STORY OF MUSIC 4A

Who was the French composer known for his emotionally unstable nature and groundbreaking piece 'Symphonie fantastique'?

• Hector Berlioz

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In which century could people go weeks without hearing any music at all?

• 17th century

• 20th century

• 18th century

• 19th century

Which Italian composer remained at the top of his game for 51 years and had a gloriously successful career of 28 operas?

• Giacomo Puccini

• Gioachino Rossini

• Vincenzo Bellini

• Giuseppe Verdi

Who was the French-speaking Hungarian-born composer who dominated music in the second half of the 19th century?

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Franz Liszt

• Richard Wagner

• Johannes Brahms

What did Franz Liszt invent, which reduced the traditional four-movement symphony into one concentrated shorter piece?

• Symphonic Suite

• Symphonic Poem

• Symphonic Overture

• Symphonic Interlude

Which Austrian composer proposed a new way of organizing music known as twelve-tone serialism, which used all 12 notes of the Western scale without repeating any of them?

• Anton Bruckner

• Gustav Mahler

• Franz Schubert

• Arnold Schoenberg

What did Franz Liszt compose in response to the 1848 uprisings in Hungary, where groups of people wanted to gain independence from the Austrian Empire?

• Hungarian Rhapsodies

• Hungarian Serenades

• Hungarian Dances

• Hungarian Fantasies

Which Italian opera, first performed in 1853, is about a doomed love affair and the tragic death of the female protagonist from TB?

• La Traviata

• Rigoletto

• La Bohème

• Carmen

What did Franz Liszt use to force piano builders to adopt iron frames to replace wood frames?

• Grand Gallop

• Symphonic Poem

• Piano Sonata

• Hungarian Rhapsody

Which French composer was immensely influenced by Franz Liszt's incandescent paintings in sound and revered him like a disciple?

• Claude Debussy

• Maurice Ravel

• Camille Saint-Saëns

• Hector Berlioz