Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt)

Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt) - Quiz

1. Which three movements are combined into one in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo
B) Minuet, Trio, Finale
C) Presto, Largo, Rondo
D) Introduction, Intermezzo, Coda

2. What overarching form does the entire work of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor follow?

A) Sonata form - exposition, development, and recapitulation
B) Rondo form
C) Theme and variations
D) Binary form

3. How many thematic ideas are introduced on the first page of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Four
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three

4. What is the character of the first theme marked Lento assai in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Joyful and light-hearted
B) Mournful and somber
C) Full of ominous undertow
D) Playful and whimsical

5. What time signature change occurs after the first theme in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) From 4/4 to alla breve
B) From 3/4 to 6/8
C) From 6/8 to 3/4
D) From 2/4 to 4/4

6. How is the second theme in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor characterized?

A) Andante sostenuto, featuring lyrical phrases
B) Presto, with rapid arpeggios
C) Lento assai, with a smooth melodic line
D) Allegro energico, consisting of a jagged, forceful motif in octaves

7. What term did Liszt use to describe the third theme in his Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Klangschale ('sound bowl')
B) Trommelwirbel ('drum roll')
C) Hammerschlag ('hammer-blow')
D) Flügelzug ('wing-draw')

8. In which key is the Grandioso material found in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) C sharp minor
B) F♯ major
C) D major
D) B minor

9. What form is the slow movement, Andante sostenuto, of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Rondo form
B) Sonata-allegro form
C) Compound ternary form
D) Binary form

10. What unique structural feature does the recapitulation of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor contain?

A) A rondo in G major
B) An adagio in A major
C) A fugue in B♭ minor that can also function as a scherzo
D) A minuet and trio in C minor

11. What is the term used to describe Liszt's form of having two classical forms happening at the same time?

A) Double-function form
B) Polyphonic form
C) Single-function form
D) Triple-function form

12. What is the title of Liszt's earlier work that experimented with a 'four-movements-in-one' form?

A) Années de pèlerinage
B) Liebesträume
C) Grosses Concert-Solo
D) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

13. What was the original ending of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor before it was changed?

A) A quiet, reflective passage
B) An abrupt silence
C) A loud flourish
D) A gradual diminuendo

14. In what year was Liszt's Grosses Concert-Solo published as a two-piano version under the title Concerto pathétique?

A) 1872
B) 1851
C) 1848
D) 1865

15. Which other work by Liszt shows a thematic relationship to both the Piano Sonata in B minor and the Faust Symphony?

A) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
B) Liebesträume
C) Grosses Concert-Solo (Concerto pathétique)
D) Années de pèlerinage

16. In what year did Franz Liszt complete the Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) 1854
B) 1849
C) 1857
D) 1853

17. Where was Liszt when he completed the Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Weimar, Germany
B) Paris, France
C) Budapest, Hungary
D) Vienna, Austria

18. To whom did Liszt dedicate the Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
B) Clara Schumann
C) Johannes Brahms
D) Robert Schumann

19. How long does a typical performance of the Piano Sonata in B minor last?

A) About 20 minutes
B) Approximately 45 minutes
C) Nearly an hour
D) Around 30 minutes

20. What did Clara Schumann think of the Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) She considered it her favorite piece by Liszt
B) She performed it frequently
C) She dedicated one of her own compositions to Liszt
D) She found it 'merely a blind noise'

21. What was the influence on Liszt's decision to focus more on composing rather than performing?

A) Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
B) Robert Schumann
C) Richard Wagner
D) Johann Strauss II

22. Which literary work is suggested as a source of inspiration for the sonata?

A) The Odyssey by Homer
B) Paradise Lost by John Milton
C) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
D) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

23. Did Liszt assign any programmatic meaning to the Piano Sonata in B minor?

A) No, he did not assign any programmatic meaning
B) Yes, it depicted historical events
C) Yes, it was inspired by nature
D) Yes, it was based on his personal life

24. What did Liszt's career as a traveling virtuoso become by the time he composed the sonata?

A) Limited to performances in Italy
B) More successful than ever
C) Almost entirely subsided
D) Focused solely on teaching

25. When did Liszt settle in Weimar?

A) 1860
B) 1853
C) 1875
D) 1848

26. In which year was the Piano Sonata in B minor published?

A) 1854
B) 1875
C) 1857
D) 1863

27. Which critic described the sonata as having listeners who find it beautiful as 'beyond help'?

A) Otto Gumprecht
B) Camille Saint-Saëns
C) Eduard Hanslick
D) Heinz Roemheld

28. Who was enthusiastic about the sonata after a private performance on April 5, 1855?

A) Hans von Bülow
B) Richard Wagner
C) Anton Rubinstein
D) Johannes Brahms

29. Which newspaper referred to the sonata as 'an invitation to hissing and stomping'?

A) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
B) Le Figaro
C) National-Zeitung
D) The Times

30. Who made a two-piano arrangement of the sonata in 1914?

A) Leó Weiner
B) Frederick Ashton
C) Camille Saint-Saëns
D) Heinz Roemheld

31. In which year was the two-piano arrangement by Camille Saint-Saëns first published?

A) 1955
B) 2004
C) 1984
D) 1914

32. Who made an orchestral arrangement of the sonata in 1955?

A) Heinz Roemheld
B) Humphrey Searle
C) Camille Saint-Saëns
D) Leó Weiner

33. Which film from the 1930s features Heinz Roemheld's orchestration of the sonata?

A) Citizen Kane (1941)
B) Casablanca (1942)
C) The Black Cat (1934)
D) Gone with the Wind (1939)

34. In which 1952 film is there an orchestrated excerpt of the sonata?

A) Singin' in the Rain
B) The Sound of Music
C) Casablanca
D) Hans Christian Andersen

35. Who made an organ transcription of the sonata in 1984?

A) Bernhard Haas
B) Gordon Jacob
C) Humphrey Searle
D) Nathan Laube

36. Who created a transcription of the sonata for solo cello in 2013?

A) Johann Sebastian Paetsch
B) Heinz Roemheld
C) Camille Saint-Saëns
D) Leó Weiner

37. Which label released a recording of Leó Weiner's orchestral arrangement in 2009?

A) Hungaroton
B) Sony Classical
C) EMI Classics
D) Decca

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