Final Exam Part 3 ( CH 45, 46, 47, 49, 50 )
Match each characteristic to the blues or jazz style that it describes. Bepop- Blue- Big-band jazz- New Orleans jazz- cool jazz -
+two-note trademark phrase. +three-line stanzas set to a repeating harmonic pattern. +arranged and composed music +small ensemble improvising simultaneously. +laid-back with dense harmonies.
Match the work by Stravinsky to the style characteristic that it reflects. Symphony of Psalms- The Firebird- The Rite of Spring-
-Classicism -Post-Impressionism -Primitivism
Which of the following did Aaron Copland compose during wartime?
A Lincold Potrait
Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring are ballets by ---
Aaron Copland
Authors in the book of essays called The New Negro encouraged fellow black artists to look to --- for inspiration.
Africa
William Grant Still based the movements of his Suite for Violin and Piano on works of which of the following artists?
Augusta Savage Sargent Johnson Richmond Barthe
Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its uppermost range?
Bassoon
Billie Holiday's first break into the music industry occurred when she recorded with which white clarinetist?
Benny Goodman
Who of the following were associated with the bebop style?
Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Thelonious Monk
In his suite Appalachian Spring, ---sets a Shaker melody as a clear-cut ---form.
Copland theme and variations
With which composer did William Grant Still study?
Edgar Varese
What piece by Copland uses Mexican melodies and rhythms?
El Salon Mexico
African American composer William Grant Still did not study classical music.
False
Copland did not use an early American song in his ballet Appalachian Spring.
False
Copland's style was rooted solely in the melodies and rhythms of the United States.
False
Louis Armstrong was a famous New Orleans pianist.
False
Stravinsky quoted the melodies of French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.
False
The form of the Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is a simple minuet form.
False
The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small.
False
The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris.
False
Twentieth-century music always uses only one rhythmic pattern at a time.
False
When presented as a concert work, The Rite of Spring was deemed as scandalous as the ballet versions.
False
Which styles are incorporated in the music of early twentieth-century modernist composers from the United States?
Folk Jazz Blues
Stride piano, also known as "--- stride piano," evolved from --- and features a regular four-beat pulse with left hand chords on the second and fourth beats.
Harlem ragtime
Which are true of Billie's Blues?
It features trumpet playing. It features clarinet improvisations.
Which of the following describe Copland's Appalachian Spring?
It was originally a ballet. It contains an early American song associated with the Shakers.
--- is considered to be amongst the most vibrant and original North American musics.
Jazz
Which of the following is a film score by Silvestre Revueltas?
La noche de los mayas
Which of the following artists is associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s?
Langston Hughes Augusta Savage Richmond Barthe
Where did William Grant Still grow up?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Who of the following was an artist in the Dada group?
Marcel Duchamp
Which of the following describes the harmony and melody in William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano?
Modal flatted (lowered) sevenths flatted (lowered) thirds
--- is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.
New Orleans
Copland was born in --- to Jewish immigrant parents; he trained in --- then returned to the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
New York Europe
Who of the following were associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?
Nijinsky Karsavina Picasso
Aaron Copland composed music in which of the following genres?
Opera Symphony u Film Score
In New ---, jazz gained momentum with the fusion of ---and blues with other traditional, Caribbean, and Euro-American styles.
Orleans ragtime
The premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring took place in ---
Paris
Who of the following artists are famous for their Cubist-style works?
Picasso Braque Gris
The ideals of which movement best describe the music of The Rite of Spring?
Primitivism
Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?
Rhythm
In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky evokes the rites of ancient ---
Russia
Which composer is credited with abandoning music that has a tonal center and establishing a new system?
Schoenberg
The melody Simple Gifts, heard in Appalachian Spring, comes from the --- religious sect.
Shaker
Which of the following were common forms of musical expression amongst African American communities in the nineteenth century?
Spirituals Work songs Ring shouts
Which of the following is a famous song by Billie Holiday?
Strange Fruit
In the last movement of his Suite for Violin and Piano William Grant Still incorporates a jazz piano style known as ---
Stride
Which of these William Grant Still works was in part inspired by the sculpture African Dancer by Richmond Barthé?
Suite for Violin and Piano
or what film score did Copland win an Academy Award?
The Heiress
Which of the following is an opera by Aaron Copland?
The Tender Land
Which of the following are ballets written by Stravinsky?
The firebird Petrushka
Match the artist and work to the movement it inspired in William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano. Savage's Gamin- Johnson's Mother and Child- Barthes African Dancer-
Third Second First
A "blue note" is created by melodic pitch bending.
True
Appalachian Spring refers to both a ballet and an orchestral suite by Aaron Copland.
True
Copland collaborated with choreographer Martha Graham in his work Appalachian Spring.
True
Copland was investigated as a supporter of the Communist Party.
True
Copland's ballets Rodeo and Billy the Kid portray the American Far West.
True
Dadaists rejected the thought that art was something to be revered.
True
Jazz developed from a blending of West African music with Euro-American vernacular traditions.
True
Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of scat-singing.
True
Louis Armstrong was a tremendous influence on Billie Holiday.
True
Martha Graham both choreographed and danced in Appalachian Spring.
True
Most modernists shared a wish to reject nineteenth-century models.
True
Salvador Dalí was a part of the surrealist movement.
True
Simple Gifts, which is used by Aaron Copland in his ballet Appalachian Spring, is an early American song.
True
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.
True
The success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev.
True
The term "modernisms" describes a group of stylistic movements in the early twentieth century.
True
William Grant Still found inspiration in the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
True
William Grant Still wrote film and TV music as well as operas and symphonies.
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
William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano employs melodies and harmonies that are typical of the blues.
True
Which two instruments have featured solos in Billie's Blues:
Trumpet Clarinet
Where did Stravinsky live during the last years of his life?
United State
In his Suite for Violin and Piano, William Grant Still based each movement on a(n) --
artwork
What term describes those artists and composers who sought to explore "true creativity" by breaking with conventions and traditions?
avant-garde
Beginning with his ---, Stravinsky was a leader in the revitalization of --- in European art music.
ballets rhythm
In jazz, --- was an invented word that mimicked the two-note trademark phrase of this new style that was characterized by fast --- and --- harmonies.
bepop tempos complex
Duke Ellington is associated with which jazz style?
big-band
Many early twentieth-century composers explored --- meters.
changing
In twentieth-century music, dissonances always resolve to consonances.
false
The string section remained the heart of the orchestra in the early twentieth century.
false
In The Rite of Spring some of Stravinsky's melodies quote Russian --- songs.
folk
The modernist musical style was --- in that composers sought to distinguish their approaches from both past conventions as well as competing ideas about the future. At the same time, they also had to consider the --- styles propagated by mass culture.
individualistic vernacular
The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as which?
instrumentally conceived
Copland's compositional style led him to be considered an "American ---
modernist
By the late --- century, the goal of creating a nationally distinctive style in Mexico lured musicians and artists alike to Amerindian and --- cultures.
nineteenth mestizo
The early twentieth-century emphasis on rhythm brought the --- group into greater prominence, and the piano found a place in the --- ensemble.
percussion orchestral
What term describes the simultaneous use of multiple rhythmic patterns?
polyrhythm
Which of the following is a characteristic of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
polytonality Dissonance large orchestra
What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
scenes of pagan Russia
How many choruses does Billie's Blues have?
six
Mexican "---" are characterized by shifting between simple triple and compound meter.
sones
The insistent bass in the last movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano resembles which jazz piano style?
stride
Aaron Copland's Rodeo and Billy the Kid portray which region of America?
the Far West
William Grant Still was an important voice for which?
the Harlem Renaissance
William Grant Still favored --- as source material for his music because it did "not exhibit the influence of Caucasian music."
the blues
Which best describes the form of a typical blues text, as heard in the first verse (chorus 2) of Billie's Blues?
three-lined strophe
William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano draws inspiration from three black ---
visual artists
While Billie Holiday had no formal --- training, she was known for her impeccable sense of --- and a flawless style influenced by --Smith and Louis ---
vocal pitch Bessie Armstrong
