Quizzes-music

Coltrane's A Love Supreme is in four parts:

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

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

"unconscious cruelty"

Mozart composed and premiered his first opera at the age of:

13

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

6-8

When music is used in protest, it is likely to be:

A & B are both likely

The "Sacrificial Dance" is in rondo form, best represented by:

A B A' C A'' C A'''

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

African American banjo players at dances

"Happy Days Are Here Again" was composed by:

Ager and Yellen

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

All of the above

In 1932, Stalin created the Union of Soviet Composers. This allowed him to control what music was heard because:

All of the above

The cantatas that Bach wrote had these characteristics:

All of the above

The father of the famous astronomer Galileo sought to develop a new approach to writing vocal music that imitated dramatic speech. This new musical style:

Allowed the performers to expressively declaim text from the stage Tied the rhythms of the music to the rhythms of speech Used harmonies to portray emotional content Avoided repetition because every note is tied to the word it illuminates All of the above None of the above all of the above

The raga is typically associated with a season, a time of day, and also which of these?

An emotion

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

Antiphon

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

Appalachian dulcimer

Yo-yo ma Teamed up with celebrity fiddler mark O'Connor and bass player Edgar Meyer to record

Appalachian waltz and Appalachian journey

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

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

As an example of allegory, Lin-Manuel Miranda uses the harpsichord in the musical score of Hamilton to represent:

British rule before the revolution

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

Canonical Hours

Lesions is a chamber work for clarinet, horn, and cello commissioned for Ensemble Q of Queensland Conservatorium and written by which of these composers?

Catherine Likhuta

Musical notation was first developed because:

Catholic leaders needed to standardize worship

Singers of _____ opera strive to produce a piercing, nasal sound with a slow, controlled vibrato.

Chinese

A satirical cartoon mocking Berlioz's excessive instrumentation pictures him with which of these?

Countless low brass players and a cannon

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

Cultural and social standing

Just as ragtime was becoming passé, a new style called _____ burst onto the scene.

Dixieland jazz

In a strophic song:

Each stanza of the text is set to the same music

Music that was condemned as "formalist" by Stalin's regime had the following trait(s):

Focused on technical innovation

Ravi Shankar popularized North Indian music in Europe and the United States and worked with which famous musician?

George Harrison

Tom Petty issued cease-and-desist letters when these candidates used his songs at campaign events:

George W. Bush and Michele Bachman

Beginning in the 1570s, the Florentine Camerata believed that the arts had become corrupted and that artistic expression could only be revived by returning to the artistic principles of ancient ______.

Greece

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

Gregorian chant

Which song was played at the 1932 Democratic National Convention?

Happy Days Are Here Again

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

Which of the following is not a technique used by Berlioz to tell the story in "March to the Scaffold"?

He used quotation to remind the listener of beheadings during the French Revolution.

How do we know what Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony is about?

He wrote and published a lengthy description.

In Star Wars: A New Hope, when the droids R2D2 and C3PO land on Tatooine, Williams utilized the following elements popularized by Igor Stravinsky:

High sustained notes in the strings and chromatic interjections from the bassoon and clarinet Oscillating melodies in the winds No conclusive musical gestures (cadences) Music that is neither the major nor minor mode All of the above None of the above all of the above

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

Highbrow Critics thought he was degrading his art by including jazz

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

Holy Roman Empire

Which of the following was Berlioz NOT known for?

Inventing new string techniques.

The composer who wrote the scores for the original Star Wars trilogy (among the best-known musical works created for the big screen) is _______.

John Williams

Some of the happiest and most tuneful music in the show Hamilton is sung by the British King George. This fact is noteworthy because:

King George was extremely unhappy with Miranda The text is sometimes disturbing and does not match the "happy" music The text is sad because the king is mourning the loss of Alexander Hamilton Miranda used the pop genre to communicate grief All of the above None of the above The text is sometimes disturbing and does not match the "happy" music

Which of the following artists did NOT adapt Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Simon and Garfunkel reunited to perform at a benefit concert for McGovern, which was held at:

Madison Square Garden

Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" became the campaign song for which candidate?

McGovern

Following its premiere, Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 was criticized on the grounds that:

Movement III was too sad and Movement IV was not happy enough

The representation of shepherds with a bagpipe-like drone is an example of what technique?

Musical topic

The 4th movement of Berlioz' Fantastical Symphony illustrates which of the following techniques?

Musical topic, quotation, and mimesis

Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs derives from ______ mythology.

Norse

Anoushka Shankar (b. 1981) is a renowned sitar player from which musical tradition?

North Indian

Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) created Euridice, an operatic portrayal of the _____ myth that consists almost entirely of recitative.

Orpheus

The oldest opera still to be regularly performed and enjoyed is Claudio Monteverdi's ______.

Orpheus

In response to the Rodney King riots, Petty wrote a politically charged song titled:

Peace in LA

Music therapy may be used for _____ rehabilitation

Physical cognitive emotional psychological all of the above none of the above all of the above

reich's compositions rely upon

Prerecorded synthesizer melodies solo horn lines voices performing off stage baroque fuge all of the above none of the above none of the above

The style of musical composition that more closely resembles dramatic recitation than typical singing is:

Recitative

The five movements of Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony include which of the following?

Reveries-Passions, A Ball, Scenes in the Fields, March to the Scaffold, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

The theme that represents "Loge as fire" uses the following to represent fire:

Rising and falling dynamic levels and pitches to represent the unpredictable nature of fire spreading across the ground

Mussorgsky belonged to a progressive school of 19th-century composers of which of these nationalities?

Russian

Although the roots of Chinese opera extend back thousands of years, ______ is the most popular of the many forms.

Shanghai Tianjin Shenzhen Guangzhou All of the above None of the above none of the above

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

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

Silk Road project

Of the three genres of opera popular in Mozart's day, ______ was the least respectable and sophisticated.

Singspiel

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" was inspired by a line from a 1958 African American Gospel song by a group called the:

Swan Silvertones

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

Although The Magic Flute is rich with comedy, it also has a serious message because:

The Queen of the Night represents forces that seek to suppress knowledge and clarity The Queen of the Night represents anti-Enlightenment forces Sarastro exemplifies the principle of rule by an Enlightened monarch Sarastro demands that his subjects hold themselves to high intellectual and moral standards All of the above None of the above all of the above

"Wotan's Farewell" features one of the most significant powers of the leitmotif:

The ability to foreshadow events yet to come

In a musical technique called underscoring:

The characters can hear the music The music is played by musicians in the scene The characters understand that the music is meant to warn them The music is there to change the scene All of the above None of the above none of the above

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

The struggles of black Americans

The term libretto refers to:

The text of a sung drama

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

There is a single designated conductor

Holst manipulated which characteristic of sound by utilizing women's voices in "Neptune":

Timbre

"Happy Days Are Here again" is an example of a:

Tin Pan Alley song

The popularity of this parody song was credited with winning Harrison the presidency:

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

"I Won't Back Down" was the lead single from Full Moon Fever, the first solo album by:

Tom Petty

Tom Petty's popularity grew after a string of albums that he recorded between 1976 and 1987 with this band:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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

Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Writing operas and directing opera productions

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) was _____.

a British composer who wrote The Planets

In scene 7 of Appalachian spring Copland borrowed the melody the gift to be simple from

a collection of shaker melodies

"Music for music's sake" is referred to as:

absolute music

"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

Contexts in which one might hear campaign music today include:

all of the above

Examples of musical topics include:

all of the above

Instrumental music can communicate meaning with which of the following techniques?

all of the above

Music can be used to support a(n)

all of the above

Which of the following candidates were musicians themselves and played during their campaigns?

all of the above

Which of the following styles had an influence on Lemonade?

all of the above

Lin-Manuel Miranda employed a technique that uses musical sounds to signify hidden meanings in a musical work. That technique is called ______.

allegory

The composer of the music for Star Wars was a session musician, so he:

already had a deep understanding of how music can shape the viewer's experience of drama

All humans are born with some level of music _____ which is the ease and speed with which your brain processes certain kinds of information

aptitude

The element of music that has to do with how pitches are begun, sustained and released is _________.

articulation

Hector Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony tells the story of a(n):

artist who falls in love, overdoses on drugs, and has hallucinations

The Rite of Spring was:

ballet

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

cantata

The _____ is the part of the brain that gives it a wrinkled appearance

cerebrum

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

chromaticism

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

In the 20th century, candidates have been most likely to:

coopt preexisting popular songs that support their message

In the European tradition, opera is a staged work of music theater that features:

costumes sets dramatic plots props All of the above None of the above all of the above

Program music is always accompanied by a(n):

descriptive text

The ________ is the first strong pulse in each meter.

downbeat

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

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

dutch

The Italian terms crescendo, decrescendo, forte, mezzo forte, and mezzo piano all refer to _________ in music.

dynamics

Both music and language aptitude are developmentally stable by about age

eight or nine

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

false

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" spent six weeks as the top single in 1972, a fact that benefited the McGovern campaign.

false

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

false

A certified music teacher can practice music therapy in the classroom

false

A pulse is the most complex form of rhythm.

false

A raga performance is entirely improvised.

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

Because Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 is an expression of protest, it is an example of program music.

false

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

false

Berlioz won the top honor for French composers, the Rome Prize, years after his death.

false

Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony was entirely based upon his real-life relationship with Harriet Smithson.

false

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

Compositions in the tradition of absolute music carry descriptive titles.

false

Copland's volume how to identify and appreciate quality music as an early classic of the music appreciation literature and is still in print

false

Emotional expression in music is not subjective, because every listener will perceive the same emotional content.

false

Even Adolph Hitler believed that Wagner's operas should not be produced.

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

Girolamo Mei (1519-1594) argued that all ancient Greek poetry and drama had been spoken, not sung. As a result, the Florentine Camerata felt compelled to develop the form of the modern musical.

false

Gregorian chants are based on the major and minor scales.

false

Hector Berlioz's obsession with Irish actress Harriet Smithson was unrequited for his entire life.

false

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

false

Holst became wealthy as a trombone performer in the middle part of his career.

false

Holst had a sincere interest in and passion for astrology, and this led to the creation of The Solar System Cycle.

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

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

false

In polyphonic jazz all of the musicians play the same melody at the same time.

false

In the 19th century, most campaign songs were parodies in which old words were set to new tunes.

false

John Williams was only influenced by specific historical compositions, rather than by style more generally.

false

Learning disconnected information through music has little impact on memory and retention

false

Like the composer of the musical scores for Star Wars, Wagner randomly paired themes with objects and ideas.

false

Many compositions from the ancient world were preserved, which allowed members of the Florentine Camerata to imitate ancient music.

false

McGovern ran on promises of victory at war.

false

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

false

Monteverdi had to worry about keeping his production within budget. For this reason, he wrote for a small orchestra and cast.

false

Most modern productions of opera from Monteverdi's time use period instruments, which are individual instruments that have survived from the Baroque era.

false

Mozart was an excellent court musician because he did not mind being subservient to an employer.

false

Mozart's The Magic Flute does not embody Enlightenment ideals because it celebrates the aristocracy as morally superior.

false

Music and language engage all areas of the brain at once

false

Mussorgsky and his colleagues were known as "the Mighty Few."

false

Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a four-movement piano suite in just twenty days.

false

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

false

On June 14, 1972, Simon and Garfunkel performed in a benefit concert for McGovern—their first ever public performance.

false

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

false

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were two of the biggest stars in American popular music in 1969 and were at the forefront of heavy metal rock music.

false

Political actors never use preexisting music.

false

Pope Gregory I was instrumental in the development of chant.

false

Protest music that is covert broadcasts its message in a way that all listeners will understand. Question 8 options:

false

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) was a world-famous performer by the time he was 17 years old.

false

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

false

Shostakovich was a leading Soviet composer, but his opera Lady Macbeth was a flop when it premiered in 1934.

false

The Rite of Spring debuted as the sole ballet on the program and audience members at the premier loved the dancing and costumes.

false

The barroom music in Star Wars relies heavily upon the unstable and irregular rhythms characteristic of ragtime music.

false

The composer of The Tale of the White Snake, Tian Han, was celebrated by Mao's government for writing a play that was believed to undermine Communist values.

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

false

The name "Tin Pan Alley" was derived from the fact that clanging metal pans were to be heard in the district where the music publishing firms had their headquarters.

false

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

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 about five hundreds ragas in use during a given era, and a musician can easily master them all with practice.

false

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

false

When music is used by a political campaign, the campaign manager always commissions new works.

false

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote comic operas intended only for the aristocracy.

false

The way a musical work unfolds over time, or its ________, typically relies upon repetition, variation, and contrast.

form

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

french

A way of making connections between closely-related works and musical artists that share stylistic, formal, and cultural elements is to categorize the works by _________.

genre

Yo-yo ma Is unique as a classic cellist because

he has collaborated with non classical performers he has performed non classical genres he believes that good music can be found in all traditions he believes that quality is determined by the level of execution and creativity all of the above none of the above all of the above

The technique of mimesis can be defined as:

imitation of real-world sounds

During _________, the musical performers vary material by creating music in the moment, rather than relying upon fixed pitches and rhythms.

improvisation

The word _________ refers to the distance between to pitches.

interval

Ellington's the Far East suite is set apart from the classical tradition because

it was composed by two people

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

it was not practical to write elite music for small audiences it seemed unethical to compose for only highbrow an elite audiences young progressives in America were interested in folk music folk music was understood to represent common people and their struggles all of the above all of the above

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

love and suicide

Stravinsky's introduction to The Rite of Spring made heavy use of:

major tonality duple meter conjunct melody lines predictable dynamic changes All of the above None of the above none of the above

Each of these keywords is associated with Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony except for:

malaise

Before enrolling in the Paris conservatory in 1826, Berlioz studied in which field?

medicine

The part of a musical work that you typically sing along with or that might get stuck in your head is called the ________.

melody

A raga is a type of:

mode

The clinical an evidence based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals with a therapeutic relationship is known as

music therapy

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

musical notation

The use of recognizable music to portray a typical scene, such as a storm scene or love scene, is referred to as the use of:

musical topics

When a composer uses familiar musical styles or clichés to communicate to a listener, it is referred to as the use of:

musical topics

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

Aaron copland's Appalachian spring was originally conceived as a ballet but is most frequently performed in the version of

orchestra

Opera and other types of sung theater always began with an ______, which alerted the audience that the show was about to begin.

orchestral overture

The term that refers to the relative highness or lowness of sound is ________.

pitch

Like the Rite of Spring the first scene of Appalachian spring is

polytonal

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

prayer

The doctrine of Socialist Realism required composers to

produce works that were optimistic, uplifting, and accessible

In the European tradition, instrumental music that claims to tell a specific story or to otherwise communicate extramusical information is referred to as:

program music

When music is use to combat a dominant political force, it most often takes the form of a: Question 5 options:

protest song

Holst's "Mars" march was extremely unusual because it was in:

quintuple meter

In Berlioz's "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," the incorporation of "Dies irae" is an example of:

quotation

The incorporation of a passage from another piece of music is regarded as:

quotation

Annette Henshaw was a popular singer whose career was driven by which type(s) of performances?

radio performances

The composer of Hamilton found that ______ music was very useful because he could fit more words into a shorter span of time.

rap

In 1929, Stalin sought to control the arts by:

reforming the conservatories

The element of music that constitutes the temporal aspect of sound is:

rhythm

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

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

salons

A set of only seven pitches that forms the basis for most music is called a ________.

scale

How many pitches does Raga Madhuvanti contain?

seven

A raga can be performed on any melody instrument that is capable of producing slides between pitches, but is most commonly played on a:

sitar

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The term ______ refers to a form in which two or more verses of text are sung to the same melody.

strophic

Ragtime was a style of music popularized by pianists and featuring steady rhythm with the left hand and ______ with the right.

syncopated rhythms

Both language and music have _____ an orderly system of arrangement of sounds

syntax

When performed, a raga is paired with a pattern of beats this is called a:

tala

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

tell a story

The word that refers to how fast or how slow a pulse occurs is ________.

tempo

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

that they be sung to preexisting melodies

What name did Berlioz give to the melody that represents his protagonist's love interest?

the "obsession"

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

the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove

Miranda's use of ______ may be likened to Wagner's use of leitmotifs because he uses musical ideas that harken back to earlier points in the work.

the Ring Cycle cycled motives cyclical dynamics cycled form All of the above None of the above none of the above

A raga performance is divided into which of these parts?

the alap and the jhala

The final scene (Act III, Scene 3) of The Valkyrie contains ______.

the appearance of Logo, the demigod of fire Wotan's spear a ring of fire Brunnhilde's sleep All of the above None of the above all of the above

Many of ellington's compositions relied upon

the extended forms of classical music

Holst's work is an example of program music (instrumental music that tells a story or paints a picture), but he reversed the order of Mars and Mercury because:

the music he composed for Mars made a better opener for the work

Audiences of the Romantic Era (1815-1900) were fascinated by:

the personal lives of artists

Some of the musical characteristics of the "Main Theme" that tell us Luke Skywalker is a hero are:

the use of brass instruments, duple meter, steady tempo, major mode, and leaps to the upper tonic

The ability to recognize differences between voices (like your mother versus your sister) and between instruments even if they are playing the same pitch (like a flute versus a trombone) is due to variances in _________.

timbre

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

true

"Mars" served as a model for John Williams's "Imperial March" theme in the Star Wars soundtrack.

true

12-bar blues provides the structure for most blues compositions.

true

A 1930 recording of "Happy Days Are Here Again" featured popular singer Annette Hanshaw with Ben Selvin and his orchestra.

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

A cyclical technique in music composition is one by which all parts of a large work are connected by shared material (e.g. the "obsession" melody that appears throughout Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony).

true

A parody, which was a common type of campaign song in the 19th century, sets new words to a familiar tune.

true

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

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

true

As a campaign song, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was used to convey an anti-war message and promise peace to the nation.

true

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

true

At its inception, opera was understood to be entertainment for the aristocracy.

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

Before the rise of mass media, music was employed at in-person events such as rallies, parades, and whistle stops.

true

Ben Selvin recorded about 20,000 tunes, making him the most productive recording artist in American history.

true

Benedictines chant all 150 Psalms every week.

true

Berlioz wrote detailed narratives that described his Fantastical Symphony and made efforts to widely publicize this work.

true

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

true

Black and White Rag was a work that manipulated repetition and contrast by giving listeners familiar music each time the A section returned but preventing them from being bored by including contrasting material.

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

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

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

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

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

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

true

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first presidential candidate to coopt a popular song.

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

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

true

Hector Berlioz was just 27 years old when he wrote his Fantastical Symphony.

true

In 19th-century Europe, a debate took place concerning the superiority of program music vs. absolute music.

true

In Dixieland style, it is difficult to tell which instrument has the "main" melody, because all seem of equal importance.

true

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

true

In film, music that the characters can hear is called source musicbecause the source of the sound is usually visible on screen.

true

Instead of setting all of Orpheus in recitative, Monteverdi and Striggio interspersed recitative with other types of vocal music, such as strophic songs, choral refrains, and arias.

true

Lesions is divided into four sections that represent stages in the grief process: "Sadness," "Anxiety," "Denial," and "Acceptance."

true

McGovern capitalized on the fact that he had reunited Simon and Garfunkel, but ultimately lost the election to Richard Nixon.

true

Mimesis is the imitation of a real-world sound.

true

Most Gregorian chants are not associated with a specific composer.

true

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

true

Music as a means of rallying support has a long history in American politics.

true

Music can be used for explicitly political purposes.

true

Mussorgsky and his musical colleagues were dedicated to developing an authentically Russian means of musical expression.

true

Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a solo piano suite because he was not a skilled orchestrator.

true

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition constitutes an imaginary tour of an art show, each painting captured in a movement.

true

Mussorgsky's career was in military and civil service, not composing.

true

Of all animals human beings have the largest brains in relation to the size of their bodies

true

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

true

Opera buffa (comic opera) portrayed members of various social classes in humorous situations.

true

Parodies first played a role in George Washington's 1792 reelection campaign.

true

Paul Simon was the lead songwriter of Simon and Garfunkel.

true

Protest music that is overt in its meaning might clearly identify the objectionable situation and desired action.

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

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

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

true

Some critics of Wagner's operas argue that we should no longer produce or listen to his operas because the composer's ideology is so repugnant that his art should be erased.

true

Symphony No. 5 was presented as an autobiographical piece portraying Shostakovich's personal suffering and rebirth. It served as a public apology and facilitated his formal rehabilitation.

true

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

true

The 1989 hit "I Won't Back Down" has been used in a number of campaigns.

true

The Fantastical Symphonywas Berlioz's most influential work.

true

The Rite of Spring depicted pagan rituals and caused consternation among members of its Parisian audience at the premier.

true

The Rite of Spring does not tell a coherent story.

true

The Russian composer Mussorgsky was inspired to compose Pictures at an Exhibition after his experience at an art show commemorating the death of a friend.

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 composer of Hamilton wrote music and created a visual presentation intended to represent America in the current age.

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

true

The term "Tin Pan Alley" refers to the American song publishing industry between the 1890s and the 1940s.

true

The term "basso continuo" refers to a style of accompaniment in which the composer writes out the bass line and harmonies but does not specify instruments or the exact pitches of each chord.

true

The term "fixed composition" refers to works in which the pitches and rhythms are identical between performances.

true

The term ornamentation refers to the practice of having the singer add notes that are not actually notated in the musical score.

true

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

true

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

true

Traditionally, a raga was only performed during its allotted season and time.

true

Two performance of the same raga can sound quite different.

true

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

true

Until the 1890s, all Chinese opera performers were male.

true

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

true

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

true

When music is heard in the background of a television ad, the technique is termed:

underscoring

The element of music that has to do with loudness or softness is _________.

volume

Persons with damage to ______ area are unable to comprehend language or to construct meaningful sentences even though they do not experience difficulty producing articulate words

werniecke's

Music processing is more isolated than language processing (that is to say fewer brain regions are involved )

false

The chromatic pitch set includes most of the pitches used in Western music, but not all of them.

false

The theme that represents Darth Vader (the "Imperial March") shares many of the same characteristics as the main theme, but it is in the major mode and uses simple harmonies.

false

There is no correlation (relationship) between studying music and earning higher grades in other subject areas

false

Volume in music is indicated by numbers that represent the amplitude of the sound wave.

false

Wagner shrunk the size of the orchestra for The Ring of the Nibelungs in order to highlight characters with single instruments.

false

When he wrote Appalachian spring copland's primary purpose was to write music that perfectly captured the Appalachian mountains in music

false

Monophonic, polyphonic, heterophonic, and homophonic are all terms that refer to a musical work's _________.

texture

One of the characteristics of music is _________, which concerns the contents of and interactions between various layers or voices in a musical work.

texture

The structure is responsible for language production and comprehension (brocas and wernicks areas) are unique to humans

true

Wagner used leitmotifs to communicate information to an audience that is not included in the libretto or onstage action.

true

When someone engages with music there is activity all over the brain in both hemispheres in all four lobes in the cerebellum and in the brainstem

true

A session musician is a musician who:

participates in recording sessions for television and film

We know that humans were creating music long before history began to be recorded because of prehistoric _____ found across the world

bone flutes

Basic functions that don't involve voluntary thoughts such as heart rate breathing body temperature digestion swallowing coughing and vomiting are controlled by the

brain stem

Persons with damage to _____ area understand heard language and know what they wish to say but are unable to speak

broca's

The area that controls the physical production of speech is

broca's area

Higher functions such as receiving and analyzing sensory input touch sight and sound and the handling of reasoning emotion memory and fine motor control are processed by the

cerebrum

There are two hemispheres of the brain and each has _____ lobes

four

Music and language acquisition skills are learned ______ by humans

innately

Some of the principle differences between classical music and jazz are

instrumentation harmonic language and improvisation

The technique of assigning a unique theme to each character, object, place, and idea in a drama is the use of ______.

leitmotif

When pulses are organized into groups containing strong and weak beats, we refer to this as ________.

meter

Scene Two of Appalachian spring includes an unusual compositional technique that makes it difficult to tap your foot along to the music

mixed meter

In Star Wars, the musical themes are effective because they:

represent specific characters or ideas

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

true

Each selection on the album the Far East suite represents ellington's impressions upon visiting a foreign country

true

Human beings are the only animals on the planet that employ music and language and it is this characteristic that separates us from all other species

true

If music and language aptitude is not developed during the elementary years the adult human will be functioning within a limited aptitude

true

It is possible that Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) has had a greater impact on the development of Western art music than any other composer.

true

Luke Skywalker's Theme (the "Main Theme") has more emotional depth than Darth Vader's theme because it is in a three-part form and features a string section.

true

Music processing is interwoven with memory but you won't remember a poem a story or any other information the way you remember music

true

Similarly to Star Wars, Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungsmakes heavy use of themes that represent specific characters or ideas.

true

The cotton club in Harlem only admitted white patrons but the musicians dancers and servers were all black

true

The language processing centers of the brain are activated when a person listens to an processes music even when the music contains no words

true

The members of alarm will sound also had an interest in electronic dance music

true