CH 42 Music Quiz

1 September 2022
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The premiere of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
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took place in Mendelssohn's Berlin home, conducted by Felix.
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Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas
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False
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Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school.
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Scandinavian
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Some of Felix Mendelssohn's works were published under his sister's name.
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False
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Grieg is from which country?
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Norway
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Grieg's Peer Gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
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Scandinavian
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Grieg's Peer Gynt was the result of a collaboration with which playwright?
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Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, is based on
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a Norwegian folktale.
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How did nineteenth-century composers express musical nationalism?
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Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?
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utilizing ritornello form
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Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer's music?
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J. S. Bach
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Programmatic works in the nineteenth century might be based on
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The famous school of Russian nationalist composers in the nineteenth century was called
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The Mighty Handful.
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The music to In the Hall of the Mountain King represents
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the wild troll daughters chasing Peer
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The music to Morning Mood represents
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an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise
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During the Romantic era, there was an increasing interest in linking instrumental music and literature.
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true
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Which category of program music describes Grieg's Peer Gynt?
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incidental music
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Which category of program music describes Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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concert overture
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Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?
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Franz Liszt
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Which death was shattering to Felix Mendelssohn and brought on his own soon thereafter?
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his sister, Fanny
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Which is a true statement about the Mendelssohn family?
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All statements are true
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Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?
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incidental music
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Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?
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symphonic poem
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Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?
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concert overture
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Years after Mendelssohn composed the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, he wrote incidental music to the play that included which, now famous, music?
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"Wedding March"