Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 15: Antonin Dvorak

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Antonin Dvorák's music was first promoted by
A)Hector Berlioz.
B)Richard Wagner.
C)Franz Liszt.
D)Johannes Brahms.
2
Dvorák ____________ quoted actual folk tunes in his compositions.
A)never
B)rarely
C)occasionally
D)frequently
3
In the second movement of Dvorák's New World Symphony, the nostalgic quality of the melody of the famous largo movement is heightened by the timbre of the
A)french horn.
B)muted violins.
C)english horn.
D)cellos.
4
In 1892, Dvorák went to ___________, where he spent almost three years as director of the National Conservatory of Music.
A)London
B)New York
C)Prague
D)Leipzig
5
Dvorák "found a secure basis for a new national [American] musical school" in the
A)music of New York.
B)western art music taught at the National Conservatory of Music.
C)African-American spirituals.
D)traditional folk music of European immigrants.
6
The popular character of the Dvorák's New World Symphony can be traced to the composer's use of ___________ often found in folk music.
A)syncopations
B)pentatonic scales
C)modal scales
D)all of the above
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