music appreciation 1100 quiz 5

A song cycle consists of about 8-20 songs that work together to

tell a story

Jean Ritchie was an accomplished ballad singer, but she is best known for her role in popularizing the:

Appalachian dulcimer

"Elf King" began as a ________ folk ballad and was then translated into German.

Dutch

In a strophic song:

Each stanza of the text is set to the same music

The term through-composed indicates that each line of text has a unique melody and no music is repeated.

true

A modern concept very similar to a song cycle is a _________, in which a popular artist releases a collection of recordings that accomplish the same purpose as a song cycle.

concept album

Bobbie Gentry always wanted to be a performer, but she wrote "Ode to Billie Joe" to sing at an audition because no-one else would let her use one of their songs.

false

For most of history, a ballad has been some variety of a lengthy song meant for dancing.

false

Franz Schubert wrote many great works for public concert halls, and is now known as one of the greatest 19th-century symphony composers.

false

The term ballad comes from the ________ word meaning "to dance."

french

Melodies are sometimes presented in sequence, which means that:

none of the above

Schubert's songs were taken seriously as cultural expression because:

none of the above

n the Vienna of Schubert's time, music lovers supported an economy of small, in-home concerts known as:

salons

Civilizations around the world have long used song as a vehicle for telling long stories, or epics.

true

Murder ballads were similar to true crime shows today, because they detailed the misdeeds of condemned criminals.

true

Schubert became so involved in small and intimate concerts that a special term, Schubertiade, was developed to describe a performance that featured only his music.

true

Which of the following is a theme addressed in Beyoncé's Lemonade?

black americans

A complete recitation of the Sunjata story can take _________ hours.

6-8

Which of the following styles had an influence on Lemonade?

all of the above reggae, hip-hop, country, rock and roll

The famous and influential poet who wrote the text to Schubert's "Elf King" was:

Wolfgang von Goethe

Dock Boggs developed a unique playing style on the banjo, based upon his observation of:

african American banjo players

"Pretty Polly" is an example of a ballad that is difficult to discuss in specific terms because:

all of the above

A typical jali instrument is the:

all of the above

"Ode to Billie Joe" is a ballad that uses a simple melody as a vehicle for a joyful story.

false

Beginning in the 1950s, enthusiasm for Appalachian folk music swept Northern college campuses in what is known as the Appalachian Revival.

false

In 19th-century Vienna, intimate concerts might be hosted by a wealthy family in their living room to advertise their:

Cultural and social standing

In Schubert's music, the piano is always relegated to the background and does not have a prominent role.

false

Schubert's "Elf King" is strophic, meaning that each stanza of text has the same melody.

false

The final song in Schubert's Lovely Maid of the Mill is "The Brook's Lullaby," which ends the cycle on a happy and upbeat note, as the Miller goes to sleep after all of his hard work.

false

The text of the Sunjata story is maintained in writing by the jali caste, who are members of the nobility in West Africa.

false

There are many recordings of the Sunjata story in existence, because it is important to preserve it.

false

Which themes present in Schubert's Lovely Maid of the Mill were especially prevalent in the Romantic era?

love and suicide

Beyonce's album Lemonade is a good example of a modern work that accomplishes the same purpose as a song cycle.

true

During the 19th century, there was new interest in rural folk culture, folk stories, folk poetry, folk dances, and folk songs.

true

In Lemonade, Beyoncé uses both words and musical style to communicate her message.

true

Schubert chose texts that imitated folk poetry and sometimes set them in a folk-like style.

true

Schubert did not set "Elf King" in a folk-like style, instead going to great lengths to capture the characters and events in the text by manipulating musical elements.

true

When the Sunjata story is performed, if a mistake is made in telling the story, the witness must correct it.

true

Bobbie Gentry described "Ode to Billie Joe" as a study in

unconscious cruelty