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Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt) - Quiz
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  • 1. Which three movements are combined into one in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Introduction, Intermezzo, Coda
B) Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo
C) Presto, Largo, Rondo
D) Minuet, Trio, Finale
  • 2. What overarching form does the entire work of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor follow?
A) Theme and variations
B) Sonata form - exposition, development, and recapitulation
C) Binary form
D) Rondo form
  • 3. How many thematic ideas are introduced on the first page of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 4. What is the character of the first theme marked Lento assai in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Playful and whimsical
B) Joyful and light-hearted
C) Full of ominous undertow
D) Mournful and somber
  • 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 2/4 to 4/4
C) From 3/4 to 6/8
D) From 6/8 to 3/4
  • 6. How is the second theme in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor characterized?
A) Lento assai, with a smooth melodic line
B) Allegro energico, consisting of a jagged, forceful motif in octaves
C) Andante sostenuto, featuring lyrical phrases
D) Presto, with rapid arpeggios
  • 7. What term did Liszt use to describe the third theme in his Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Flügelzug ('wing-draw')
B) Klangschale ('sound bowl')
C) Hammerschlag ('hammer-blow')
D) Trommelwirbel ('drum roll')
  • 8. In which key is the Grandioso material found in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) F♯ major
B) B minor
C) D major
D) C sharp minor
  • 9. What form is the slow movement, Andante sostenuto, of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Binary form
B) Compound ternary form
C) Sonata-allegro form
D) Rondo form
  • 10. What unique structural feature does the recapitulation of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor contain?
A) A minuet and trio in C minor
B) A rondo in G major
C) A fugue in B♭ minor that can also function as a scherzo
D) An adagio in A major
  • 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) Triple-function form
C) Single-function form
D) Polyphonic form
  • 12. What is the title of Liszt's earlier work that experimented with a 'four-movements-in-one' form?
A) Grosses Concert-Solo
B) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
C) Années de pèlerinage
D) Liebesträume
  • 13. What was the original ending of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor before it was changed?
A) A gradual diminuendo
B) An abrupt silence
C) A loud flourish
D) A quiet, reflective passage
  • 14. In what year was Liszt's Grosses Concert-Solo published as a two-piano version under the title Concerto pathétique?
A) 1872
B) 1865
C) 1848
D) 1851
  • 15. Which other work by Liszt shows a thematic relationship to both the Piano Sonata in B minor and the Faust Symphony?
A) Grosses Concert-Solo (Concerto pathétique)
B) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
C) Liebesträume
D) Années de pèlerinage
  • 16. In what year did Franz Liszt complete the Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) 1857
B) 1854
C) 1853
D) 1849
  • 17. Where was Liszt when he completed the Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Budapest, Hungary
B) Weimar, Germany
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Paris, France
  • 18. To whom did Liszt dedicate the Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) Johannes Brahms
B) Robert Schumann
C) Clara Schumann
D) Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • 19. How long does a typical performance of the Piano Sonata in B minor last?
A) Approximately 45 minutes
B) Nearly an hour
C) About 20 minutes
D) Around 30 minutes
  • 20. What did Clara Schumann think of the Piano Sonata in B minor?
A) She dedicated one of her own compositions to Liszt
B) She considered it her favorite piece by Liszt
C) She performed it frequently
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) Richard Wagner
B) Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
C) Johann Strauss II
D) Robert Schumann
  • 22. Which literary work is suggested as a source of inspiration for the sonata?
A) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
B) The Odyssey by Homer
C) Paradise Lost by John Milton
D) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • 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 based on his personal life
D) Yes, it was inspired by nature
  • 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) Focused solely on teaching
C) Almost entirely subsided
D) More successful than ever
  • 25. When did Liszt settle in Weimar?
A) 1848
B) 1853
C) 1875
D) 1860
  • 26. In which year was the Piano Sonata in B minor published?
A) 1854
B) 1863
C) 1857
D) 1875
  • 27. Which critic described the sonata as having listeners who find it beautiful as 'beyond help'?
A) Camille Saint-Saëns
B) Otto Gumprecht
C) Eduard Hanslick
D) Heinz Roemheld
  • 28. Who was enthusiastic about the sonata after a private performance on April 5, 1855?
A) Richard Wagner
B) Anton Rubinstein
C) Hans von Bülow
D) Johannes Brahms
  • 29. Which newspaper referred to the sonata as 'an invitation to hissing and stomping'?
A) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
B) The Times
C) National-Zeitung
D) Le Figaro
  • 30. Who made a two-piano arrangement of the sonata in 1914?
A) Heinz Roemheld
B) Camille Saint-Saëns
C) Frederick Ashton
D) Leó Weiner
  • 31. In which year was the two-piano arrangement by Camille Saint-Saëns first published?
A) 1914
B) 1984
C) 1955
D) 2004
  • 32. Who made an orchestral arrangement of the sonata in 1955?
A) Leó Weiner
B) Camille Saint-Saëns
C) Heinz Roemheld
D) Humphrey Searle
  • 33. Which film from the 1930s features Heinz Roemheld's orchestration of the sonata?
A) Gone with the Wind (1939)
B) The Black Cat (1934)
C) Casablanca (1942)
D) Citizen Kane (1941)
  • 34. In which 1952 film is there an orchestrated excerpt of the sonata?
A) The Sound of Music
B) Singin' in the Rain
C) Hans Christian Andersen
D) Casablanca
  • 35. Who made an organ transcription of the sonata in 1984?
A) Bernhard Haas
B) Humphrey Searle
C) Nathan Laube
D) Gordon Jacob
  • 36. Who created a transcription of the sonata for solo cello in 2013?
A) Leó Weiner
B) Camille Saint-Saëns
C) Johann Sebastian Paetsch
D) Heinz Roemheld
  • 37. Which label released a recording of Leó Weiner's orchestral arrangement in 2009?
A) EMI Classics
B) Sony Classical
C) Decca
D) Hungaroton
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