Chapter 17 Quiz

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. Niccolò Paganini was a virtuoso ___________.

a) Pianist correct incorrect

b) Violinist correct incorrect

c) Cellist correct incorrect

d) Organist correct incorrect

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. Of the following, whose main instrument was piano?

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Clara Wieck correct incorrect

c) Giacomo Meyerbeer correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Who was known as the "Paganini of the Piano"?

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Giacomo Meyerbeer correct incorrect

c) Pietro Locatelli correct incorrect

d) Clara Wieck correct incorrect

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. As a genre, the "fantasy" is best defined as ___________.

a) An arrangement of a preexisting piece for a new instrumental setting, retaining the original key structure and form correct incorrect

b) A free adaptation of a preexisting piece into a new composition correct incorrect

c) An extended, stand-alone cadenza that features sudden emotional shifts correct incorrect

d) A technical study arranged for public performance correct incorrect

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. A concert étude is best defined as ___________.

a) An arrangement of a preexisting piece for a new instrumental setting, retaining the original key structure and form correct incorrect

b) A free adaptation of a preexisting piece into a new composition correct incorrect

c) An extended, stand-alone cadenza that features sudden emotional shifts correct incorrect

d) A technical study arranged for public performance correct incorrect

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. As a young man, Franz Liszt became involved with the Saint-Simonians.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The reworking of an existing piece for a different instrument, while retaining its basic key structure and form, is ___________.

a) A fantasy correct incorrect

b) A transcription correct incorrect

c) A caprice correct incorrect

d) An overture correct incorrect

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. All of the following describe grand opéra, except ___________.

a) French correct incorrect

b) Comic correct incorrect

c) Large cast correct incorrect

d) Historical plots correct incorrect

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. Which of the following operas helped ignite the Belgian revolution in 1830?

a) Guillaume Tell correct incorrect

b) Les Huguenots correct incorrect

c) Robert le diable correct incorrect

d) La muette de Portici correct incorrect

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. Eugène Scribe was ___________.

a) The pianist who invented the concert recital correct incorrect

b) The first director of the Paris Conservatoire correct incorrect

c) The most important librettist of grand opera correct incorrect

d) The most influential ballet choreographer in nineteenth-century Paris correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who composed a grand opéra?

a) Giacomo Meyerbeer correct incorrect

b) Gioachino Rossini correct incorrect

c) Daniel-François-Esprit Auber correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What happens during the "Blessing of the Daggers" in Les Huguenots?

a) The Catholics plot to massacre the Protestants. correct incorrect

b) Raoul and Valentine vow to kill Valentine's father. correct incorrect

c) The king and queen of France bring judgment on all of Paris. correct incorrect

d) The Protestants and Catholics lay down their weapons in a show of peace. correct incorrect

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. Grand opéra typically consists of how many acts?

a) Two correct incorrect

b) Three correct incorrect

c) Four correct incorrect

d) Five correct incorrect

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. By the end of the nineteenth century, the prestige of grand opéra had grown to an all-time high.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Richard Wagner notoriously accused ___________ of denigrating art because he was Jewish.

a) Meyerbeer correct incorrect

b) Auber correct incorrect

c) Rossini correct incorrect

d) Paganini correct incorrect