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The excerpt shows lively, irregular accents on beats (often a strong accent on the second or third beat), folk‑dance character, and a playful, rustic mood.

Mazurka

Prelude

Polonaise

Lullaby

The excerpt features a proud, march‑like rhythm in triple meter with dotted figures and an assertive, nationalistic feel.

Polonaise

Étude

Mazurka

Nocturne

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of Romantic-period music?

Focus on dramatic expression, individualism, and expanded ha

Strict adherence to forms without emotional expression

Exclusive use of church modes and plainchant

Avoidance of programmatic content and extra-musical ideas

Nationalism in Romantic music often meant

Composers used folk melodies from their own countries

Composers only wrote about war

All music was written in Latin

Orchestras only played in their home cities

Who wrote the famous Nutcracker ballet as well as the 1812 Overture?

Tchaikovsky

Mussorgsky

Sand

Chopin

With the wider selection of standard orchestral instruments that were available to Romantic era composers, which of the following did they NOT do?

Adhere to traditional arrangements

Increase the dynamic contrast

Increase the emotional range

Use more varied sounds

Why were Romantic era composers able to portray a wide variety of contrasting emotions in a single movement?

They used looser and more flexible musical forms.

They created instrumental music without lyrics.

They used dynamics for the first time.

They wrote for a greater number of instruments.

One way that Romantic era composers wanted to connect with their audiences was through creating emotionally-charged instrumental music. How did the composers do this?

By writing rich and memorable melodies.

By using strict musical forms.

By focusing on poetry intended to be read with the music.

By writing exclusively for the piccolo, pedal harp, tuba.

How is dynamic contrast defined?

Moving from one volume level to another

Contrasting the sounds of different instruments

Using both loose forms and strict forms

Playing an emotional melody at the same time as a boring one

Which composer built the Bayreuth Festspielhaus to stage his operas?

Richard Wagner

Franz Schubert

Ludwig van Beethoven

Robert Schumann

Which composer used the ethnic music of Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bohemia to create the Slavonic Dances?

Antonín Dvorák

Frederic Chopin

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Clara Schumann

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.

Rossini specialized in opera buffa. How is opera buffa defined?

Comic opera

Food-themed opera

Tragic opera

Virtuoso opera

Paganini was best remembered as a virtuoso. What is a virtuoso?

A person with exceptional technical and musical ability

An opera composer

A violin player

A violinist who is also a talented composer

Both Paganini and Rossini were composers who lived and worked during the _____.

early Romantic era

late Romantic era

early Classical era

late Classical era

Which of the following composers was a member of The Russian Five, also known as The Mighty Handful?

Mussorgsky

Ravel

Chopin

Tchaikovsky

Which of the following were composed by Frederic Chopin?

Character pieces for the piano like mazurkas and nocturnes.

Operas like Eugene Onegin.

Nationalistic orchestral music like Night on Bald Mountain.

Ballets including Swan Lake and the The Nutcracker.

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 many nationalistic operas.

He wrote beautiful music for the ballet.

Which of the following is NOT a Romantic era composer?

Stamitz

Beethoven

Tchaikovsky

Brahms

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 music critic.

He gave up music altogether.

He became a painter.

He became a very popular opera singer.

Which composer is considered to be a great transitional composer who helped transform music from the Classical to the Romantic style?

Beethoven

Liszt

Verdi

Tchaikovsky