Mahler’s The Song of the Earth is best described as a:
Song cycle
Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly is considered exotic due to its setting and plot.
True
Tchaikovsky worked with the choreographer Petipa on The Nutcracker.
True
The opera Madame Butterfly is set in:
Japan
Nadezhda von Meck’s relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of:
his patron
Ballet was first developed in the Romantic era by the Russians.
False
Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha.
True
Tchaikovsky introduced the celesta, a bell-like instrument, in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
True
The new instrument introduced in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker is the:
celesta
Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.
True
Tchaikovsky was a famous_______ composer.
Russian
Mahler evokes Chinese imagery in sound in The Song of the Earth through the use of:
Pentatonic scales
Puccini makes reference to the American national anthem in Madame Butterfly.
True
Which of the following is a Germanic Post-Romantic composer?
Gustav Mahler
Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker are three famous ballets by Tchaikovsky.
True
The overall structure of the March from Tchaikovksy’s Nutcracker is best outlined as:
A-B-A
The basis for Mahler’s The Song of the Earth is:
A group of Chinese poems translated into German
The pas de deux, or dance for two, developed in Russia by the choreographer Petipa, is a standard element of classical ballet.
True
The Nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E.T.A. Hoffman.
False
The approximate dates of the post-Romantic era are:
1890-1910
In the second act of Tchaikovsy’s ballet The Nutcracker:
Clara visits the land of the sweets with the prince
Stravinsky and Diaghilev were famous Russian dancers.
False
Gustav Mahler generally wrote his song cycles with orchestra, rather than piano, accompaniment.
True
Beyond ballet, Tchaikovsky was also a noted composer of:
Operas and symphonies
The third movement, Of Youth, from The Song of the Earth, is in _____ form.
A-B-A
Gustav Mahler served as the conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
True
