Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 42

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Question #1
The premiere of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A.   took place in Mendelssohn’s Berlin home, conducted by Felix.
B.   was conducted by his sister Fanny.
C.   did not take place until 1989, after the discovery of the manuscript in Leipzig.
D.   took place at the Conservatory of Leipzig.
Question #2
Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school.
A.   Greek
B.   Russian
C.   Bohemian
D.   Scandinavian
Question #4
Some of Felix Mendelssohn’s works were published under his sister’s name.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
Grieg is from which country?
A.   Norway
B.   Spain
C.   Germany
D.   Hungary
Question #6
Grieg’s Peer Gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
A.   Russian
B.   Polish
C.   Scandinavian
D.   English
Question #7
Grieg’s Peer Gynt was the result of a collaboration with which playwright?
A.   Henrik Ibsen
B.   Victor Hugo
C.   Edgar Allan Poe
D.   Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question #8
Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, is based on
A.   Russian folktales.
B.   a medieval German poem.
C.   Norse mythology.
D.   a Norwegian folktale.
Question #9
How did nineteenth-century composers express musical nationalism?
A.   Some, such as Tchaikovsky, wrote dramatic works based on folklore or peasant life.
B.   All possible answers.
C.   Some, like Chopin, based their music on the songs and dances of their people.
D.   Some wrote symphonic poems and operas celebrating the exploits of a national hero, a historic event, or the scenic beauty of their country.
Question #10
Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?
A.   celebrating a national hero
B.   basing the work on regional folklore
C.   utilizing ritornello form
D.   evoking the country’s landscape
Question #11
Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer’s music?
A.   J. S. Bach
B.   Vivaldi
C.   Josquin
D.   Machaut
Question #12
Programmatic works in the nineteenth century might be based on
A.   a literary idea.
B.   nationalistic pride.
C.   evoking a land or seascape
D.   All possible answers.
Question #13
The famous school of Russian nationalist composers in the nineteenth century was called
A.   St. Petersburg’s Finest.
B.   The Mighty Handful.
C.   The Great Composers.
D.   Russia’s Finest.
Question #14
The music to In the Hall of the Mountain King represents
A.   an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise.
B.   the building of a cottage in the woods.
C.   Peer setting out for his fantastical adventures in North Africa.
D.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
Question #15
The music to Morning Mood represents
A.   the building of a cottage in the woods.
B.   Peer setting out for his fantastical adventures in North Africa.
C.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
D.   an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise.
Question #16
During the Romantic era, there was an increasing interest in linking instrumental music and literature.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
Which category of program music describes Grieg’s Peer Gynt?
A.   program overture
B.   symphonic poem
C.   program symphony
D.   incidental music
Question #18
Which category of program music describes Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
A.   concert overture
B.   program symphony
C.   tone poem
D.   symphonic poem
Question #19
Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?
A.   Felix Mendelssohn
B.   Franz Liszt
C.   Ludwig van Beethoven
D.   Hector Berlioz
Question #20
Which death was shattering to Felix Mendelssohn and brought on his own soon thereafter?
A.   his grandfather, Moses Mendelssohn
B.   his mother, Lea Solomon
C.   his sister, Fanny
D.   his friend, Clara Schumann

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