Histories of Listening Quiz

What does H.I.P stand for?

• Historically initiated performance

• Hierarchically inspired practice

• Historically informed performance

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Where was Jean-Baptise Lully born?

• Italy

• France

• England

• Germany

Answer explanation

OHOHO a trick question! Lully was born in Tuscany in 1632 and was baptised as 'Giovanni Battista Lulli' before Frenchi-fying it to Jean Baptise Lully

The 18th century operatic reform movement was spearheaded by which composer?

• Jean-Phillipe Rameau

• George Friedric Handel

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Christoph Willibald Gluck

What year did Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice premiere?

• 1742

• 1752

• 1762

• 1772

Compared to concert etiquette today, why were 18th century opera audiences so rowdy and unfocussed as listeners?

• They were busy socialising and 'seen being seen'

• They were all inebriated

• It was 'embarrassing' to be moved by emotional music

• They were attentive to certain aspects at certain times

Why did Haydn travel to London?

• Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy died and was succeeded by his son who disbanded the orchestra in 1791

• People kept pirating and sharing his scores, costing him money

• He was invited by Peter Salomon to perform some symphonies and string quartets

• He planned to retire in London

Carl Dahlhaus's book on the transference of holy devotion to secular concert music was called what?

• Absolute Music: The History of an Idea

• The Idea of Absolute Music

• Esthetic Contemplation as Devotion

• Instrumental Music and Art-Religion

Which country adopted German attentive listening practices around 1870?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Austria

Which of these is NOT one of the Lincoln Centre's 'Ten Commandments of Audience Behaviour'

• Thou Shalt Not Talk

• Thou Shalt Not Wear Loud-Ticking Watches or Jangle Thy Jewellery

• Thou Shalt Not Cough or Sneeze Without Muffling Thy Sound

• Thou Shalt Not Sigh With Boredom

Which famous composer criticised Forkel's Kenner vs. Liebhaber texts for not including enough musical examples and instead discussing music as an abstract philosophical concept?

• Gluck

• Beethoven

• C.P.E Bach

• Haydn