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

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