Which composer is considered to be a great transitional composer who helped transform music from the Classical to the Romantic style?
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Beethoven
Liszt
Because a hand injury prevented him from fulfilling his dream of being a concert pianist, what did Robert Schumann do instead of being a performer?
He became a painter.
He became a music critic.
He became a very popular opera singer.
He gave up music altogether.
Which of the following is NOT a Romantic era composer?
Tchaikovsky
Brahms
Bach
Beethoven
Why was Liszt famous?
He was a Romantic era rock star who toured all over Europe.
He wrote over 600 lieder before an early death from syphilis
He wrote beautiful music for the ballet.
He wrote many nationalistic operas.
Why was Nadezhda von Meck important for Tchaikovsky's career?
Her compositions inspired his work.
She provided him with financial support.
She was his muse.
She taught him the basics of composition.
Which of the following were composed by Frederic Chopin?
Operas like Eugene Onegin.
Character pieces for the piano like mazurkas and nocturnes.
Nationalistic orchestral music like Night on Bald Mountain.
Ballets including Swan Lake and the The Nutcracker.
Which of the following composers was a member of The Russian Five, also known as The Mighty Handful?
Chopin
Mussorgsky
Ravel
Tchaikovsky
Both Paganini and Rossini were composers who lived and worked during the _____.
late Romantic era
late Classical era
early Classical era
early Romantic era
Paganini was best remembered as a virtuoso. What is a virtuoso?
A violin player
A person with exceptional technical and musical ability
An opera composer
A violinist who is also a talented composer
Rossini specialized in opera buffa. How is opera buffa defined
Comic opera
Food-themed opera
Virtuoso opera
Tragic opera
Rimsky-Korsakov's piece Scheherazade is an example of which Romantic trend?
classicism
Nationalism
Exoticism
Realism
How did Mendelssohn explore realms of fantasy in his A Midsummer Night's Dream overture?
By writing music based on his dreams.
By depicting the sounds of mischievous woodland fairies.
By writing music based on drug experiences.
By depicting the sounds of a witches' sabbath.
Which of the following paintings is a visual depiction of nationalism?
Liberty Leading the People
The Raft of the Medea
Witches' Sabbath
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
Which of the following is NOT a way in which Romantic era composers created nationalistic music?
National music
Overtly political music
Patriotic music
Forward music
Which composer used the ethnic music of Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bohemia to create the Slavonic Dances?
Antonín Dvorák
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Clara Schumann
Frederic Chopin
Which composer wrote a virtuosic medley for the concert hall using the melodies from patriotic songs including The Star-Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, and Hail, Columbia?
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Frederic Chopin
Clara Schumann
Antonín Dvorák
