| Whose music did the composer hear in Paris and then claim, in his “Memoirs”, that it made him swear to become acomposer? |
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| Which composer was appointed director of the Ecole royale de musique (Paris Conservatoire) by Louis XVIII in 1822? |
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| Which early work, the basis for such later pieces as the “Requiem” (1837) and the “Te Deum” (1849), was only discovered in 1991? |
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| To whom did Berlioz write the letters published in 1882 as his “Lettres intimes”? |
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| Jean-Jacques-Humbert Ferrand |
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| Which group, founded in 1828 and led by Francois-Antoine Habeneck, became the best performers of symphonic music in Paris? |
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| Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire |
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| In which momentous year in history – when the Bourbon monarchy was replaced by the Orleanists- did Berlioz both receive the Rome Prize and premiere his “Symphonie Fantastique”? |
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| Name the cantatas Berlioz composed for the Rome Prize competitions. |
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| “La Mort d’Orphee” (1827); “Herminie” (1828); “Cleopatre” (1829); “Sardanapale” (1830) |
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| Name the movements of “Symphonie fantastique” in English and in order. |
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| 1. Reveries-Passions; 2. A Ball; 3. Scene in the Country; 4. March to the Scaffold; 5. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath |
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| Who succeeded Charles X after the trois glorieuses of the July Revolution in 1830? |
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| What was the term for the mixture of music and monologue that Berlioz used in “Lelio, ou le retour a la vie”, the sequel to the “Symphonie fantastique”? |
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| With whom did Berlioz have first child, Louis-Clement-Thomas, in 1835? |
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| Which of the 4 movements of Berlioz’s “Harold en Italie” (1834) – “Harold aux montagnes”, “Marche de pelerins chantant la priere du soir”, “Serenade d’un montagnard des Abruzzes a sa matresse” and “orgie de brigands” – proved to be the most popular? |
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| 2. “March de pelerins chantant la priere du soir” |
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| In addition to his experimentation with its spatial layout, what were Berlioz’s two innovative contributions to orchestral rehearsals? |
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| rehearsal letters and sectionals |
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| Which music critic did Berlioz succeed in 1837 at the “Journal des debats”? |
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| Francois-Henri-Joseph Blaze (Castil-Blaze) |
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| With his comment that music was not intended for appreciation by the general public, whom did Berlioz wish to contradict – the author of “universal” biographies and histories of music and musicians? |
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| Which work, also known as the “Grande messe des morts”, was commissioned to commemorate those who died during the July Revolution and Fieschi’s assassination attempt in 1835? |
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| In addition to the “Grande messe”, what was the other work that Berlioz completed on commission by the French government? |
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| The Funeral and Triumphal Symphony |
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| Which scene from his setting of “Romeo et Juliette” did Berlioz recommend that conductors omit, unless the audience were already very familiar with Shakespeare’s play? |
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| the tomb scene in the 6th movement |
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| Of which musical genre was Berlioz’s “Les nuits d’ete” the first example? |
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| At which English theater did Berlioz hold the position of music director from November 1847 to July 1848. |
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| What event of 2 December 1851 did Berlioz celebrate as a “veritable masterpiece”? |
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| the coup d’etat by Louis Napoleon |
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| What short-lived concert society did Berlioz help to establish between 1849 and 1851? |
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| Grand Societe Philharmonique de Paris |
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| To which musical genre did “l’Enfance du Christ” belong, the work which won Berlioz great success in its Parisian performances of 1854 and 1855? |
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| In what year was Berlioz elected to the Academie des Beaux-Arts of Institu de France after three unsuccessful tries? |
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| In order to enable the 1863 premiere of his opera, “Les Troyens”, at the Theatre Italien, Berlioz split it into two parts. What did he name each part? |
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| 1. La Prise de Troie. 2. Les Troyens a Carthage. |
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| Which comic opera by Berlioz, based on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, was commissioned for performance in Baden-Baden, Germany? |
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| In 1863, where did Berlioz conduct “l’Enfance du Christ” on behalf of a festival honoring Franco-German relations? |
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| Who published both the “Symphonie Fantastique” and the “Requiem”, among other works by Berlioz? |
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| To which work by Berlioz does Bloom compare the Anvil esemble in Wagner’s “Das Rehingold”? |
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| The chorus “Bienheureux, les matelots” in “Benvenuto Cellini” (4th Tableau) |
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| In what year did LIszt leave Raiding to live in Vienna with his parents? |
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| Who were Liszt’s first piano and composition teachers in Vienna? |
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| Czerny for piano and Salieri for composition |
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| Which piano manufacturer did the Liszt family befriend in Paris? |
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| What group, which had Liszt as a member, promoted the ideas of “abolishing privilege of birth, inherited land, and income from peasant labor…ending economic competition and establishing co-operation and classless solidarity”? |
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| According to Watson, who were the four principal influences on Liszt during 1828-39? |
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| Berlioz, Paganini, Chopin, Fetis |
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| When did Paganini first appear in Paris? |
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| The musical works, “Lyon”, “Apparitions”, “Harmonies poetiques et religieuses” and “De profundis” all bear the influence of what man, with whom Liszt spent the autumn of 1834? |
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| Abbe Felicite de Lamennais |
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| Who was the actual mother of Liszt’s daughter, Blandine-Rachel, born in December 1835 to the pseudonymous “Catherine-Adelaide Meran”? |
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| With whom did Liszt compete in a concert on 31 March 1837 in the salon of the Princess Belgiojoso? |
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| Whom did Liszt’s pupil, Puzzi, successfully have prosecuted for libeling the pianist in 1840, thereby forecasting the end of the affectionate relations between Liszt and the Schumanns? |
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| Friedrich Weick, father of Clara |
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| Whom did Balzac portray as “Beatrix” in his novel of the same name, and George Sand as he “Vicomtesse de Chailly” in her novel, “Horace”? |
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| With the intent to retire from public piano performance and devote himself full-time to composing and conducting, where did Liszt – and shortly thereafter, his lover the Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein – make his permanent residence in 1848 and remain until 1861? |
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| In which month and year did the BEethoven festival at Bonn take place, to which Liszt contributed so much time and energy in organizing? |
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| What work did LIszt, as conductor, premiere on 28, August 1850? |
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| Name at least 4 member of the “Society of Murls” that devoted itself to Liszt. |
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| Hans von Bulow, Franz Brendel, Richard Pohl, Louis Kohler, Carl Tausig |
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| Which of his symphonic poems was the first that Liszt orchestrated without the assistance of his usual collaborators, Raff and Conradi? |
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| The failed premiere of which opera in winter 1858 represented the last straw for Liszt in his appointement as Kapellmeister? |
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| “The Barber of Baghdad” by Cornelius |
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| Name the 2 most famous musicians to sign the manifesto against the New German School, published in “Das Echo” in 1860. |
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| What event famously failed to take place on 23, October 1861 in Rome? |
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| THe wedding of Liszt and Carolyne |
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| What event succesfully took place in the Villa d’Este on 20, July 1865? |
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| He received 4 minor orders: doorkeeper, reader, exorcist and acolyte |
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| With whom did Liszt’s daughter, Cosima, commit adultery against her hustband, Hans von Bulow, beginning in 1864? |
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| Which musical work was the occasion for a performance debacle atthe church of St. Eustache in Paris on 15 March 1866? |
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| Between which three countries did LIszt move during the last seventeen years of his life? |
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| Germany, Hungary and Italy |
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| name the 2 Scandinavian composers whose work was championed by Liszt |
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| Which work by Liszt did Wagner quote at the beginning of his final opera, “Parsifal”? |
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| Who wrote the 3-volume biography of Liszt whose 1st installment appeared in 1880? |
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| Into which 2 categories does Watson divide all the late piano pieces by Liszt? |
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