Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 9: Felix Mendelssohn

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The high point of Mendelssohn's career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio _____________ in England.
A)Elijah
B)Hebrides
C)A Midsummer Night's Dream
D)Fingal's Cave
2
Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor opens with a(n)
A)orchestral exposition typical in concertos.
B)soloist, who presents the main theme.
C)slow introduction by the orchestra.
D)single bassoon tone.
3
The three movements of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin
A)are unified by the process of thematic transformation.
B)are all in the same key.
C)all have separate cadenzas.
D)are played without pause.
4
In the first movement of the Concerto for Violin, the cadenza
A)is left to the performer to improvise.
B)appears at the end of the recapitulation, as is common in classical concertos.
C)appears at the end of the development section as a transition to the recapitulation.
D)is frequently omitted in performance.
5
Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of
A)Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
B)Johann Sebastian Bach.
C)George Frideric Handel.
D)Franz Schubert.
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