Solving a Musical Mystery
Using the evidence you gathered in the first activity, try to solve the mystery by answering
one of the following questions: What is Brahms' famously enigmatic Symphony no. 3 about?
or Did Felix Mendelssohn pass his sister Fanny's music off as his own?
To do this, create a slide presentation that answers the following questions:
What is your musical mystery?
Why is this mystery significant in music history?
Why did you choose this mystery?
What sources did you find, and what are each of their opinions on the mystery?
Taking all of your research into account, how do you solve the mystery? What is Brahms'
famously enigmatic Symphony no. 3 about? or Did Felix Mendelssohn pass his sister
Fanny's music off as his own? Explain how the evidence you found led you to this solution.
The last slide should include links to your three sources.