Music Questions

1. A poem that tells a story is called a

2. Symphonie fantastique, which depicts an artist’s execution by guillotine, was written by the nineteenth
century composer

3. The piano became a popular instrument for middle-class families when

4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare’s play about the collision of reality
and fantasy, was captured in a musical piece by

5. Franz Schubert was known for having written

6. In his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven

7. Clara Wieck Schumann’s “Forward!” was written for a/an

8. A piano trio is made up of

9. Berlioz insisted that a _______ be distributed to his audiences to provide
an overview of the dramatic structure of his work.

10. Prolonged exposure to volume greater than _______ is considered dangerous.

11. Which of the following was not one of the obstacles Fanny Hensel had to overcome as a composer?

12. Which of the following works helped to redefine the symphony as a genre?

13. _______ music is generally associated with nonmusical ideas and objects.

14. Which composer called himself a tone poet-a poet who creates with music rather
than words?

15. Influenced by Dvorak, _______ is credited as the first American woman to have
written a symphony.

16. In 2001, the President of Turkmenistan banned

17. The overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a one-movement work

18. _______ was called the “Valkyrie of the Piano.”

19. The composer utilized the minor mode in Symphonie fantastique to represent

20. In the overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the kingdom of the fairies, led by

Oberon and Titania, is represented by the