music appreciation exam 3

Military bands began to include brass instruments after significant improvements were made in their construction.

true

Modern day pipers serve the British military in a ceremonial role.

true

Most Gregorian chants are not associated with a specific composer.

true

Music is often used to inspire, energize, and/or coordinate movement.

true

Music obviously influences dancing, but dancing also influences the development of music.

true

Musicians were employed by the military before the founding of the United States.

true

Of the 100+ military bands, the Marine Band is the newest.

true

One way to evaluate the quality of music is to consider whether it achieves the purpose for which it was written.

true

Pipers last appeared on the front line in 1967 in South Arabia.

true

Scottish Highland bagpipes were attached to combat units as far back as 1549.

true

Shaw's Partita inspired discussion about whether it had the necessary characteristics to satisfy the criteria used to evaluate compositional quality.

true

Sleepers, Wake includes love duets, the texts of which were written by an unknown poet and reference the Biblical Song of Solomon.

true

Sousa remained director of the Marine Band until his death.

true

Sousa was a vocal advocate for the recording industry.

true

Sousa was highly protective of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and never allowed other bands to perform it.

true

Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" never became a hit until after his death.

true

Swing dance developed in Harlem, where African American dancers at clubs and ballrooms interacted with white "slummers."

true

The 1599 chorale "Sleepers, Wake" comments on the parable of the wise and foolish virgins.

true

The 19th century saw the standardization and development of military music.

true

The Cotton Club in Harlem only admitted white patrons, but the musicians, dancers and servers were all black.

true

The Southern gospel group The Inspirations was established in Bryson City, NC, in 1964.

true

The chorale "Sleepers, Wake" has an A A B form, as do the movements of Bach's cantata that incorporate the chorale.

true

The first commercial hip-hop hit was "Rapper's Delight" in 1979.

true

The first pioneers of hip-hop music were jazz musicians.

true

The idea that Pope Gregory was visited regularly by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove arose after the founding of the Holy Roman Empire in 800.

true

The members of Alarm Will Sound also had an interest in electronic dance music.

true

The most influential shape-note hymnal, The Sacred Harp, was published in Georgia in 1844.

true

The name "breaking" derives from disco breaks.

true

The role of the Marine Band in providing ceremonial music for White House events dates back to 1801.

true

The text of "Amazing Grace" was written by an English clergyman named John Newton (1725-1807).

true

Unlike most chant composers, the Benedictine Abbess Hildegard of Bingen wrote original texts for her chants.

true

Walker set the text "Amazing Grace" to the tune titled "New Britain" in his 1835 hymnal Southern Harmony.

true

While important to the military, Scottish Highland bagpipes were never used in any major war.

true

While music was considered important by the US military, it was never incorporated into the curriculum at military institutions of learning.

true

Sousa published solo and ensemble versions of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for which of these instruments?

trumpet and percussion

All are true about Aretha's Gospel singing background except for:

At the age of 18, she launched her career in Gospel music

Musical notation was first developed because:

Catholic leaders needed to standardize worship

In 1965, the Pulitzer jury concluded that none of the applications were worthy of the prize, and instead recommended that a special citation be granted to:

Duke Ellington

The form of unaccompanied sacred song that developed in the medieval Catholic Church is called:

Gregorian chant

Differences between the musical notation of Guido of Arezzo and modern day notation include all of the following except for:

He used only sharps, not flats

All of the following are true about Irving Berlin except for:

He wrote the popular song "Blue Skies"

Aaron Copland was originally ridiculed for incorporating jazz into his early works because:

Highbrow critics though he was degrading his art by including jazz

The Catholic Church spread rapidly across Europe after the foundation of the:

Holy Roman Empire

Some of the principal differences between classical music and jazz are:

Instrumentation, harmonic language, and improvisation

All are true about the Sousa band except for:

It gave over 15,000 concerts between 1892 and 1931

Ellington's The Far East Suite is set apart from the classical tradition because:

It was composed by two people

Wynton Marsalis grew up in New Orleans and attended the Juilliard School of Music, but soon decided that his future was in:

Jazz composition

Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring was originally conceived of as a ballet, but is most frequently performed in a version for:

Orchestra

Like The Rite of Spring, the first scene of Appalachian Spring is:

Polytonal

One of the reasons that Appalachian Spring is still significant today is because it has come to be accepted as the sound of:

Rural America

All of the following are true about Hildegard of Bingen except:

She was pledged to marry a nobleman as a child

Yo-Yo Ma's most significant and lasting foray outside of the European concert tradition is:

Silk Road Project

Sleepers, Wake was first performed only once, on November 25, 1731, at Leipzig's St. Nicholas Church. For what reason was it not used again?

The 27th Sunday after Trinity does not occur every year

sousa is attributed with accomplishing which of these for the Marine Band?

a and b

At which important events does the Marine Band perform?

all of the above

Hildegard had a great creative and scholarly mind, and can be credited with the following accomplishments:

all of the above

The Great Depression caused many composers of art music to adopt a more commercial style because:

all of the above

To create music for Blood on the Fields, Marsalis drew from a variety of African American traditions, including:

all of the above

What roles did musicians play during the Civil War?

all of the above

Yo-Yo Ma is unique as a classical cellist because:

all of the above

It is unusual that Caroline Shaw won the Pulitzer Prize for Partita (2013) because:

all of the above NOT Her training was principally oriented toward violin performance She was essentially unknown She was only 30 at the time she won the award She only entered a PhD program in composition in 2010

Hildegard's "O Strength of Wisdom" is an example of a(n):

antiphon

The African American arranger Fletcher Henderson joined Goodman's band as a performer in 1939.

false

The Jazz Singer was the last "talking picture."

false

The first chorales were developed by Martin Luther to facilitate virtuosic solo performances during church services.

false

The popularity of quartets established Southern gospel as music strictly for use in church services.

false

When he wrote Appalachian Spring, Copland's primary purpose was to write music that perfectly captured the Appalachian mountains in music.

false

Which of these groups of musicians contributed to victories during the American Revolution?

fifers

All of the following characteristics are typical of disco music except for:

frequent changes in tempo and volume

Who is quoted as saying "music has done its share, and more than its share, in winning this war"?

general Phillip Sheridan

All are true about John Philip Sousa except for:

he eventually pursued a long-term career in theater music

Which of the following was one of Sousa's criticisms of the recording industry?

it might damage concert attendance

Scene two of Appalachian Spring includes an unusual compositional technique that makes it difficult to tap your foot along to the music:

mixed meter

Around 1026, the Italian monk Guido of Arezzo became the first to ever record:

musical notation

Reich's compositions rely upon:

none of the above

The roots of disco dancing can be traced to which of these?

none of the above

The Benedictine monks and nuns withdrew from the world and dedicated themselves to:

prayer

Which system of notation had developed in England and was intended to facilitate sight-reading?

shaped notation

Differences between Hildegard's music and most Gregorian chants include all except for:

she adhered more strictly to rules regarding form and mode

The 1930s saw the rise of an energetic new style of dancing known as:

swing

"Amazing Grace" appeared in Newton's collection of devotional poems, Olney Hymns(1779), published with the intent:

that they be sung to preexisting melodies

According to legend, Pope Gregory received the entire body of a chant from:

the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove

Which of the following was the most influential new dance of the 1930s?

the step hop. Kayla put all above

Which of the following is NOT true about a Sacred Harp "sing"?

there is a single designated conductor

"Blue Skies" became a hit after it was performed by Al Jolson in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer.

true

"Blue Skies" is a jazz standard, the popularity of which can be attributed to Henderson's arrangement.

true

"Scotland the Brave" was written in the 1890s and first appeared in the 1895 Gesto Collection of Highland Music.

true

"Swing" is one of many black colloquialisms adopted by young urban whites during the 1930s.

true

A Love Supreme is an example of modal jazz, in which traditional chords are replaced with harmonies built on scales other than major and minor.

true

A chorale cantata is based on a Lutheran chorale or hymn.

true

Aaron Copland was one of the early champions of music appreciation as a subject of study.

true

Al Jolson was the leading popular singer of the 1920s.

true

Alarm Will Sound focused attention on minimalist composer Steve Reich.

true

All three of the ballets that cemented Copland's reputation as a composer used folk melodies to portray rural America.

true

Although DJs initiated the practice of reciting rhymes over the breaks, dedicated rappers eventually became known as MCs.

true

Although Hildegard only notated the melody, her music would likely have been performed with added parts.

true

Amazing Grace" was first paired with its current melody by William Walker.

true

At a singing school, participants were able to socialize and learn to read shape notes.

true

At a typical concert, the Sousa Band would perform orchestral transcriptions, operatic excerpts, and instrumental solos.

true

Bach's cantatas, which were performed just before the sermon, reflected on the readings and prepared congregants to understand the day's message.

true

Bagpipes are used exclusively for marching

true

Benedictines chant all 150 Psalms every week.

true

Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was the first bandleader to make a hit playing swing music.

true

Black gospel emerged alongside Southern gospel and has its roots in Holiness churches.

true

By the 19th century, shape-note singing came to be viewed as outdated in New England as musicians sought to imitate European models.

true

Coltrane's recovery experience inspired the religious themes of his late work.

true

Congregants would have known the chorale "Sleepers, Wake" very well.

true

DJ Kool Herc is credited with laying much of the groundwork for hip-hop music.

true

Disco music and dance emerged in the early 1970s and by 1975 had become a national craze.

true

Disco parties catered to a gay, mostly black clientele that was harassed at commercial venues.

true

Duke Ellington rose to national prominence as a pianist and band leader, and his band toured internationally while making popular recordings.

true

During the early years of his employment in Leipzig, Bach produced a new Lutheran Church cantata every week that corresponded with the day's Biblical readings and sermon.

true

Each selection on the album The Far East Suiterepresents Ellington's impressions upon visiting a foreign country.

true

For many years, Gospel singers who recorded mainstream popular music were criticized and shunned.

true

Franklin's gospel album Amazing Grace(1972) was the top-selling album of her career.

true

From 1723 to 1750, Bach served as music director for the city of Leipzig.

true

Goodman played "cool" jazz on a late-night radio program.

true

Goodman's style was defined by an African American arranger.

true

Gregorian chant melodies are usually easy to sing due to their small ranges and conjunct motion.

true

Highland bagpipes are audible outdoors because they play in a very high range

true

Highland bagpipes can produce only nine pitches, which means they have to alter some notes in order to adapt repertoire intended for other instruments.

true

Hip-hop DJ's borrowed tools and techniques from disco, but they also used salsa and funk records to provide music for block parties.

true

Hip-hop developed in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1970s.

true

Hip-hop was at first regarded as a performance practice that incorporated pre-existing records.

true

In 1880, Sousa's arrangements won him the directorship of the Marine Band.

true

In 1987, Congress designated Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as the National March.

true

In 1997, Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN.became the first hip-hop album to win the Pulitzer Prize.

true

In breaking, dancers perform acrobatic move and often compete with one another

true

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was a prolific and influential composer of American ballads.

true

Coltrane's A Love Supreme is in four parts:

"Acknowledgement," "Resolution," "Pursuance," and "Psalm"

Yo-Yo Ma teamed up with celebrity fiddler Mark O'Connor and bass player Edgar Meyer to record:

Appalachian Waltz and Appalachian Journey

In scene seven of Appalachian Spring, Copland borrowed the melody "The Gift to Be Simple" from:

A collection of Shaker melodies

DAMN. was a revolutionary choice for the Pulitzer Prize because:

All of the above

The cantatas that Bach wrote had these characteristics:

All of the above

Many of Ellington's compositions relied upon:

The extended forms of classical music

In Leipzig, Bach had a variety of responsibilities, including all except for:

Writing operas and directing opera productions

DJ Kool Herc pioneered which of the following techniques?

breaking

The Benedictine day was divided into eight prayer services known as:

canonical hours

A multi-part work for voice(s) and instrumental accompaniment is termed a:

cantata

Which of the following characteristics is never exhibited by Gregorian chant?

chromaticism

Which of the following dance styles developed alongside hip-hop music?

disco. Kayla put all above

Roomful of Teeth employed all of the following except:

emo singing

"Amazing Grace" was reinterpreted only by musicians in the Lutheran tradition.

false

"Scotland the Brave" became famous after a romantic text was added to the tune.

false

Appalachian Spring was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1967.

false

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) was criticized and shunned for recording both Gospel and mainstream popular music.

false

Bach's cantatas are now performed by professional musicians, but only in the context of church services.

false

Bach's job with the city of Leipzig was prestigious, promised a good education for his children, and was one for which he was the city council's first choice.

false

Copland's volume How to Identify and Appreciate Quality Music is an early classic of the music appreciation literature and is still in print.

false

Disenfranchised black youth developed hip-hop music/dance as a means of expression and entertainment.

false

Early DJs and MCs always made recordings.

false

From the outset, hip-hop was regarded as a genre of music.

false

Gregorian chants are based on the major and minor scales.

false

Hildegard of Bingen had numerous visions that inspired her chant texts, but were rejected as church doctrine by Pope Eugene III.

false

In "Work Song," Marsalis strives to imitate the blues tradition by constructing melodies underpinned by 12-bar harmonic progressions.

false

In 1892, Sousa left the military to start his own band and pursue a private career

false

In 1965, the Pulitzer board refused to recommend a citation to Duke Ellington, and he was offended because the board had rejected him after he had composed such a monumental work.

false

Minimalist composers share an interest in developing very small works from a large palate.

false

Newton wrote hymns for his congregation that used simple language in the 3rdperson.

false

One way to evaluate the quality of music is to examine all major criteria: purpose, originality, skill of composer or performer, the impact that music has on listeners and society, and the fame of the composer or performer.

false

Pope Gregory I was instrumental in the development of chant.

false

Scottish Highland bagpipes have long been regarded as a military instrument.

false