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.   took place in Mendelssohn’s Berlin home, conducted by Felix.
C.   took place at the Conservatory of Leipzig.
D.   was conducted by his sister Fanny.
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.   Bohemian
C.   Greek
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.   Hungary
B.   Norway
C.   Spain
D.   Germany
Question #6
Grieg’s Peer Gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
A.   English
B.   Russian
C.   Scandinavian
D.   Polish
Question #7
Grieg’s Peer Gynt was the result of a collaboration with which playwright?
A.   Victor Hugo
B.   Edgar Allan Poe
C.   Henrik Ibsen
D.   Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question #8
Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, is based on
A.   Norse mythology.
B.   a medieval German poem.
C.   a Norwegian folktale.
D.   Russian folktales.
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 wrote symphonic poems and operas celebrating the exploits of a national hero, a historic event, or the scenic beauty of their country.
D.   Some, like Chopin, based their music on the songs and dances of their people.
Question #10
Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?
A.   utilizing ritornello form
B.   celebrating a national hero
C.   basing the work on regional folklore
D.   evoking the country’s landscape
Question #11
Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer’s music?
A.   Machaut
B.   J. S. Bach
C.   Vivaldi
D.   Josquin
Question #12
Programmatic works in the nineteenth century might be based on
A.   nationalistic pride.
B.   All possible answers.
C.   a literary idea.
D.   evoking a land or seascape
Question #13
The famous school of Russian nationalist composers in the nineteenth century was called
A.   Russia’s Finest.
B.   The Mighty Handful.
C.   St. Petersburg’s Finest.
D.   The Great Composers.
Question #14
The music to In the Hall of the Mountain King represents
A.   Peer setting out for his fantastical adventures in North Africa.
B.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
C.   an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise.
D.   the building of a cottage in the woods.
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.   an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise.
D.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
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 symphony
B.   symphonic poem
C.   program overture
D.   incidental music
Question #18
Which category of program music describes Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
A.   symphonic poem
B.   concert overture
C.   tone poem
D.   program symphony
Question #19
Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?
A.   Ludwig van Beethoven
B.   Hector Berlioz
C.   Franz Liszt
D.   Felix Mendelssohn
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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