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