Music History Chapter 27

During the first half of the nineteenth century, opera theaters were primarily run by....

By the mid-nineteenth century, the following figures became the key draw for audiences of opera productions:

The following composer was the most popular and influential opera composer of the early nineteenth century:

In Rossini's operas, the most important element is the:

The following composer is credited with developing a scene structure that distributed the story throughout an act rather than confining the unfolding of the plot to the recitative:

The overture from the following Rossini opera is unique because it consists of four sections that present a series of scenes taken from the opera:

The following composer is known for his long, sweeping, highly embellished, and intensely emotional melodies:

Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott, was composed by:

Grand opera was designed to appeal to the desires of the:

A performance in Brussels of the following opera sparked a riot that ultimately led to Belgium's independence:

The following librettist is credited with creating the mix of formality, spectacle, and historical, political, or religious themes that define grand opera:

The following composer, credited with being a leader in the grand opera style, utilized every available technique to dramatize the action and please the public:

A newly-developed style of ballet in the nineteenth century in which dancers moved with lightness, grace, and freedom was introduced by:

The following opera, often credited with establishing German Romantic Opera, is unique because it places ordinary people center stage singing about their concerns, fears, and loves:

The role of the orchestra is nineteenth-century German opera is best described as:

An association of motives and keys with particular characters or events is characteristic of whose operas?

The first Russian composer recognized both in Russia and internationally as an equal of his Western contemporaries was:

The first Russian opera to be sung throughout was:

Lenora, the first staged opera by an American composer, was composed by:

The most popular form of musical theater inthe United States from the 1830s to the 1870s was:

The first American piece to find success overseas was:

The first full-scale minstrel show consisting of dialogue, songs, banjo and fiddle playing, and dances was performed in 1843 by the:

Between 1819 and 1866, New Orleans' Theatre d'Orleans primarily performed:

The well-known minstrel song "Dixie" was written by: