Listening Quiz for Chapter 17

1. This excerpt is from which work?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   Robert Schumann, “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”

   B.

   Franz Schubert, Moment Musical No. 2

   C.

   Franz Schubert, “Erlkönig”

   D.

   Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in F-sharp

   This excerpt is from which work?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Franz Schubert, “Erlkönig” in Chapter 17.
2. This stanza includes dialogue between two characters. How does the music indicate which character is speaking?

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   Question

   A.

   The boy’s voice is in the major mode, and his father’s voice is in the minor mode.

   B.

   The father’s voice comes in at a much slower tempo than the boy’s.

   C.

   The boy’s voice uses higher pitches, and the father’s voice uses lower pitches.

   D.

   The piano drops its triplet rhythm while the boy is singing.

   This stanza includes dialogue between two characters. How does the music indicate which character is speaking?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Franz Schubert, “Erlkönig” in Chapter 17.
3. What in this excerpt indicates that this song by Robert Schumann is probably through-composed?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   The second stanza begins with different music than that used in the first stanza.

   B.

   The music of the first two phrases is repeated in the next two phrases.

   C.

   The singer is accompanied by the piano.

   D.

   The piano continues the rhythm from the first stanza into the second stanza.

   What in this excerpt indicates that this song by Robert Schumann is probably through-composed?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Schumann, “Die alten, bösen Lieder” in Chapter 17.
4. Which is true about this third stanza of Clara Schumann’s “Der Mond kommt still gegangen”?

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   Question

   A.

   The melody moves faster through the verse.

   B.

   The melody reaches a climax on a long high note and a new harmony.

   C.

   This stanza maintains the calm mood set in the previous stanzas.

   D.

   All of the above

   Which is true about this third stanza of Clara Schumann’s “Der Mond kommt still gegangen”?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Clara Schumann, “Der Mond kommt still gegangen” in Chapter 17.
5. In this excerpt, one section of Schubert’s Moment Musical No. 2 ends and another begins. What contributes to the contrast between the two sections?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   The first section is in the major mode, and the second one is in the minor mode.

   B.

   In the first section, the piano plays a slow triple rhythm; in the second, it switches to playing lots of chords.

   C.

   The second section has no clear melody.

   D.

   A violin joins the piano in the second section.

   In this excerpt, one section of Schubert’s Moment Musical No. 2 ends and another begins. What contributes to the contrast between the two sections?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Franz Schubert, “Moment Musical No. 2 in A-flat” in Chapter 17.
6. Which statement best describes the rhythmic character of this excerpt from Robert Schumann’s “Eusebius”?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   The rhythm has metronomic regularity.

   B.

   The rhythm is clear and Classical in style.

   C.

   The rhythm is blurred with the use of rubato.

   D.

   The rhythm is driving and insistent.

   Which statement best describes the rhythmic character of this excerpt from Robert Schumann’s “Eusebius”?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Robert Schumann, Carnaval in Chapter 17.
7. This excerpt is from which work?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe

   B.

   Hector Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony

   C.

   Franz Schubert’s “Erlkönig”

   D.

   Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in F-sharp

   This excerpt is from which work?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in F-sharp in Chapter 17.
8. Which theme from Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony is heard here?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   the plainchant Dies irae

   B.

   the idée fixe

   C.

   the witches’ round dance

   D.

   the fugue subject

   Which theme from Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony is heard here?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony in Chapter 17.
9. Which theme from Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony is heard here?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   the plainchant Dies irae

   B.

   the idée fixe

   C.

   the witches’ round dance

   D.

   the fugue subject

   Which theme from Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony is heard here?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony in Chapter 17.
10. Which instruments play the two versions of the theme heard in this excerpt?

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    Question

    A.

    first tubas and bassoons, then horns and trombones

    B.

    first horns and trombones, then tubas and bassoons

    C.

    first woodwinds, then horns and trombones

    D.

    first tubas and bassoons, then woodwinds

    Which instruments play the two versions of the theme heard in this excerpt?

    Correct.

    Incorrect. See Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony in Chapter 17.