True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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As a young man, literature was Wagner’s first interest.
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2.
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Wagner’s lasting fame was as a composer of songs and oratorio.
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3.
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Wagner was largely a self-taught composer.
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4.
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All of Wagner’s operas were based on true historical events.
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5.
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Brahms first gained fame as a composer of songs and piano music.
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6.
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The operas of Brahms are his best-loved compositions.
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7.
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Brahms’ early musical training was with his father as his teacher.
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8.
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Wagner and Brahms often spoke highly of each other’s musical
accomplishments.
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9.
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Brahms was a shy and retiring individual who avoided public attention as much as
possible.
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10.
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Atonality is the complete absence of a tonal center.
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11.
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Atonal music has always been extremely populat with the public.
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12.
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A tone row contains the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.
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13.
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Richard Strauss is one of the best-known composers of electronic music.
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14.
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Dodecaphonic is another name for atonal, twelve-tone music.
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15.
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The composer Alban Berg belongs to the Expressionistic school of
composition.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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16.
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Which of the titles below is NOT one of the operas in Wagner’s Ring
Cycle?
a. | Die Walkure | c. | Das Rheingold | b. | Siegfried | d. | Rienzi |
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A group of four related artistic works is known as a:
a. | tetralogy | c. | trilogy | b. | quadrology | d. | quartet |
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18.
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Wagner’s first successful opera was:
a. | The Flying Dutchman | c. | Siegfried | b. | Gotterdammerung | d. | Rienzi |
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19.
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The text, or words, of an opera are known as the:
a. | lyrics | c. | octavo | b. | libretto | d. | folio |
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20.
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A short musical theme used to identify a certain character in an opera is known
as a:
a. | subject | c. | leitmotif | b. | melisma | d. | fugue |
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21.
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The city in German wher Wagner built his theater was:
a. | Bayreuth | c. | Bonn | b. | Berlin | d. | Wartburg |
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22.
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A musical service in honor of the dead is called a:
a. | requiem | c. | oratorio | b. | mass | d. | cantata |
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23.
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Brahms completed his first symphony in:
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24.
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The two best-known composers of symphonies during the nineteenth century
were:
a. | Bach and Brahms | c. | Brahms and Beethoven | b. | Brahms and Wagner | d. | Beethoven and
Mozart |
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25.
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The Classicist influence was imparted to Brahms by his teacher:
a. | Beethoven | c. | Kochel | b. | Mozart | d. | Marxsen |
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26.
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Which composer was the first person to publicly extoll the compositional talents
of Brahms?
a. | Beethoven | c. | Chopin | b. | Liszt | d. | Schumann |
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27.
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Two noted Impressionist composers were:
a. | Debussy and Stravinsky | c. | Brahms and Liszt | b. | Ravel and Brahms | d. | Debussy and
Ravel |
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28.
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Writing music backward is known as:
a. | retrograde | c. | mirror | b. | reverse | d. | inversion |
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29.
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Harmonies built in intervals of a fourth are known as:
a. | triadic | c. | quintal | b. | quartal | d. | tetral |
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30.
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Two noted Neo-Classical composers were:
a. | Webern and Stravinsky | c. | Hindemith and Stravinsky | b. | Stravinsky and
Debussy | d. | Hindemith and
Debussy |
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31.
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An instrument closely related to the piccolo is the:
a. | bassoon | c. | oboe | b. | clarinet | d. | flute |
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32.
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An instrument closely related to the English horn is the:
a. | bassoon | c. | oboe | b. | clarinet | d. | flute |
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33.
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The most common stringed instrument regularly included in the concert
band’s instrumentation is the:
a. | string bass | c. | cello | b. | guitar | d. | violin |
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34.
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Which of the following is NOT a legitimate kind of clarinet?
a. | Eb clarinet | c. | Bb alto clarinet | b. | Bb clarinet | d. | Eb contrabass
clarinet |
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35.
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Which of the following is NOT a double reed instrument often found in concert
band instrumentation?
a. | oboe | c. | bassoon | b. | English horn | d. | bass clarinet |
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36.
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Which of the following is a percussion instrument that cannot play all the
pitches of the chromatic scale?
a. | timpani | c. | xylophone | b. | marimba | d. | gong |
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37.
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Which of the following is NOT a member of the concert band brass section?
a. | cornet | c. | French horn | b. | baritone horn | d. | English horn |
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38.
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Which of the following is a member of the percussion section that is able to
play melodic lines?
a. | bass drum | c. | chimes | b. | snare drum | d. | maracas |
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39.
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Which of the following is a saxophone NOT commonly used in the concert
band?
a. | soprano sax | c. | tenor sax | b. | alto sax | d. | baritone sax |
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40.
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How many differently-pitched instruments are there in the clarinet
family?
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