Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 32 Quiz

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Question #1
Who was NOT a woman composer of the Romantic era?
A.   George Sand
B.   Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
C.   Clara Schumann
Question #2
Which role did women NOT generally play in Romantic society?
A.   conductors
B.   music patrons
C.   performers and composers
Question #3
Which genre did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel NOT contribute to?
A.   piano music
B.   opera
C.   songs
Question #4
From a trip to which country did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel draw inspiration for her work The Year?
A.   Enland
B.   Austria
C.   Italy
Question #5
During her later years, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for:
A.   organizing the famous family Sunday concerts
B.   Her brother’s estate
C.   program selection for the Berlin philharmonic
Question #6
The aristocratic woman who had an important influence on Liszt’s later years was:
A.   Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
B.   Cosima Wagner
Question #7
The overall tempo of the melody in “September: At the River” by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is best described as:
A.   molto allegro
B.   vivace
C.   adagio
Question #8
The concept of “river” in “September: At the River” by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is expressed by:
A.   quick-moving notes that accompany the melody
B.   the extremely fast melody
C.   the major tonality
Question #9
The music of which Mendelssohn was overlooked until recently?
A.   Felix
B.   Moses
C.   Fanny
Question #10
A lost manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained “September: At the River” was discovered in:
A.   1889
B.   1789
C.   1989
Question #11
In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s “September: At the River” poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included:
A.   Neruda
B.   Goethe
C.   Shakespeare
Question #12
Women seldom composed for the piano in the Romantic era.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote several large-scale works as well as many Lieder.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #14
Women played a critical role in music making in the nineteenth century, except as teachers.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
Music composed for the home was associated with masculine character traits.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #16
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was enthusiastically encouraged to pursue a musical career by her family.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #17
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel lived a long and productive life.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #18
Each of the pieces in the manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Das Jahr was originally accompanied by poetry and artwork.
A.   False
B.   True

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