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.   musical training in public conservatories.
B.   influence as patrons of music.
C.   coordinating musical activity in the home.
D.   careers as composers and conductors.
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.   salons
B.   barns
C.   restaurants
D.   churches
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 prayer.
C.   a short story.
D.   a bible verse.
Question #5
Each piece in The Year is prefaced by a poetic epigram, making this a ______ work.
A.   chromatic
B.   chamber
C.   programmatic
D.   strophic
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.   court artist.
B.   leading Jewish scholar/philosopher.
C.   renowned composer and conductor.
D.   well-known novelist.
Question #8
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s output was dominated by choral part songs, piano music and
A.   All possible answers.
B.   opera.
C.   organ music.
D.   Lieder.
Question #9
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s piano music reflects a strong interest in the contrapuntal procedures of which composer?
A.   Mozart
B.   Handel
C.   Beethoven
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.   Austria
C.   France
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   Heine
B.   Dickenson
C.   Goethe
D.   Shakespeare
Question #14
Music composed for the home was associated with masculine character traits.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
September: At the River is accompanied by a drawing of
A.   a bare-footed woman by the stream.
B.   a woman fishing.
C.   an outdoor wedding party.
D.   a mother and child by a river.
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.   1889
B.   1789
C.   1989
D.   2009
Question #17
The Year is a
A.   cantata.
B.   song cycle.
C.   piano cycle.
D.   sonata.
Question #18
The music of which composer was overlooked until recently?
A.   Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
B.   Felix Mendelssohn
C.   Franz Schubert
D.   Robert Schumann
Question #19
The rise of the piano as a favored instrument provided women performance outlets that were acceptable.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society?
A.   performer
B.   conductor
C.   teacher
D.   music patron

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