Chamber Music around the Fin-de-Siècle

How many composers’ music have we studied this semester (including your presentations)?

• less than 10

• 10-15

• 15-20

• more than 20

Which Schoenberg piece became his most popular composition among the audience?

• Verklärte Nacht

• Piano Concerto

• Pierrot lunaire

• String Quartet No. 2

Brahms alluded a famous song in the finale of his Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1854). Which song was it?

• Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder (from Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte)

• Adelaide (by Beethoven)

• Am Meer (by Schubert)

• Seit ich ihn gesehen' (from Schumann’s Frauenliebe- und leben)

What is the setting for the story of Verklärte Nacht at the beginning?

• a bright, sunny day at the seashore

• a dark, stormy night in the forest

• clear, cold moonlight night in the forest

• a secret room by candlelight

How old was Erich Wolfgang Korngold when he composed his Piano Trio, Op. 1?

• 9

• 12

• 15

• 18

“A great artist, who possesses everything needed to express the essentials, must respect the boundaries of beauty, even if he extends them far further than hitherto.”

• Johannes Brahms

• Gabriel Fauré

• César Franck

• Alexander Zemlinsky

César Franck dedicated his Violin Sonata to Eugène Ysaÿe for a special occasion. What was it?

• Ysaÿe’s diploma concert

• Ysaÿe’s birthday

• Ysaÿe’s wedding

• the birth of Ysaÿe’s son

“The fourth movement begins with an introduction, depicting the departure from earth to another planet.” Which piece is described?

• Debussy’s String Quartet

• Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 1

• Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2

• Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1

Who wrote about an enchanting little phrase (petite phrase) in his novel?

• Marcel Proust

• Victor Hugo

• George Sand

• Alexandre Dumas

He became director of the Conservatoire in 1905, among his students were Maurice Ravel, George Enescu, and Nadia Boulanger. Who was he?

• César Franck

• Gabriel Fauré

• Claude Debussy

• Camille Saint-Saëns