| How is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony unique and innovative? |
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| Use of solo voices and a chorus finale. |
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| How is the missa solemnis unique and innovative? |
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| It is too elaborate for liturgical use and has five movements. |
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| Identify Beethoven’s last two, large public works which seem to re-examine the traditions of their respective genres. |
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| Missa solemnis, Ninth Symphony |
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| How many movements are in the Pastoral Symphony and why is that unique? |
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| Five movements, but normally a symphony has only three. |
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| What is the programmatic name of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony? |
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| Name three works from Beethoven’s Middle Period. |
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| Fidelio, The Pastoral Symphony, Fifth Symphony. |
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| To whom did Beethoven originally dedicate the Eroica Symphony? |
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| Who may be represented in Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and why? |
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| Beethoven and his struggle with deafness. |
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| What is unique about Beethoven’s third symphony, The Eroica? |
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| The “Heroic Symphony” was longer in duration than any previous symphony. |
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| For what reason did the deafening Beethoven choose to not commit suicide? |
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| What document discusses Beethoven’s despair and struggle over his loss of hearing? |
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| The Heiligenstadt Testament |
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| How many symphonies did Beethoven compose? |
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| How many piano sonatas did Beethoven compose? |
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| Beethoven was a student of what famous composer? |
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| What was the name of Beethoven’s only opera? |
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| What was Beethoven’s 3rd period music like? |
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| More introspective, complex, and appreciated mainly by music experts. |
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| What were the dates of Beethoven’s Third Period? |
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| What Beethoven Symphony premiered in 1805 to initiate the Romantic Era? |
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| An innovative level of drama and expression and composition in a more novel and ambitious style characterizes which of Beethoven’s periods? |
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| What were the dates of Beethoven’s Second Period? |
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| How old was Beethoven when he began losing his hearing? |
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| What were beethoven’s major accomplishments in his First Period? |
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| mastered musical language and genres of the time and wrote two symphonies. |
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| What were the dates of Beethoven’s First Period? |
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| What were Beethoven’s birth and death years? |
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| What was Beethoven’s nationality? |
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| What is music that searches for new effects from the folk music of other lands and peoples? |
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| What was the 19th century trend in which composers wrote music that evoked feelings and settings of distant lands or foreign cultures? |
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| What was considered by Romantics as “Always and above all else is the music of a nation”? |
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| Industrialism was the primary force that shaped nineteenth-century Western culture. What impact did the Industrial Revolution have upon the music? |
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| The industrial revolution made instruments widely available to the middle class, spurring a flurry of works for amateur players. |
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| What was unique about the Paris Conservatoire, founded in 1795? |
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| The first all-music school. |
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| What direct impact did the French Revolutionary Government have upon music in France? |
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| The French Revolutionary Government sponsored many music festivals to celebrate the revolution. The government also supported Opera and Opera Comique, but censored the works. |
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| What were the dates of the Romantic Era? |
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| What event initiated the Romantic Era? |
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| Beethoven’s Third Period, begun by the premier of the “Eroica” symphony in 1805. |
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| What were the dates of the Romantic Era? |
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| What political leader was a Romantic hero for a time? |
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| What mythological character was celebrated as a Romantic hero and what did he do? |
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| Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to men. |
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| What musical attribute was elevated to equal status with melody, harmony, and rhythm during the Romantic Era? |
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| What generally specific thing does a Romantic hero do which is expressed through music? |
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| Leads others from darkness to light. |
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| How was emotion treated in the Romantic Era? |
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| Emotion was celebrated irrespective of its consequences. |
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