MUS - Music in the US

In what way does music contribute to a film?

- provides clues about the thoughts of the characters - contributes to buildup of a scene - Provides continuity - creates an atmosphere for a particular time and place

The popularity of ragtime faded because of

- the increasing number of recordings - the introduction of sound motion pictures - the development of commercial radio broadcasting

Copland composed the music for Appalachian Spring, and then Martha Graham developed a "story" to go with the music.

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Musical comedies are humorous versions of operas

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Piano ragtime pieces are rather easy to play.

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Stephen Foster lived most of his life in Alabama.

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Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Copland's Appalachian Spring are both based on essentially the same story.

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The blues are usually sung by small choral groups.

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The opening song in Porgy and Bess ("Summertime") contains elements of

jazz and its blue notes

The music of Bernard Hermann and other film composers often shows the influence of the music of

nineteenth-century Romanticism

Minstrel shows were

songs, skits, and dances by performers in blackface.

Minimalism is a style of music in which the composer

uses as few musical ideas as possible

The parlor song

was a popular type of song sung in homes during the first half of the nineteenth century

Who composed the music for Porgy and Bess?

George Gershwin

Zwilich based her Concerto Grosso 1985 on the music of

Handel

The song "God Bless America" was composed by

Irving Berlin

Who composed Short Ride in a Fast Machine?

John Adams

A nineteenth-century American pianist and composer who achieved some recognition in Europe was

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Some of the most advanced American music in the eighteenth century was the product of the

Moravian communities in Pennsylvania and North Carolina

Porgy and Bess concludes with

Porgy climbing into a goat cart, headed for New York to find Bess.

The most successful composer of ragtime piano music was

Scott Joplin

The musical West Side Story (lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein) is an updated version of

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Which is NOT a nationalistic musical work?

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

What American song did Copland include in Appalachian Spring?

Simple Gifts

The composer of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march was

Sousa

The most successful composer of popular songs in the nineteenth century was

Stephen Foster

Which composers wrote music for minstrel shows?

Stephen Foster and Dan Emmett

The first motion picture with sound was

The Jazz Singer

The bands during the swing era featured

- carefully prepared arrangements. - 15 to 19 players. - ad lib solos. - some virtuoso performers.

Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?

- certain jazz timbres - blue notes - improvisation - much syncopation

Operatic musicals like Les Misérables are different from operas in that they

- contain some humorous sections. - move at a much faster pace. - are sung in English. - use a more untrained singing style

Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?

- polytonality - polyrhythms - quotations from songs - dissonant chords

Concert music in America advanced a great deal after 1920 partly because

- the quality of music training in the United States improved greatly. - of the promotion of the arts by the National Endowment for the Arts and other agencies. - America was physically unscathed by war. - many prominent musicians fled Europe and came to America

Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because

- there were few wealthy families able to support the arts. - Americans seems to assume that European culture was superior. - the early Puritans discouraged the arts. - settling a new land was a consuming interest.

The best years for the American musical comedy are roughly

1927-1957

Nationalism in America music flourished during the years

1930-1955

Which composer composed nationalistic America music for orchestra?

Aaron Copland

The first important America women composer in the early part of the twentieth century was

Amy Cheney Beach

The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally

An English drinking song

Which composer is especially noted for his film music?

Bernard Hermann

What character(s) is/are NOT included in the "Quintet" from West Side Story?

Bernardo

Which type of jazz is played ONLY on the piano?

Boogie Woogie

Which is a Neoclassical musical work?

Concerto Grosso 1985

The most original America composer in America in the late eighteenth century was

William Billings

What is the difference between popular music and folk music? Popular music is

a largely commercial enterprise

A "blue note" in jazz is

a third, fifth, or seventh note of a scale that is lowered one half step while the accompanying chord is unchanged

Which is the form of a blues song

aab

Minimalism is sometimes inaccurately referred to as

trance music

Although opera is not as popular in America as it is in Europe, several American composers have written excellent operas

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Although vaudeville shows were very popular for many years, they left no discernible body of music literature

true

Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe

true

Many of the popular songs in the first half of the nineteenth century were quite sentimental.

true

The music in Porgy and Bess contains several elements found in jazz.

true

The wind band is an especially American musical tradition.

true

Traditional jazz generally uses the same three chords (I, IV, V) that are found in church hymns.

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