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Listening Spaces Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The male chorus in Javanese gamelan is called what?

a)

Gerong

b)

Karawitan

c)

Gangsa

d)

Kendang

2.

Which two composers were known for their advocacy for 'structural listening' practices?

a)

Stravinsky

b)

Hindermith

c)

Schoenberg

d)

Adorno

3.

Structural listening is...

a)

Understanding the logical growth of a work from a specific idea/'kernel'

b)

A practice of hearing and assessing the inherent quality of a musical work

c)

A rigid, disciplined form of listening involving silence and stillness

d)

Listening to music whilst reading a score

4.

Which three 'modes of listening' did James Butt discuss in his 2010 article 'Does Music Contain an Implied Listener?'

a)

'Hearing' music

b)

Deconstructing music

c)

Understanding work as implied listener

d)

Attentive listening

5.

What instrument does Farmer Derek play to his cows?

a)

Trumpet

b)

French Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Tuba

6.

Organ grinders in Victorian London came to England from which country?

a)

Italy

b)

Hungary

c)

Ireland

d)

Spain

7.

What year did the Act for better regulation of street music come into effect?

a)

1862

b)

1863

c)

1864

d)

1865

8.

Which of these operas were not composed by Alban Berg?

a)

Moses und Aaron

b)

Wozzeck

c)

Lulu

d)

Erwartung

9.

What was the name of the compositional technique used by Berg to compose his opera Lulu?

a)

Atonality

b)

Twelve-tone technique

c)

German Expressionism

d)

Aleatoricism

10.

FINISH THE LYRIC: I'm a warrior, my art is my sword,

a)

My place in society is my reward

b)

I rise above, I do not get bored

c)

I drive really fast, I have a Ford

d)

My home is my castle, I am a lord

11.

Outside of L.A., in which city did rappers take to the subway to protest the death of Rodney King in 1992?

a)

New York

b)

Boston

c)

Chicago

d)

New Orleans

12.

True or false: Biedermeier culture arose in Germany following the Franco-German war of 1870?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Felix Mendelssohn was the brother of which talented composer and performer?

a)

Clara Schumann

b)

Fanny Hensel

c)

Francesca Lebrun

d)

Louise Reichardt

14.

Fanny Hensel's Verlust was published under which of her brother's song cycles?

a)

Songs without Words, Op. 19B

b)

12 Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 9

c)

6 Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 19A

d)

6 Kinderstücke (Children's pieces) for piano, Op. 72

15.

Fanny Hensel's semi-private salon performances were given which name?

a)

Donnerstagsmusiek

b)

Freistagsmusiken

c)

Samstagsmusiken

d)

Sonntagsmusiken

16.

Which instrument was Fanny Hensel said to have played in the premiere of her Piano Trio in D minor?

a)

Violin

b)

Cello

c)

Piano

d)

None (page-turner)

17.

Which of these composers did not engage in the domestic string style of composition for strings?

a)

George Onslow

b)

Carl Baermann

c)

Louis Spohr

d)

Friedrich Kuhlau

18.

Absolute music is...

a)

Representational

b)

Autonomous

c)

Metaphysical

d)

Programmatic

19.

Which piano concerto did Amanda Palmer play at the Boston Pops in 2009?

a)

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

b)

Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

c)

Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major

d)

Tchaikovksy's Piano Concert No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23