1MUS303 - Music history 2

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Quiz #3

1. The genre of the Lied (art song), with its union of poetry and music, could be
expected to exert strong appeal to the artistic aesthetic of the Romantics.
(a) True
(b) False

2. The Lied became popular among the Romantics because it was a less exacting
genre in which to compose than instrumental music.
(a) True
(b) False

3. How old was Schubert when he achieved legendary status in the Lied
genre with Gretchen am Spinnrade?
(a) 17
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 40

Questions (4) - (5) refer to Schubert’s Der Lindenbaum (old NAWM #129 or PDF posted
on Blackboard).

4. Which describes the form of the song?

(a) ternary (ABA)
(b) binary (AB)
(c) modified strophic (AA’BA’’)
(d) None of the above.

5. The larger work to which this Lied belongs is known as a:

(a) song cycle
(b) vocalise
(c) opera
(d) None of the above.