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