Romantic Composers: Mendelssohn to Debussy 20-21

Where was Chopin born?

• England
• Germany
• Greece
• Poland

Chopin composed music for only one instrument.  Which instrument did he compose for?

• Violin
• Piano
• Trumpet
• Harp

Chopin was so patriotic and felt a great love for the country he was born in, that he requested his heart be buried there after his death. (True or False)

• True
• False

Who was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's younger brother?

• Felix

• George

• Johann

• Franz

Why were many of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's songs published under her brother's name?

• Societal norms and gender biases of the time period
• She lacked talent compared to her brother
• To protect her reputation as a woman
• Her brother forced her to do so

Who helped Bach's choral work, St. Matthew Passion, become widely recognized?

• Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

• Felix Mendelssohn

• JS Bach

• Chopin

What contributed to Felix Mendelssohn's early death? Choose 2

• sadness over his sister's death

• cancer

• overworked himself

• typhoid fever

Unlike most opera composers, Richard Wagner wrote the

• libretto (words)

• music

• both

• neither

Which famous composer became Richard Wagner's father in law?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Franz Liszt
• Johann Sebastian Bach

Giuseppe Verdi became very famous and successful because of his

• concertos

• symphonies

• operas

• librettos