WorksheetsListening Spaces Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 4mins
The male chorus in Javanese gamelan is called what?
Gerong
Karawitan
Gangsa
Kendang
Which two composers were known for their advocacy for 'structural listening' practices?
Stravinsky
Hindermith
Schoenberg
Adorno
Structural listening is...
Understanding the logical growth of a work from a specific idea/'kernel'
A practice of hearing and assessing the inherent quality of a musical work
A rigid, disciplined form of listening involving silence and stillness
Listening to music whilst reading a score
Which three 'modes of listening' did James Butt discuss in his 2010 article 'Does Music Contain an Implied Listener?'
'Hearing' music
Deconstructing music
Understanding work as implied listener
Attentive listening
What instrument does Farmer Derek play to his cows?
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
Organ grinders in Victorian London came to England from which country?
Italy
Hungary
Ireland
Spain
What year did the Act for better regulation of street music come into effect?
1862
1863
1864
1865
Which of these operas were not composed by Alban Berg?
Moses und Aaron
Wozzeck
Lulu
Erwartung
What was the name of the compositional technique used by Berg to compose his opera Lulu?
Atonality
Twelve-tone technique
German Expressionism
Aleatoricism
FINISH THE LYRIC: I'm a warrior, my art is my sword,
My place in society is my reward
I rise above, I do not get bored
I drive really fast, I have a Ford
My home is my castle, I am a lord
Outside of L.A., in which city did rappers take to the subway to protest the death of Rodney King in 1992?
New York
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
True or false: Biedermeier culture arose in Germany following the Franco-German war of 1870?
True
False
Felix Mendelssohn was the brother of which talented composer and performer?
Clara Schumann
Fanny Hensel
Francesca Lebrun
Louise Reichardt
Fanny Hensel's Verlust was published under which of her brother's song cycles?
Songs without Words, Op. 19B
12 Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 9
6 Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 19A
6 Kinderstücke (Children's pieces) for piano, Op. 72
Fanny Hensel's semi-private salon performances were given which name?
Donnerstagsmusiek
Freistagsmusiken
Samstagsmusiken
Sonntagsmusiken
Which instrument was Fanny Hensel said to have played in the premiere of her Piano Trio in D minor?
Violin
Cello
Piano
None (page-turner)
Which of these composers did not engage in the domestic string style of composition for strings?
George Onslow
Carl Baermann
Louis Spohr
Friedrich Kuhlau
Absolute music is...
Representational
Autonomous
Metaphysical
Programmatic
Which piano concerto did Amanda Palmer play at the Boston Pops in 2009?
Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major
Tchaikovksy's Piano Concert No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
