Multiple Choice Questions

Johannes Brahms is revered for his mastery in composing
  • absolute music
  • and became enormously successful
  • False
  • traditionalist composer
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic symphony?
  • Brahms's personal motto was "Always a bachelor."
  • small orchestra with limited winds
  • Romantic composers often shortened and lightened up the last movement of a symphony to balance the first movement.
  • form
The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is given to which instrument?
  • cellos
  • False
  • True
  • absolute music
Which is NOT a genre in which Brahms composed?
  • False
  • supernatural as an element
  • opera
  • form
Which does NOT describe Brahms's musical style?
  • supernatural as an element
  • small orchestra with limited winds
  • robert schumann
  • opera
Which is the most important element in absolute music?
  • four
  • opera
  • False
  • form
Brahms is buried
  • in Vienna, near Beethoven and Schubert.
  • Germany
  • supernatural as an element
  • Brahms's personal motto was "Always a bachelor."
Brahms moved to Vienna
  • traditionalist composer
  • absolute music
  • in Vienna, near Beethoven and Schubert.
  • and became enormously successful
Which statement is NOT true of Brahms's personal motto?
  • supernatural as an element
  • small orchestra with limited winds
  • Romantic composers often shortened and lightened up the last movement of a symphony to balance the first movement.
  • Brahms's personal motto was "Always a bachelor."
Which statement about the Romantic-era symphony is true?
  • The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.
  • All possible answers
  • True
  • False
Which composer nurtured Brahms's talents, going as far as taking him into his home?
  • small orchestra with limited winds
  • absolute music
  • robert schumann
  • supernatural as an element
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?
  • Romantic composers often shortened and lightened up the last movement of a symphony to balance the first movement.
  • small orchestra with limited winds
  • Brahms's personal motto was "Always a bachelor."
  • robert schumann
Which describes Brahms?
  • supernatural as an element
  • and became enormously successful
  • traditionalist composer
  • absolute music
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