Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 4: Franz Schubert

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Schubert
A)was widely acknowledged as a composer in his lifetime.
B)was very self-critical, which accounts for his meager output.
C)produced his greatest works after the age of forty.
D)was the first great master of the romantic art song.
2
The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the song's episodes and suggests the
A)galloping horse.
B)joy of the child.
C)calmness of the father.
D)approach of death.
3
Schubert's songs number more than
A)50.
B)100.
C)250.
D)600.
4
The Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of
A)ghosts.
B)death.
C)nature.
D)a galloping horse.
5
The Erlking is a poem by
A)Heinrich Heine.
B)Schubert himself.
C)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
D)Robert Schumann.
6
The form of The Erlking is
A)strophic.
B)modified strophic.
C)through-composed.
D)None of the answers are correct.
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