Unit 2 test: chapters 5-7

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walkaround

"I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" was written as a _____

character pieces

"Mood pieces" for the piano, such as Gottschalk's "Berceuse" and "The Banjo" are called _____

shape note book

"The Sacred Harp" was a _____

homophonic

"They'll be Joy, Joy, Joy" features which of the following textures?

a professional music school

A conservatory is _____

ostinato

A repeated rhythmic and/or melodic pattern is called _____

speeches delivered by performers, acknowledging stereotypes

All of the following were standard characteristics of a minstrel show EXCEPT:

banjo

Aside from Native American instruments, which of the following is considered America's first indigenous instrument?

nineteenth

Brass instruments were first fitted with valves, making them easier to play, in the early _____ century.

New York City

Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera are located where?

humorous

Glees were songs in four-part harmony that were generally _____

Fifth note of the scale, or dominant

In a fugue, the answer is always introduced in which key?

Germanic Romanticism

In the late nineteenth century, music in America continued to be dominated by which style?

reform American music and musical education

Lowell Mason intended to _____

educator and composer

Lowell Mason was a well-known _____

Germany

Most important members of the Second New England School of composers studied music in _____

hiring singing quartets

Music publishers marketed their printed music collections by _____

simple folk melody

Regarding spirituals, which of the following is not primarily an African influence?

piano or guitar

Stephen Foster preferred which of the following to accompany his songs?

True

T/F "Amazing Grace" is in strophic form.

False

T/F A fugue consists of several separate dance movements.

False

T/F African Americans never participated in minstrel shows.

False

T/F African-American spirituals consisted only of sorrow songs.

True

T/F Amy Beach's husband discouraged her career as a solo pianist.

False

T/F Early American orchestras largely programmed works by American composers.

True

T/F Edward MacDowell studied in France as well as Germany.

False

T/F Edward MacDowell was a member of the Second New England School of Composers.

False

T/F Francis Scott Key was commissioned to write the "Star Spangled Banner" by Abraham Lincoln.

True

T/F Fugue subjects and answers alternate between tonic and dominant tonalities.

False

T/F In the 1850s, the piano was not affordable for middle-class Americans.

False

T/F In the nineteenth century, well-educated Americans considered American music superior to European music.

True

T/F Many Americans were disappointed when "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was not the national anthem.

True

T/F Minstrel shows originated in England.

True

T/F Nationalistic folk tales and legends often glorified the peasant rather than the noble.

True

T/F Nineteenth century American social reform paralleled nineteenth century European Romanticism in terms of focus on the individual.

False

T/F Nineteenth century Romanticism was dominated by French artists, writers and composers.

False

T/F Nineteenth century band music consisted only of marches.

True

T/F Patriotic songs frequently served political aims.

True

T/F Patriotic songs were frequently performed in theatrical events in the nineteenth century.

True

T/F Shape-note singing conventions still exist in the United States today.

True

T/F Some African-American spirituals eventually became regarded as art music.

True

T/F Some concert bands during the 1850s consisted only of brass instruments.

True

T/F Spirituals are strophic settings of religious texts to folk or popular tunes.

False

T/F Spirituals are usually through-composed.

True

T/F Stephen Foster wrote the wildly famous song, "Oh! Susanna."

False

T/F The "Christy Minstrels" was the first all-woman minstrel troupe in America.

True

T/F The Great Revival featured musical events as well as prayer.

True

T/F The term "timbre" is related to variations in sound color.

False

T/F White spirituals were usually more rhythmically vibrant than African American spirituals.

Herbert Hoover.

The "Star Spangled Banner" was named the American national anthem by President?

mid-nineteenth century

The Civil War occurred in which of the following eras?

religious and revival moments

The Great Awakening and the Great Revival were _____

Theodore Thomas

The conductor who contributed most to the appreciation of orchestral music in America was _____

the Gilmore's Band

The first American concert band to function as a professional ensemble was _____

song

The most widely experienced genre in mid-nineteenth-century America was _____

exposition

The opening section of a fugue is called the _____

technical brilliance

Virtuosity refers to a performer's _____

a polite society that avoided the unattractive aspects of life to preserve culture

What is meant by the phrase "genteel tradition"?

polyphonic

What is the predominant texture of a fugue?

the end of the 19th century

When did musical conservatories begin to flourish?

the most popular singing family in America

Which best describes the "Hutchisons?"

he was always meticulous about finding genuine sources

Which is not true regarding Antonín Dvořák's use of indigenous American music in his art music?

it features one tone per syllable of text

Which is true regarding "Nearer, My God, to Thee?"

they involved a great deal of repetition

Which is true regarding spirituals?

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

Which of the following American songs is sung to the tune of an Irish drinking song?

a plantation song and dance routine performed in a minstrel show

Which of the following best describes a "walk-around?"

Theodore Thomas

Which of the following founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra?

intensely emotional expression

Which of the following in NOT among the reasons the Second New England School of composers are sometimes called Boston Classicists?

the curriculum focused solely on learning to read music

Which of the following is not true regarding early public school music education?

each shape designated the duration of a note

Which of the following is not true regarding shape-notes?

performed mostly American music

Which of the following is not true regarding the accomplishments of Theodore Thomas?

it was associated with the citified, northern black

Which of the following is not true regarding the term "Jim Crow?"

indigenous music

Which of the following least impacted professional American musical composers in the nineteenth century?

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Which of the following musicians spent eleven years abroad studying music in France?

descriptions of major historical events

Which of the following topics is least associated with Stephen Foster songs?

Amy Cheney Beach

Which of the following was a member of the Second New England School of Composers?

American Indian

Which of the following was not part of Gottschalk's racial and cultural heritage?

John Knowles Paine

Which of the following was the oldest member and leader of the Second New England School of composers?

spiritual

Which of the following would most likely be sung in call and response fashion?

a group of African American musicians from Frisk University

Who were the Jubilee Singers?


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