Music Section III

Who wrote Hebrides Overture?

Felix Mendelssohn

What location did Felix Mendelssohn visit that inspired Hebrides Overture?

Fingal’s Cave and other landmarks in Scotland

Who created the piece Saudades do Brasil(Longings for Brasil)?

Darius Milhaud

What inspired Darius Milhaud to write Saudades do Brasil?

His journey in south america

Saudades do Brasil is a set of how many piano pieces?

12 piano pieces

Who said “Travel is one of the most necessary things for my imagination.”

Darius Milhaud

How many people hike portions of the Pacific Crest Trail each year?

Over million

Where is the Pacific Crest trail located?

A trial from Mexico to Canada

How long is the Pacific Crest trail?

2,650 miles

In Europe, 2024, how many people traveled portions of the Camino de Santiago (trail)?

500,000

People who walked the Camino de Santiago in Europe, were making a pilgrimage to what?

The shrine of Apostle Peter

Franz Schubert created set poetry, in 2 long song cycles, about whose journeys?

Wilhelm Muller’s journeys

What are song cycles?

Sets of song that are linked by subject matter and/or musical elements

What is the first cycle of Franz Schubert’s set poetry?

Die schöne Müllerin (The Miller’s Pretty Daughter)

How many songs does Die schöne Müllerin have?

20 selections

What tone does Die schöne Müllerin start off with?

A happy, optimistic, impulsive, tone

What is the opening song of Die schöne Müllerin?

Das Wandern (Wandering)

What is Die Schöne Müllerin about?

A miller who sets out to explore the world

Why does the Miller’s journey end unhappily?

He falls in love with a woman, who is in love with a burly huntsman

In Die schöne Müllerin, the woman falls in love with a man in what profession?

A huntsman

In Die schöne Müllerin, what does the protagonist proclaim as he gets ready to adventure?

“To wander is a millers joy.”

What is the second of Franz Schubert's traveling song cycles called?

Winterreise (Winter Journey)

What is the story of Winterreise? (Franz Schubert)

A young man is heartbroken after the woman he is in love with rejects him for a wealthy suitor, so he wanders the country side to feel better, but is met with bleak scenery.

Why did Franz Schubert write Winterreise to be so gloomy?

He was in poor health; he died the year after writing the poem

Who wrote Wanderlust (Enjoyment of Wandering)?

Florenz Friedrich Sigismund

When Wanderlust was first adapted, in the mid 1900s, what was it renamed to?

Der Frohliche Wanderer

Who adapted the poem Wanderlust (Der Frohliche Wanderer) and gave it melody?

Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller

What was the English version of Wanderlust translated to? (The Happy Wanderer)

(The Happy Wanderer)

When did The Happy Wanderer enjoy a surge of popularity?

After World War II

What choir popularized the The Happy Wanderer by singing it on the Ed Sullivan Show?

The Oberkirchen Children’s choir

The Oberkirchen children’s choir popularized sang The Happy Wanderer on what show?

The Ed Sullivan show

What is the iconic chorus to The Happy Wander?

“Val-deri, val-dera, Val-deri, val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

How many poems, titled “Wanderlied” (wandering song) have been paired with music? (They all have the same name)

at least 75 poems title Wanderlied

What are some varient names to Wanderlied (Wandering song)?

Wanderlied am Abend (Wandering song in the evening), Wanderlied am Morgen (Wandering song in the morning), and Wanderlieder (plural: wandering songs)

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel published 2 versions of Wanderlied, for which insturments repectively?

the first is solo piano,0 the second is for a singer and piano

What is a Lied?

A german art song score for a piano and singer

What is the name of Fanny Mendelsson Hensel lied?

Wanderlied

Who was Fanny Mendensson’s little brother?

Felix Mendensson

Who composed Wedding March?

Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelsshon composed Wedding March for which of shakespeare’s plays?

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Mendensshon’s mother’s teacher had been tutored by whom?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Many of the Mendelssohn’s relatives studied with sons of whom?

Johan Sebastian Bach

Why did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel compose Wanderlied?

to express her desire for travel, while she physically wasnt allowed

By the age of 13, Fanny Hensel was able to play which of Bach’s songs from memory?

Well-Tempered Clavier

Why was Fanny Hensel not allowed to showcase her composing skills to the public?

Her father didnt feel that is was right for a woman to parade herself before the public

When was the only time that Fanny Mendelssohn played in public?

At a benefit concert in 1838

How old was Fanny Mendelssohn when she played in public for the first and last time?

32 years old

When was the only time Fanny Mendelssohn was allowed to play for others?

At weekly private concerts at the house

How often did Fanny Mendelssohn play at her private house concert?

Weekly

Fanny Mendelssohn’s father and brother, Felix, believed what about Fanny?

That she should devote her time to learning how to be a good wife and mother.

How did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe sign his letter to Felix?

Give my regards to your equally talented sister.

What german poet recognized Fanny Mendelssohn’s skill in music?

Johann Wolfgang von Geothe

Who did Fanny Mendelssohn marry?

Wilhelm Hensel

What was Wilhelm Hensel’s profession?

Court Painter

Where did Wilhelm Hensel take his wife, Fanny Mendelssohn, and how long did they stay?

He took her to Italy, in 1839, they stayed for 1 year

What is the name of Fanny Mendelssohn's Opus I?

Sechs Lieder (Six songs)

Who finally convinced Fanny Mendelssohn to publish her music?

Her husband, Wilhem Hensel

In Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder what number was Wanderlied in the set?

No. 2

At what age did Fanny Mendelssohn suffer a stroke and die?

Age 41

What was Fanny Mendelssohn doing when she had a stroke?

Conducting one of her brother’s pieces

What did her brother do when he heard that Fanny Mendelssohn died?

He collapsed

When did Felix Mendelssohn die?

6 months after Fanny Mendelssohn, at age 38