Music: An Appreciation, Brief 7th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 5: Robert Schumann

Multiple Choice

1
Which characteristic is not true of Schumann's works?
A)intensely autobiographical
B)usually linked with non-descriptive titles, texts, or programs
C)essentially lyrical in nature
D)All answers are correct.
2
Robert Schumann's Carnaval is a(n)
A)etude for piano students.
B)song cycle.
C)composition for orchestra.
D)cycle of piano pieces.
3
Clara Wieck was
A)the daughter of Schubert's piano teacher.
B)an Italian pianist.
C)Schumann's wife and a virtuoso pianist.
D)Schumann's second cousin.
4
During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only
A)songs.
B)piano pieces.
C)symphonies.
D)musical criticism.
5
One of the characteristics of Schumann's Carnaval is that it
A)is permeated with autobiographical references in its musical ideas.
B)includes sketches of great composers from past eras.
C)was written partly to describe his marriage to Clara Wieck.
D)is a song cycle of twenty-one pieces.
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