Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 40

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Question #1
All of the following musical opportunities were available to nineteenth-century women EXCEPT
A.   coordinating musical activity in the home.
B.   influence as patrons of music.
C.   careers as composers and conductors.
D.   musical training in public conservatories.
Question #2
During her later years, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for
A.   editing Die Neue Zeitschrift für Musik ("New Journal for Music").
B.   program selection for the Berlin Philharmonic.
C.   organizing the famous family Sunday concerts.
D.   her brother’s estate.
Question #3
During the nineteenth century, where did composers often gather to perform and discuss their music?
A.   churches
B.   restaurants
C.   salons
D.   barns
Question #4
Each of the pieces in the manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s The Year was originally prefaced by
A.   a poetic epigram and a painting.
B.   a bible verse.
C.   a short story.
D.   a prayer.
Question #5
Each piece in The Year is prefaced by a poetic epigram, making this a ______ work.
A.   chamber
B.   chromatic
C.   programmatic
D.   strophic
Question #6
In which city was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel raised?
A.   Paris
B.   Berlin
C.   Vienna
D.   Warsaw
Question #7
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s brother, Felix, was a
A.   court artist.
B.   renowned composer and conductor.
C.   well-known novelist.
D.   leading Jewish scholar/philosopher.
Question #8
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s output was dominated by choral part songs, piano music and
A.   All possible answers.
B.   opera.
C.   Lieder.
D.   organ music.
Question #9
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s piano music reflects a strong interest in the contrapuntal procedures of which composer?
A.   Handel
B.   J. S. Bach
C.   Beethoven
D.   Mozart
Question #10
Fanny was the wife of Felix Mendelssohn.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
From a year-long trip to which country did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel draw inspiration for her work The Year?
A.   England
B.   Italy
C.   Austria
D.   France
Question #12
In the Romantic era, women made great strides in establishing careers as professional musicians and were public advocates for musical innovation.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s September: At the River, poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included?
A.   Goethe
B.   Heine
C.   Shakespeare
D.   Dickenson
Question #14
Music composed for the home was associated with masculine character traits.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
September: At the River is accompanied by a drawing of
A.   an outdoor wedding party.
B.   a woman fishing.
C.   a mother and child by a river.
D.   a bare-footed woman by the stream.
Question #16
A lost manuscript of music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in
A.   1789
B.   2009
C.   1889
D.   1989
Question #17
The Year is a
A.   sonata.
B.   song cycle.
C.   cantata.
D.   piano cycle.
Question #18
The music of which composer was overlooked until recently?
A.   Robert Schumann
B.   Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
C.   Felix Mendelssohn
D.   Franz Schubert
Question #19
The rise of the piano as a favored instrument provided women performance outlets that were acceptable.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society?
A.   music patron
B.   performer
C.   teacher
D.   conductor

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