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.   careers as composers and conductors.
C.   influence as patrons of music.
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.   her brother’s estate.
C.   organizing the famous family Sunday concerts.
D.   program selection for the Berlin Philharmonic.
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 prayer.
D.   a short story.
Question #5
Each piece in The Year is prefaced by a poetic epigram, making this a ______ work.
A.   chamber
B.   chromatic
C.   strophic
D.   programmatic
Question #6
In which city was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel raised?
A.   Paris
B.   Vienna
C.   Warsaw
D.   Berlin
Question #7
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s brother, Felix, was a
A.   leading Jewish scholar/philosopher.
B.   well-known novelist.
C.   renowned composer and conductor.
D.   court artist.
Question #8
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s output was dominated by choral part songs, piano music and
A.   opera.
B.   Lieder.
C.   organ music.
D.   All possible answers.
Question #9
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s piano music reflects a strong interest in the contrapuntal procedures of which composer?
A.   Mozart
B.   Beethoven
C.   Handel
D.   J. S. Bach
Question #10
Fanny was the wife of Felix Mendelssohn.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
From a year-long trip to which country did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel draw inspiration for her work The Year?
A.   Italy
B.   France
C.   Austria
D.   England
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.   Shakespeare
B.   Goethe
C.   Dickenson
D.   Heine
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.   a mother and child by a river.
B.   a bare-footed woman by the stream.
C.   a woman fishing.
D.   an outdoor wedding party.
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.   1889
C.   2009
D.   1989
Question #17
The Year is a
A.   song cycle.
B.   piano cycle.
C.   sonata.
D.   cantata.
Question #18
The music of which composer was overlooked until recently?
A.   Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
B.   Robert Schumann
C.   Franz Schubert
D.   Felix Mendelssohn
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.   teacher
B.   performer
C.   conductor
D.   music patron

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