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 in Mendelssohn’s Berlin home, conducted by Felix.
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.   Bohemian
B.   Russian
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.   Spain
C.   Norway
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.   Edgar Allan Poe
B.   Victor Hugo
C.   Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D.   Henrik Ibsen
Question #8
Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, is based on
A.   a Norwegian folktale.
B.   Russian folktales.
C.   Norse mythology.
D.   a medieval German poem.
Question #9
How did nineteenth-century composers express musical nationalism?
A.   Some wrote symphonic poems and operas celebrating the exploits of a national hero, a historic event, or the scenic beauty of their country.
B.   Some, such as Tchaikovsky, wrote dramatic works based on folklore or peasant life.
C.   All possible answers.
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.   celebrating a national hero
B.   basing the work on regional folklore
C.   evoking the country’s landscape
D.   utilizing ritornello form
Question #11
Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer’s music?
A.   Vivaldi
B.   Machaut
C.   J. S. Bach
D.   Josquin
Question #12
Programmatic works in the nineteenth century might be based on
A.   All possible answers.
B.   a literary idea.
C.   nationalistic pride.
D.   evoking a land or seascape
Question #13
The famous school of Russian nationalist composers in the nineteenth century was called
A.   The Mighty Handful.
B.   St. Petersburg’s Finest.
C.   Russia’s Finest.
D.   The Great Composers.
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.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
D.   Peer setting out for his fantastical adventures in North Africa.
Question #15
The music to Morning Mood represents
A.   the wild troll daughters chasing Peer.
B.   an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise.
C.   Peer setting out for his fantastical adventures in North Africa.
D.   the building of a cottage in the woods.
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.   program overture
B.   program symphony
C.   incidental music
D.   symphonic poem
Question #18
Which category of program music describes Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
A.   tone poem
B.   concert overture
C.   symphonic poem
D.   program symphony
Question #19
Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?
A.   Felix Mendelssohn
B.   Hector Berlioz
C.   Franz Liszt
D.   Ludwig van Beethoven
Question #20
Which death was shattering to Felix Mendelssohn and brought on his own soon thereafter?
A.   his sister, Fanny
B.   his friend, Clara Schumann
C.   his mother, Lea Solomon
D.   his grandfather, Moses Mendelssohn

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