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50 Cards in this Set
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Beethoven's life spanned the boundary of the ____________ and ____________ Eras.
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classical
romantic |
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Beethoven was born in _________, Germany.
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Bonn
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Beethoven's father was an alcoholic.
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true
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Beethoven expanded the number of acts in an opera and added more elaborate sets.
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false
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Beethoven's first symphony started in the wrong key.
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true
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Beethoven's on-coming _______ caused him to contemplate suicide.
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disease
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What did Beethoven wear around his neck in order to record conversations with others?
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ear trumpet and a notebook
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Beethoven studied briefly with ______, but the lessons did not go well.
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Hayden
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What was the great tragedy of Beethoven's life?
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going deaf
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At the time of his death, Beethoven was living in_________.
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Vienna
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Beethoven has a wife and 14 children.
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false
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Beethoven was outgoing and sociable.
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false
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During his "heroic years" Beethoven became wealthy.
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true
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What is the most striking thing about the compositions from Beethoven's "heroic" phase?
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the length
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Beethoven waged a war to gain custody of Karl, his ________________.
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nephew
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Beethoven broke with the conventions of the times by having a choir ________ and a soloist in the first movement of his Ninth Symphony.
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choir
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Who's music is played, written about, and recorded more frequently than the music of any other composer in the world?
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Beethoven
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The text for the last movement of the Ninth Symphony is a poem, "Ode to Joy", written by the German poet, _______________.
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Schiller
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Beethoven's last three years were dedicated solely to ______________.
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string quartets
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How many symphonies did Beethoven compose?
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9
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During the latter part of Beethoven's life, ___________ began to appear.
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music journalism
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Beethoven's music contained a deep expression of personal feeling.
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true
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As a musical style, did Romanticism have a wide range if works by composers in many genres.
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true
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Politically, the most important event for the nineteenth century was the ______________.
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French Revolution
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By the last part of the century, most middle-class homes had what instrument in the parlor?
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piano
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By 1830, the standard range of the piano was _______ octaves.
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7
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New instruments such as the ______ and the ___________ were invented during the Romantic Era.
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tube
saxophone |
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Modulation is the movement between and among _____________.
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keys
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What is term for music that has no meaning outside of the meaning of the music itself?
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absolute music
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What is instrumental music that is associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene?
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program music
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Were Opera and Symphonies the least extensive genres with not many of them being written during the Romantic era?
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false
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Romantic writers and thinkers were fascinated by the notion of______________.
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the individual
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What legendary violinist inspired Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and other to become virtuoso performers.
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Paganini
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Woman fainted and people mobbed the stage when the piano virtuoso _________ would perform.
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Franz Liszt
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Were there many women who became famous as composers and performers during the nineteenth century?
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true
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Were Romantic songs designed to be sung in large concert halls?
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false
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Through-composed songs are ____________.
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those in which the music is different for each stanza.
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Name two women who were among he most important in the history of the nineteenth century music.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Clara Schumann |
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Schubert's father wanted him to become a ________________.
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schoolmaster
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Romantic songs are solo songs for ___________ and __________.
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specific word painting
general atmosphere |
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Schubert wrote over ______ art songs and used much text painting in his accompaniments.
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600
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Did Mendelssohn wrote the oratorio, ______________ and caused a renewed interest in the music of the Baroque Era with his performance of "St. Matthew's Passion" by __________.
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Elijah & St. Paul
Bach |
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Did Mendelssohn have poor and humble beginnings?
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false
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Berlioz'a "Symphonie Fantastique" is one of he earliest examples of ____________.
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Romantic program music
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Mendelssohn's closest friend and confidante was
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Fanny, his sister
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Are Chopin's symphonies frequently performed today as a great examples of the symphonic genre?
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true
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A nocturne is _________________.
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moody, introspective pieces
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An etude is ________.
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a study piece
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Did Brahms marry Clara Schumann after her husband, Robert Schumann died?
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false
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Did the composers that followed Beethoven attempt to mach the force and depth of his music?
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true
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