CH 57 music quiz
Authors of essays in The New Negro wrote of racial equality and cultural pride in the black community.
true
In the third movement of his Suite for Violin and Piano, Still composed melodies featuring lowered thirds and sevenths, typical of the blues.
true
William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony was the first symphony by an African American composer to be performed by a major American orchestra.
true
The violin plays all of the following special effects in the last movement of Still's Suite for Violin EXCEPT
con legno
What was William Grant Still's source of inspiration for his Suite for Violin?
african american artwork
The ideas from ______ are credited with sparking the so-called Harlem Renaissance.
the new negro
Still's Suite for Violin and Piano contains how many movements?
three
Artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance were more interested in fostering musical traditions that they understood as more thoroughly African American—blues, jazz, and spirituals—than in encouraging the development of modernist art music.
true
The Harlem Renaissance
was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin was inspired by
Gamin, a sculpture of a street-smart kid in Harlem, by Augusta Savage.
Why did Still favor the blues over spirituals as source material for his compositions?
He felt that the blues did not exhibit Caucasian influence.
Which is NOT true of William Grant Still?
He had little formal education
Early twentieth-century American composers
sought to define a unique tradition of American modernism.
The insistent bass in the last movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano resembles which jazz piano style?
stride
the Harlem Renaissance took place in the
1920s-1930s
William Grant Still
broke racial barriers was a representative of the Harlem Renaissance looked to Harlem Renaissance artists and writers for inspiration.
William Grant Still did not receive recognition for his orchestral works and operas until after his death.
false
William Grant Still made little contribution to the search for a modern American sound.
false
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin and Piano is programmatic and is meant to evoke
harlem street urchins
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin and Piano embraces blues and jazz resources utilizing all of the following except
improv
Where did William Grant Still grow up?
little rock arkansas
William Grant Still wrote in which of the following genres?
operas film and television scores symphonies
As a young person, William Grant Still was hired to write arrangements for
radio and musical theater
From where does "Harlem stride piano" originate?
ragtime
William Grant Still was an important voice for:
the Harlem Renaissance