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A) Thila Plaichinger B) Michalek C) Etta de Montjau D) Alida Lütkemann
A) Frankfurt B) Nuremberg C) Karlsruhe D) Stuttgart
A) Tragic symphony B) Folk-dance masterpiece C) Masterpiece of the era D) Vaudeville-Symphony
A) A screeching owl B) A gathering storm C) The sound of breaking glass D) Autumn wind blowing through dead leaves
A) The orchestra refused to play the full work B) The hall was too small C) Weingartner chose it because of a near-empty audience D) The sheet music was missing
A) Berliner Tageblatt B) Vossische Zeitung C) Schwäbischer Merkur D) Neues Taggblatt
A) He was traumatized and never conducted Mahler again B) He was fired from the Kaim Orchestra C) He retired from music completely D) He became Mahler's primary supporter
A) Thila Plaichinger B) Michalek C) Olga Wood D) Bella Alten
A) Max Kalbeck B) Bruno Walter C) Donald Mitchell D) Willem Mengelberg
A) Vienna B) Wiesbaden C) Berlin D) Amsterdam
A) The work's naïveté B) The soprano soloist C) The conductor's tempo D) The orchestration
A) Henry Wood B) Bruno Walter C) Gustav Mahler D) Walter Damrosch
A) Anatole Fistoulari B) Adrian Boult C) Henry Wood D) Willem Mengelberg
A) Alida Lütkemann B) Olga Wood C) Etta de Montjau D) Bella Alten
A) Adrian Boult B) Henry Wood C) Willem Mengelberg D) Bruno Walter
A) The orchestration of the strings B) Religious references in Das himmlische Leben C) The soprano's lyrics D) The tempo of the finale
A) The 1920 Amsterdam Festival B) The invention of radio broadcasts C) The publication of Mahler's letters D) Performances by Fistoulari and Boult
A) Its experimental musical structure B) Its modest resources and approachability C) Its extreme length and complexity D) Its endorsement by famous politicians
A) La Grange B) Kurt Blaukopf C) Donald Mitchell D) Zychowicz
A) It was rarely performed B) The orchestration was widely considered vulgar C) The composer was uncannily concise D) It was Mahler's most difficult work
A) G major B) E-flat major C) D minor D) C major
A) 1904 to 1905 B) 1901 to 1902 C) 1892 to 1895 D) 1899 to 1900
A) Five B) Four C) Six D) Three
A) A baritone B) A soprano C) A tenor D) A full choir
A) Maiernigg B) Bad Aussee C) Vienna D) Munich
A) Willem Mengelberg B) Gustav Mahler C) Bruno Walter D) Hidemaro Konoye
A) The resurrection of the dead B) Death at his fiddle C) Heroic suffering D) A child's vision of heaven
A) Four B) Six C) Seven D) Five
A) Paul Bekker B) Donald Mitchell C) James L. Zychowicz D) Natalie Bauer-Lechner
A) Bavarian folk tales B) The Third Symphony programs C) Des Knaben Wunderhorn D) A collection of five Humoresken
A) 1901 B) 1900 C) 1892 D) 1899
A) Vienna B) Munich C) London D) Berlin
A) Baroque fugal form B) Strict serialism C) Rondo form D) Cyclic form
A) Kaim Orchestra B) London Symphony Orchestra C) Vienna Philharmonic D) Berlin Philharmonic
A) Romantic B) Expressionist C) Neoclassical D) Impressionist
A) Sonata form developments B) Ländler-like trios C) Strophic variations D) Double theme and variations
A) Richard Strauss B) Margarete Michalek C) Felix Weingartner D) Henry-Louis de La Grange
A) August or September 1901 B) October 1901 C) July 1901 D) November 1901
A) 25 November B) 12 October C) 3 July D) 18 November
A) 12 October 1901 B) January 1902 C) 18 November 1901 D) 25 November 1901
A) The third movement B) The first movement C) The Finale D) The second movement
A) Kleine Journal B) Münchener Zeitung C) Allgemeine Zeitung D) Die Musik
A) Münchener Post B) Die Musik C) Münchener Zeitung D) Bayerischer Kurier
A) Incredible cacophony B) Troubled waters C) Immense spiky thistles D) Instrumental quirks
A) A succession of disjointed atmospheres B) A work of incredible cacophony C) A work trespassing against the Holy Spirit D) Transparent, sensitive, almost hysterical |