great poet?
\*Goethe
\Sir Walter Scott
\Schiller
\Heinrich Heine
^Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749 and died in Weimar in 1832.
In this chilling song, a father races deperately through the forest on
horseback to save his son from the "Erlkonig", a mythical evil spirit.
<3

@105 This composer was born in 1860 in Bohemia and died in 1911
in Vienna.
\Dvorak
\*Mahler
\Smetana
\Schoenberg
^In 1909 Mahler became conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
His song-symphony "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) was
published after his death in 1911.
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@106 Between 1791 and 1795, this continental composer spent
most of his time writing symphonies in London.
\*Haydn
\Clementi
\Schubert
\Handel
^Haydn returned to Vienna once during this period, between 1792-94.
 During this time the young Beethoven became his student. The
 relationship between the two was an uncomfortable one, in contrast
 to Haydn's warm friendship with Mozart.
<2

@107 "Who is Sylvia?" was set to music by Schubert. Who wrote
the poem?
\*Shakespeare
\Sir Walter Scott
\Heinrich Heine
\Wordsworth
^"Sylvia", based on Shakespeare's sonnet, was published in 1826,
two years before Schubert's untimely death at the age of 31.
<2

@108 Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake" provided the words for
which of Schubert's songs?
\Horch, Horch, die Lerch (Hark, Hark, the Lark)
\To a Nightingale
\Mockingbird Hill
\*Ave Maria
^Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771 and died at Abbotsford in
1832. The words bear no relation to the Roman Catholic prayer.
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@109 Handel's "Messiah" is best remembered for this excerpt which
comes at the end of the second section.
\Ave Maria
\Ein Feste Burg ist unsere Gott
\*Hallelujah Chorus
\Gloria in Excelsis
^In 1743 in London, King George II led the audience to its feet as
the Hallelujah Chorus began. Audiences in England emulate this
tradition to the present day.
<1

@110 Who wrote "Funeral March of a Marionette"?
\*Gounod
\Debussy
\Chopin
\Grieg
^This piano composition was published in 1872, while Gounod was
living in England.
<3

@111 In 1853 Gounod published "Meditation sur le premiere
Prelude de S. Bach". You may know it better as:
\Requiem
\*Ave Maria
\Air on a G string
\Desiderata
^Not to be confused with Schubert's "Ave Maria". Gounod
superimposed his melody over the C major prelude from Bach's
Well-Tempere Clavichord". In 1859 the words to the Roman
Catholic prayer were fitted to Gounod's melody.
<2

@112 Who wrote "Golliwog's Cake-walk"?
\*Debussy
\"Fats" Waller
\Saint-Saens
\Kabalevsky
^This piano piece was published in 1908 as part of Debussy's
"Children's Corner" suite.
<2

@113 Who wrote a collection of 24 compositions, comprising one
in each of the major and minor keys, to demonstrate the benefits of
the equal temperament system?
\*J.S.Bach
\Schoenberg
\Czerny
\none of the above
^"Equal Temperament" refers to the system whereby the harmonic
relationship between adjacent semitones is defined by the numerical
ratio equal to the twelfth root of two. Bach's "Das Wohltemperirte
Klavier" first appeared in 1722.
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@114 In Pythagorean tuning, the relationship of one whole tone to
the next is given by what numerical ratio?
\9:8
\10:9
\256:225
\*all of the above
^Using ratios based on simple numbers, it is not possible to divide
the musical scale into equal pitch intervals.
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@115 Bach's "Die Hohe Messe" (High Mass), written during his stay
in Leipzig, is known by its key signature.
\A minor
\*B minor
\C minor
\none of the above
^The usage of the time was for the letter B to designate what we
  would call B flat, hence the German title,"Die Hohe Messe in H-moll".
  It was later observed that the letters in Bach's name themselves
  constituted a chromatic melody.
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@116 Who wrote the words to "Der Ring des Nibelungen"?
\Goethe
\Faust
\Schiller
\*none of the above
^Wagner wrote his own words to this cycle of 4 operas, based on
the Norse saga of the Nibelungs.
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@117 This son of J.S.Bach composed such works as "The Israelites
in the Wilderness", "Passion Cantata", and "Solfeggio in C minor".
\Johann Christian
\Johann Ambrosius
\Friedrich Antiochus
\*Carl Phillip Emmanuel
^C.P.E. Bach was the 5th child and the 3rd son of J.S.Bach, and the
grandson of Johann Ambrosius Bach. Upon his father's death in
1750, he unsuccessfully applied for the newly vacant position of
Cantor in Leipzig.
<3

@118 This Russian pianist and composer endured the German siege
of Leningrad.
\Prokofiev
\Rimsky-Korsakov
\*Shostakovich
\none of the above
^Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) although personally committed
to socialism, was alternately in and out of favor with his government
until the liberalization that came in the 1960's with Khruschev.
<3

@119 You can form a pentatonic scale by removing which two notes
from the C-major scale?
\F and B
\E and B
\C and F
\*all of the above
^An easy way to find a pentatonic scale is to use only the black
notes. Some popular songs whose melody follows the pentatonic
scale are "Yellow Submarine" and Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the
Rain" (up to the key change).
<2

@120 The 11th and youngest son of J.S. Bach studied in Italy before
moving to which country where his musical career fluorished?
\*England
\France
\Austria
\Russia
^Johann Christian Bach (b. 1735) enjoyed an illustrious career in
England, including a memorable performance with the 8-year old
Mozart in 1764. He nevertheless died in poverty and was buried in a
mass grave at St. Pancras churchyard in 1778.
<2

@121 This melody first appeared in 1765 to the words "Ah, vous
diraije, maman". In German it goes "Ist das nicht ein Schnitzel-
bank?".
\Twinkle twinkle little star
\The ABC song
\Baa baa black sheep
\*all of the above
^Mozart wrote 12 variations on the melody for piano in 1778.
<1

@122 This ballet was first performed in 1892 in St. Petersburg.
\Swan Lake
\*The Nutcracker
\The Rites of Spring
\Boris Godunov
^Tchaikowsky's "Nutcracker", or"Caisse-Noisette", is based on a
fairy tale by E.A.Hoffman. It includes the popular "Dance of the
Sugar Plum Fairies".
<3

@123 "Fur Elise was written in 1810 as a short piano piece by what
composer?
\Chopin
\Schubert
\Mozart
\*Beethoven
^Not discovered until 1867, the title is thought to be a publisher's
misreading of Beethoven's scrawled "Therese". Amateur pianists
sometimes mis-play this piece by counting four beats to the measure.
<1

@124 The song "Stranger in Paradise" (1953) was taken from what
19th century Russian composition?
\Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Polovetsian Dances"
\*Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances"
\Borodin's "Scheherezade"
\Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Scheherezade
^Borodin wrote his "Polovetsian Dances" in 1879. After his death in
1887 it was adapted for opera by Rimsky-Korsakoff and Glazunov.
<2

@125 Name the Ibsen play for which Edward Grieg composed
incidental music.
\*Peer Gynt
\A Doll's House
\Olaf Trygvason
\The Brothers Karamazov
^Peer Gynt was first performed in 1876 at Kristiana (Oslo).
<2

@126 Debussy's "Claire de Lune" is taken from what collection of
piano pieces?
\images
\Preludes
\Children's corner
\*Suite Bergamasque
^The reference to Bergamasca, an Italian dance idiom, is obscure.
Verlaine's poem "Claire de Lune" begins:
    " Votre ame est un paysage choisi
     Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques..."
<3

@127 In what key is the Moonlight Sonata?
\G minor
\Ab
\*C# minor
\none of the above
^Published in 1802, the name "moonlight" was conferred on
Beethoven's Sonata in C# minor by music critic Ludwig Rellstab in
around 1850.
<2

@128 His "Slavonic Dances" were originally written for four hands
on the piano, but are today better known in their orchestral version.
\Tchaikowsky
\Smetana
\Brahms
\*Dvorak
^Antonin Dvorak's music was influenced by the folk idioms of his
Bohemian homeland. In addition he drew on his travels, composing
his "New World Symphony" while in America in the early 1890's.
<3
@129 The Rakoczy March is named for the leader of what country's
campaign against Austria?
\Italy
\Poland
\Bohemia
\*Hungary
^Prince Francis Rakoczy led Hungary's revolt against Austria
between 1703 and 1711. Liszt's renditions of this march were highly
popular in his homeland.
<2
@130 Who wrote "Flight of the Bumblebee"?
\Tchaikowsky
\Borodin
\Mussorgski
\*none of the above
^Rimsky-Korsakov wrote it as and orchestral interlude in "The
Legend of Tsar Saltan". As the story goes, a prince gets back at his
evil relatives by turning into a bee and stinging them.
<2

@131 In 1829 Mendelssohn conducted "St. Matthew's Passion" in
the Berlin opera house. This event marked the revival of what famous
composer's neglected works?
\Vivaldi
\Handel
\*Bach
\none of the above
^Stimulated by Mendelssohn's tireless efforts, systematic
publication of Bach's works was begun in 1850 by the Bach
Gesellschaft, one hundred years after the death of the master.
<3

@132 Which of the following is not from Debussy's "Children's
Corner" for piano?
\Doll's Serenade
\Jumbo's Lullaby
\Golliwog's Cakewalk
\*Teddy Bear's Picnic
^For an excellent version of Teddy Bear's Picnic, check out Anne
Murray's "There's a Hippo in my Bathtub" albumn.
<2

@133 In 1867 Paul Dukas published this piece based on a story by
Goethe.
\*The Sorceror's Apprentice
\The Valkyre
\Peter and the Wolf
\The Ugly Duckling
^"The Sorceror's Apprentice" was solidly embedded into the public
consciousness by its use in Disney's "Fanatasia".
<3

@134 Which of the following composers was not of the same
generation as the others?
\Bach
\*Buxtehude
\Rameau
\Handel
^Rameau was born in 1683, Bach and Handel two years later.
Dietrich Buxtehude ((1637-1707) was a Danish  organists famed
throughout Europe. A 20-year-old Bach is said to have walke 200
miles to hear Buxtehude play.
<3

@135 In 1834, this composer published "Songs without Words", a
book of piano selections.
\*Mendelssohn
\Schubert
\Schumann
\Liszt
^Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was a grandson of philosopher
Moses Mendelssohn and son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn.
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@136 Which of the following was not written by J.S.Bach?
\Brandenburg Concerto
\*The Four Seasons
\Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
\Air on a G String
^Vivaldi (1678-1741) published "The Four Seasons" in 1725.
<1

@137 Mozart borrowed the opening theme for "The Magic Flute"
from the B-flat Sonata of what Italian-British composer?
\*Clementi
\Scarlatti
\Vivaldi
\Boccherini
^Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) was a founder of the London firm
Clementi & Co. which manufactured the newly-invented piano-forte.
After the composers death the firm continued to operate under the
name of Collard & Collard.
<3

@138 John Field was the first to use this title for a short piano piece
in a romantic mood. Chopin acheived great success in developing
this form.
\Barcarolle
\Ballade
\*Nocturne
\Berceuse
^The Irish pianist John Field (1782-1837) studied music under
Clementi. He settled in St. Petersburg at the age of 21, becoming
well known throughout Europe as a teacher and a concert pianist.
<1

@139 The "G-string" in Bach's well-known Air refers to a string on
what instrument?
\*violin
\viola
\cello
\bass
^Violin virtuoso A. Willhelmj transposed Bach's "Orchestral Suite
in D" into the key of C to take advantage of the rich tones of the
lowest string on his instrument.
<2

@140 Tchaikowsky's "Marche Slave" is based on a folk-song of
what national origin?
\Bohemian
\Moldavian
\Hungarian
\*Serbian
^The Serbian words to the song begin,"Sunce zarko ne" (the sun
does not shine). The melody is distinguished by its sharp 4th in the
minor scale (E natural in B-flat minor) giving it a decidedly oriental
caste.
<3

@141 Which pianist-composer permanently injured his hand by
wearing a home-made contraption designed to immobilize the fourth
finger while practising?
\Mussorgsky
\Liszt
\Kabalevsky
\*none of the above
^Robert Schumann(1810-1856) led a troubled life, jumping into the
Rhine River in 1854 in an attempt at suicide. One of the most
prolific of all the Romantic composers, he is remembered for well
remembered for his beautiful songs. His wife Clara outlived him by
40 years.
<3

@142 French writer George Sand is remembered for her affair with
which composer?
\*Chopin
\Liszt
\Schumann
\all of the above
^Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) lived with Sand in Majorca (1838-
39) and in Paris until 1846.
<2

@143 Bach's "Goldberg Variations" are best known today through
the recording of this Canadian pianist.
\*Glenn Gould
\Leona Boyd
\Oscar Peterson
\Frank Mills
^Goldberg, a student of Bach, was hired by Count Kayserling to
play soothing music to ease Kayserling's insomnia. The "Goldberg
Variations", lasting over an hour, have worked as well on subsequent
listeners as they did on the Count.
<2


@144 What composition was structured on a single theme repeated
over and over?
\Moonlight Sonata
\Die Fliedermaus
\Pictures at an Exhibition
\*none of the above
^Ravel's Bolero was first performed in 1902 in Paris as a ballet.
<1

@145 This famours astronomer was the son of a composer.
\Kepler
\*Gallileo
\Sir William Herschel
\Carl Sagan
^Vincenzo Gallilei (1520-1591) published 2 books of madrigals and
a treatise on music theory, "Dialogo della musica antica e della
moderna".
<3

@146 What poem by Goethe inspired music by Wagner, Schumann,
Gounod, and Liszt?
\*Faust
\Tannhauser
\Die Lorelei
\William Tell
^The aged scholar Faust is restored to his youth by the evil spirit
Mephistopheles. Aided by the mischevious intervention of
Mephistopheles, Faust becomes amorously entangled with the lovely
Marguerite, leading to disaster for all.
<2

@147 This composer born in 1875 is of Basque origin.
\Faure
\Saint-Saens
\Debussy
\*Ravel
^Born in the Pyrennes region of France, Ravel went to Paris at the
age of 12, studying under Beriot and Faure.
<2
@148 Who wrote "Mephisto Waltz"?
\Brahms
\Wagner
\Strauss
\*Liszt
^One of Liszt's most difficult pieces, the Mephisto Waltz is based on
an episode from Lenau's version of Faust, in which the evil
Mephistopheles displays his magical prowess on the violin.
<3

@149 Who wrote "Peter and the Wolf"?
\Stravinsky
\*Prokofiev
\Tchaikowsky
\Grieg
^Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) went to America in 1918 but
returned to his native Russia in 1934. "Peter and the Wolf" was
published shortly thereafter.
<3

@150 His piano sonatas include the "Waldstein" and "Pastorale".
\Mozart
\Haydn
\*Beethoven
\Schubert
^Beethoven's 32 sonatas, written between 1796 and 1821, also
include the "Moonlight" and the "Pathetique".
<1

@151 The terms "Exposition - Development - Recapitulation"
describe which classical structural form?
\*sonata
\concerto
\symphony
\oratorio
^The exposition introduces a first subject in the tonic key and the
second subject in a different key, usually the dominant. These
themes are expanded on in the development. In the recapitulation, we
hear both subjects again, with the second subject now in the same
key as the first.
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@152 The composer is said to have written this piece upon learning
of the capture of Warsaw by the Russians.
\Sonata Pathetique
\*Etude in C minor
\Polonaise Militaire
\Fantasie-Impromptu
^Chopin's "Etude in C minor", also called the "Revolutionary
Etude", was written in 1831 while the 21-year-old compolser was
living in Stuttgart.
<3

@153 This Russian composer is responsible for the stirring Prelude
in C# minor.
\Rimsky-Korsakoff
\*Rachmanninov
\Tchaikowsky
\none of the above
^Rachmanninof (1873-1943) wrote "Prelude in C# minor" when he
was 19. Unlike Prokofiev who returned to Russia after the war, and
Shostakovich who never really left, Rachmanninov lived in America
from 1917 until his death.
<3

@154 What was the connection between Alessandro and Domenico
Scarlatti?
\Domenico was Alessandro's father
\*vice versa
\they were brothers
\none of the above
^Domenico Scarlatti was born in the same year as Bach and Handel
(1685). His father Alessandro was considered a founder of the
Neapolitan school of opera.
<3

@155 Which of the following selections does not come from the
Peer Gynt Suite?
\Solveig's Song
\Morning Mood
\Anitra's Dance
\*Sigurd Jorsalfar
^"Sigurd the Crusader" was a play by Bjornson for which Grieg
wrote incidental music. Peer Gynt was, of course, by Henrik Ibsen.
<3

@156 Chopin's Polonaise #53 in Ab was adapted for what popular
song?
\*Till the End of Time
\Love is a Many Splendored Thing
\September Song
\The Unicorn
^Chopin (1810-1849) wrote the Ab polonaise in 1843
<2

@157 Walt Disney's "Fantasia" included a performance of what
composer's "Tocatta and Fugue in D minor"?
\Palchelbel
\*Bach
\Buxtehude
\none of the above
^"Fantasia" featured the music of Bach, Beethoven, Ponchielli,
Dukas, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, and Schubert, conducted by
Leopold Stokowski.
<2

@158 Who introduced the idea of composition based on "tone-
rows"?
\*Schoenberg
\Stravinsky]
\Webern
\Copland
^Schoenberg's "tone-row" theory calls on the composer to employ
all twelve notes of the chromatic scale in a particular order.
<3

@159 Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" was adapted for use
in which of the following movies?
\Gone with the Wind
\A Song to Remember
\On the Waterfront
\*Saturday Night Fever
^In this 1970's dance music film, Mussorgsky's piece was redone
under the title " Night on Disco Mountain".
<2

@160 This pianist gave his first public performance in 1892, his last
in 1976.
\Liberace
\*Rubinstein
\Horowitz
\Paderewski
^Arthur Rubinstein was born in Lodz, Poland in 1887 and died in
Geneva in 1982. Not to be confused with the Rubinstein brothers
Nikolai and Anton, who were famous virtuosi of the 19th century.
<2

@161 The sketches of Victor Hartmann were immortalized in the
form of musical impressions in which of the following works?
\*Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
\Debussy's "Images"
\Grieg's "Albumblaetter"
\Satie's "Gymnopaedie"
^Modeste Mussorgsky (1831-1881) lived a life of constant poverty.
His "Pictures", composed for the piano, were orchestrated by Ravel
after Mussorgky's death.
<3

@162 Which of the following is the first line of Elgar's "Pomp and
Circumstance"?
\He is an Englishman...
\Men of Harlech, lie ye dreaming...
\*Land of hope and glory, mother of the free...
\Mine eyes have seen the glory...
^The phrase "...pride, pomp, and circumstance..." comes from
Othello. Elgar (1857-1934) wrote "Pomp and Circumstance" in
1901.
<1

@163 In what key did Franz Liszt write the beautiful Liebestraum
#3?
\*A-flat
\B-flat
\C-flat
\D-flat
^The theme is played first in A-flat, then in B. The climax is in E,
after which it returns to A-flat once more.
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@164 What composer wrote "Finlandia"?
\*Sibelius
\Grieg
\Bartok
\Smetata
^Sibelius (1865-1957) wrote most of his nationalistic works in the
1890's.
<2

@165 Saint-Saens composed which of the following pieces?
\Mephisto Waltz
\*Danse Macabre
\Funeral March of a Marionette
\Funiculi-Funicula
^Camille Saint-Saens was a prolific composer for most of his 86
years. He died in Algiers in 1921.
<3

@166 In what Austrian city is an annual Mozart festival held?
\Vienna
\Graz
\*Salzburg
\Bayreuth
^Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756. The Salzburg Festival was
first held in 1877.
<2

@167 He was born in Vienna in 1797 and died there only 31 years
later. Which of the following songs was the first piece of Schubert's
music to appear in print?
\The Nightingale
\The Gondolier
\Tristan and Isolde
\*The Earl King
^In 1815 alone, Schubert is said to have written 145 songs.
<3

@168 Alexander Scriabin(1872-1915), whose works include the
symphonic poem "Prometheus", was known in his time for his:
\communism
\existentialism
\*mysticism
\anarchism
^From 1905 on, Scriabin was under the influence of the famous
psychic Mme. Blavatsky. He spent the following years in preparation
for a "final cataclysm".
<3

@169 Who wrote the "Water Music"?
\*Handel
\Debussy
\Mozart
\Grieg
^Handel's "Water Music" was composed for royal boat parties held
on the Thames in around 1717.
<1

@170 Mussorgski's "Boris Godunov" was to political for the Russia
of the czars. Who revised in to make it more acceptable?
\Borodin
\*Rimsky-Korsakov
\Rachmanninof
\Manilow
^Even today "Boris Godunov" continues to be performed in its
sanitized version. Rimsky-Korsakov is also responsible for the fine
orchestral arrangement of "Night on Bald Mountain".
<3

@171 Tchaikowsky made use of what newly invented instrument in
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"?
\*celesta
\saxophone
\glockenspiel
\clavinova
^Similar to a glockenspiel, the celesta was invented by August
Mustel in 1886. Steel plates hung over wooden resonators are struck
by hammers.
<3

@172 This composer died in Paris from cancer of the rectum while
the city was being shelled by the German Army in 1918.
\Chopin
\Stravinsky
\Saint-Saens
\*Debussy
^The Kaiser's "Big Bertha" could hit Paris from over forty miles
away.
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@173 Puccini's finest opera was completed after his death by his
frend Franco Alfano. It is a fairy tale about a cruel but beautiful
Chinese princess.
\Madame Butterfly
\Nabucco
\*Turandot
\Aida
^"Turandot" was first performed at La Scala in 1926. Near the end
of the performance, Toscannini laid down his baton, and choking
back tears, informed the audience, "Here ends the master's work".
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@174 Tchaikowsky's "Piano Concerto in A-flat minor" was rejected
as "unplayable" by the 19th century virtuoso for whom it was
written.
\Pagannini
\*Rubinstein
\Czerny
\Paderewski
^Nicholas Rubinstein, brother of pianist/composer Anton, was a
founder of the Moscow Conservatory. Tchaikowsky was employed
by him for 12 years as a professor of music.
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@175  A performance by this folk-orchestra at the Paris Exhibition
is said to have made a marked impression on Debussy.
\a Jamaican steel drum band
\a Polish klezmer troupe
\*a Javanese gamelan
\a Zulu mtsoko
^The gamelan, which includes strings and woodwind instruments, is
dominated by the percussive sounds of chimes, gongs, and marimbas.
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@176 Bach wrote a charming collection of easy piano pieces for his
second wife:
\Elise
\Marguerita
\Maria Barbara
\*Anna Magdalena
^Anna Magdalena bore her husband 13 children. She is also
responsible for the transcription for posterity of much of her
husband's prolific output.
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@177 Debussy is noted for his use of this non-traditional scale.
\*whole tone
\Phrygian
\chromatic
\Lydian
^There are only two distinct whole tone scales, one beginning on C
and the other on C#. All others are merely permutations of these two.
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@178 This composer was once accused of drawing on Beethoven for
musical ideas. He replied "Das weisst jeder Esel" (any ass knows
that).
\Schubert
\Wagner
\*Brahms
\Strauss
^Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a traditionalist who went
against the prevailing trends in German music as exemplified by
Wagner.
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@179 After being left an orphan at the age of 10, he was taken care
of by his older brother Johann Cristoph.
\Haydn
\Beethoven
\*Bach
\none of the above
^Bach's older brother had a valuable collection of works by
Buxtehude, Palchelbel, and others, which Johann Sebastian was not
allowed to look at. The boy snuck out at night to copy it by
moonlight, but had the misfortune to be caught by his brother in the
act. His punishment was to have his work confiscated.
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@180 This composer travelled extensively in Eastern Europe to
research the elements of Magyar folk-music.
\Smetana
\*Bartok
\Dvorak
\none of the above
^Bela Bartok (1881-1945) was influenced early in his career by
Richard Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra". Only after 1905 did he
take an active interest in folk idioms.
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@181 With whom did Clara Schumann fall during her husbands
period of mental illness?
\*Brahms
\Liszt
\Garibaldi
\Victor Hugo
^Beginning shortly before Robert Schumann's death, the
relationship between Clara Schumann and Brahms lasted forty years.
There is no clear evidence as to whether their intimacy went beyond
friendship.
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@182 This hugely prolific composer was ill equipped to deal with
the ways of the world. Despite the aid of friends in having his songs
published he dies in poverty at the age of 31.
\Mozart
\*Schubert
\Chopin
\Berlioz
^Schubert died in 1828 of typhus fever. Even late in life he was
selling some of his bests songs for twenty cents apiece.
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@183 Which of the following was a student of Antonio Salieri?
\Beethoven
\Schubert
\Liszt
\*all of the above
^This rival of Mozart who lived from 1750 to 1825 was highly
regarded by his contemporaries.
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@184 He was Leipzig's leading piano teacher in 1830. Schumann
was sent to study with him and fell in love with his daughter.
\Johann Schenk
\Anton Rubinstein
\Hans von Bulow
\*Frederick Wieck
^Clara Wieck, an outstanding pianist in her own right, was 16 when
she and Schumann fell in love in 1835. Her father blocked their
marriage, considering musicians to be in general unreliable.
Schumann forced the issue in 1840 by taking Wieck to court.
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@185 In 1835 Chopin had a traumatic experience, sharing the stage
with a more dazzling pianist. Chopin attracted only a fraction of the
applause garnered by his rival.
\Beethoven
\Wagner
\Mendelssohn
\*none of the above
^Chopin's friendship with Liszt never recovered. From then on,
Chopin rarely performed on stage, preferring to be heard in private
salons where his intimate style was more appreciated.
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@186 In 1853 this virtuoso had to transpose Beethoven's C minor
symphony  into C# minor.
\Liszt
\Rubinstein
\*Brahms
\Schumann
^While on tour with the violinist Remenyi, Brahms arrived at a hall
to find the piano out of pitch by a full semitone. Since the violinist
refused to tune his strings down, Brahms simply played from
memory in the higher key.
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@187 What small town in Upper Franconia is synonymous with the
music of Wagner?
\Gottingen
\Chemnitz
\*Bayreuth
\Salzburg
^The Bayreuth opera house opened its doors for the first time in
1876 with a four-day performance of "Ring of the Niebelung". The
next year Salzburg responded its first annual Mozart festival.
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@188 Two of this composer's better-remembered lovers were the
Comtesse D'Agoult and Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein.
\Chopin
\*Liszt
\Verdi
\Rossini
^Liszt was a prodigy who acheived rapid success after going on tour
at age 17. His attractive power over the opposite sex was only
slightly diminished when he died in 1886 at the age of 75.
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@189 In this year Beethoven moved to Vienna, hoping to study
under Mozart. Instead he found himself under Haydn, who he
considered to be out of date.
\1772
\1782
\*1792
\1802
^Mozart had died in 1791, upsetting Beethoven's plans. The older
Haydn lived until 1809. As for Beethoven, he lived until 1827.
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@190 One of Brahm's most difficult pieces is based on a theme by
this composer who lived from 1782 to 1840.
\*Paganini
\Busoni
\Clementi
\Rossini
^Paganini is widely regarded as the greatest of all violin virtuosos.
Other composers who wrote "Paganini Variations" include
Rachmanninov, Schumann, and Liszt.
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@191 This Chopin etude calls for extended chromatic runs executed
by the last three fingers of the right hand.
\*Opus 10 No. 2 in A minor
\Opus 10 No. 12 in C minor
\Opus 25 No. 2 in F minor
\the Black Key Etude                                                    ^Chopin's 24
etudes include such popular hits as "Revolutionary" (Opus 10 # 12
in C minor) and "Butterfly" (Opus 25 no. 9 in G-flat).
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@192 Beethoven's piano sonatas were influenced by those of an
earlier composer whose B-flat major sonat was the subject of a
competition with Mozart.
\Handel
\*Clementi
\Haydn
\Salieri
^Muzio Clementi(1752-1832)  was born four years before Mozart
and died five years after Beethoven. He lived most of his life in
England. It was common in those days for the great players to match
skills in head-to-head competition.
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@193 In his G-minor  sonata he instructs the player to begin "so
schnell wie moglich" (as fast as possible).
\Brahms
\Mozart
\*Schumann
\Bartok
^Subsequently, Schumann requests tempos of "schneller" and "noch
schneller" (faster and faster yet).
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@194 What constitutes the surprise in Haydn's "Surprise
Symphony"?
\*a loud drumbeat
\the first movement leads directly into the third movement           \a
cannon shot
\the final movement ends on a dominant chord.
^Haydn's "Symphony mit dem Paukenschlag" is so-called because of
a loud drumbeat in the slow movement.
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@195 Domenico Scarlatti acquired novel ideas on the use of rhythm
and harmony during his sojourn in what country?
\Ireland
\*Spain
\America
\all of the above
^Scarlatti (1685-1757) accompanied his student Princess Maria
Barbara of Lisbon to Spain on her marriage in 1729 and remained
there for the rest of his life. (The Princess is not to be confused with
Bach's first wife, also named Maria Barbara.)
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@196 His publishers referred to him as the "Finnish Chopin".
\Grieg
\Sibelius
\*Palmgren
\Telemann
^Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) is remembered for some short piano
pieces including "A Night in May", "The Swan", and "The Sea".
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@197 His Opus 117 No. 1 in E-flat if remmebered as the beautiful
"Cradle Song".
\*Brahms
\Mendelssohn
\Schumann
\Chopin
^Brahms found himself increasingly out of touch with the musical
currents of his time. Yet many of his works have proven themsevles
by their lasting appeal.
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@198 Mendelssohn's wedding march begins on an unusual chord of
which type?
\augmented
\*diminished
\thirteenth
\none of the above
^Not to be confused with "Here Comes the Bride".
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@199 When an independent Poland was carved out from Russian,
German, and Austrian territory after WWI, this pianist became its
first prime minister.
\Liberace
\Pilsudski
\Rackoczy
\*Paderewski
^Ignacy Jan Paderewski (b. 1860) resigned after a year in office to
return to music. He died in New York City in 1941.
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@200 Which of the following is not a Handel Oratorio?
\Messiah
\Israel in Egypt
\Judas Maccabeus
\*Elijah
^"Elijah" was composed by Mendelssohn in 1846.
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@201 This Russian composer is known for his children's piano
pieces.
\Prokofiev
\*Kabalevsky
\Shostakovich
\Glazunov
^Kabalevsky's post-war works conformed to the dictates of "Soviet
Realism".
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@202 Haydn was taken in by this noble patron in 1761 and
remained in the service of his family for the next 30 years.
\*Prince Paul von Esterhazy
\Frederick the Great
\the Elector of Hanover
\Count Wittgenstein
^Haydn's many responsibilities as Kappelmeister at Esterhaz
included manageing the Prince's private orchestra. For a time he
became entangled with the young wife of one of his violinists. Mme.
Polizelli eventually grew tired of waiting for Haydn's wife to die, and
she married someone else.
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@203 Richard Wagner's second wife Cosima was the illegitimate
daughter of what famous virtuoso?
\Chopin
\Paganini
\*Liszt
\Richard Strauss
^Between 1834 and 1844, Liszt had 3 children with the Comtesse
D'Agoult. Cosima had earlier been married to conductor Hans von
Bulow.
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@204 The formalized solo song used in the opera is :
\The A capella
\The Cantata
\The Chorale
\*The Aria
^Arias are vocal parts of considerable complexity and virtuosity.
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@205 Name the piano virtuoso who spent the earlier years of
his life pursuing sensual pleasures and many
love affairs, but spent the last years of his life in prayer and
contemplation as an Abbe.
\Nicolo Paganini
\*Franz Liszt
\Richard Wagner
\Felix Mendelssohn
^Franz Liszt:   Born: Raiding, Hungary, 1812.  Died: Bayreuth,
Bavaria, 1886.
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@206 For what instrument did Girolamo Frescobaldi become one of the first
great composers of music?

\Flute
\Harpsichord
\Violin
\*Organ

^Frescobaldi was a composer of fantasias, ricercars, canzones
and toccatas.
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@207 What composition can be sung forward and backward, then turned
upside down and sung forward and backward again?

\Voices of Spring
\Thy Voice, Oh Harmony
\*Oh Sing Unto The Lord
\Holy, Holy, Holy

^Thy Voice Oh Harmony was written by Joseph Haydn. He
wrote a great variety of vocal works such as operas, oratorios, cantatas and
songs.
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@208 Who never wrote an opera, symphony, choral piece or produce a string
quartet, but was very influential in the history of piano music?
\Mozart
\Liszt
\*Chopin
\Debussy
^It should be noted that he did produce two piano concertos, as
well as other works for piano with orchestra.
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@209 Did Johannes Brahms...
\Marry twice
\Marry once and have ten children
\*Remain a bachelor
\Marry four times

^Brahms did fall in love with Clara Schumann, the widow of
Robert. This occurred when he rushed to the Schumann family's aid when
Robert became mentally ill. Brahms and Clara remained life long friends.
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@210 What composer at age 44 became tragically insane and was confined to an
asylum?

\Mozart
\Chopin
\*Schumann
\Liszt

^ Robert Schumann contracted syphilis as a young man,
eventually becoming insane from the disease. There have been stories about
him injuring his finger, forcing the abandonment of his career as a concert
pianist. This finger ailment is now thought to have been due to mercury
treatments given to him for treatment of his syphilis. Mercury, of course,
cause problems with the nervous system, affected the extremities (such as the
fingers) first.
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@211 What composer had a daughter named Chouchou to whom he dedicated the
Children's Corner suite?

\*Debussy
\Brahms
\Caplet
\Schumann

^This suite is a set of six pieces composed from 1906-08.
Golliwog's Cakewalk is perhaps the best known (it contains a quote of the
opening of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde). Chouchou's real name was Claude-
Emma.
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@212 Who said "a master of the art is gone, a greater arises in Brahms"?

\Wieck
\Joachim
\*Marxsen
\Wagner
^In 1843, Eduard Marxsen was a teacher of Brahms. Marxsen
based his teaching on the work of Beethoven and Bach.
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@213 Who studied under and married the daughter of Friedrich Wieck?
\Wagner
\Brahms
\Strauss
\*Schumann
^Schumann met his well-known piano teacher in Leipzig.
Daughter Clara was gifted and already famous as a pianist. The father
objected so Schumann took to the matter to court and after of year of waiting,
the court in 1840 ruled in Robert's favour. Among the witnesses for
Schumann was none other than Franz Liszt, who remained a friend to the
newly married Schumann's.
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@214 What instrument did Johannes Brahms' father play?
\French horn
\Piano
\*Double bass
\Violin

^Johannes was the second child born to Jakob and Johanna
Brahms.
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@215 What popular song was based on Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66?
\Over the Rainbow
\Blue Skies
\Look for the Silver Lining
\*I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

^D. is correct.
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@216 How many children did Robert and Clara Schumann have?

\13
\None
\*8
\5

^In spite of this, Clara Schumann kept up her piano
performances and the family managed to travel and tour, even as far as Russia.
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@217 What classical composition was the popular song Full Moon And Empty
Arms derived from?

\Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
\Brahms' Lullaby
\*Rachmanninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
\Victer Herbert's Thine Alone

^The melody is taken from the third movement of Rachmaninov's
Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 18.
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@218 What did Tzar Alexander I of Russia give to Chopin after a performance?

\Snuff box
\*Diamond ring
\Gold cuff links
\Diamond tie pin

^The gift was presented to Chopin in 1825 after he was invited
to play for the Tzar. Chopin was only age 15.
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