Chapter 6 MHL

Which of the following became one of the several patriotic songs to serve as an anthem of the reunited nation after the Civil War?

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Which of the following songs is written by Francis Hopkinson's son Joseph, and composed by Philip Phile for the inauguration of George Washington in 1789?

"Hail, Columbia"

American President Herbert Hoover signed a bill in 1931 making Francis Scott Key's song ______ the American national anthem.

"The Star Spangled Banner"

Which song was designated to be the official anthem of the American armed forces during the Spanish-American War of 1898?

"The Star Spangled Banner"

Identify the instruments that were invariably included in minstrel shows in America.

- a pair of bones -a concertina -a tambourine

Identify the features of Stephen Foster's songs.

-His tunes and songs describe a life that he had never experienced. -The melodies in his songs, although folklike, are clearly composed.

Identify the true statements about the American patriotic song "Hail to the Chief."

-It was sung with a different title and text in 1815 in honor of George Washington's birthday. -It was performed for the first time in the United States in 1812.

Identify the characteristics of the songs written by Stephen Foster.

-Most of the songs were written with simple guitar or piano accompaniments. -Most of the songs were based on the three primary chords of the tonal system.

Identify the types of songs that were Stephen Foster's own personal favorites.

-The lovely "plantation melodies," reminiscent of the songs he heard African Americans singing as they worked on the Pittsburgh riverfronts. -The rollicking, comic songs he wrote for minstrel shows.

Identify the features of the characters, Jim Crow and Zip Coon, that emerged out of the minstrel shows in America.

-They were played by white men who darkened their skin using burnt cork or coal. -They were popular in England and portrayed African Americans as ridiculous and grotesque.

Which of the following statements is accurate about the depiction of women in Stephen Foster's songs?

-Women were normally described from a male point of view. -Women were portrayed as passive creatures, entirely idealized, and often asleep.

Identify the contributions of Patrick S. Gilmore to the musical landscape of America.

-formed America's first band conceived entirely as a concert ensemble. -organized mammoth concerts in which thousands of performers participated.

Which of the following aspects of bands were particularly popular at band concerts in the nineteenth century in America?

-programmatic pieces -marches and dance tunes

Identify an accurate statement about Stephen Foster.

He experienced a devastating conflict between the music he felt he ought to write and the music he wrote and loved best.

Which of the following statements is true of Stephen Foster?

He was apparently the first American to attempt to earn his living solely from the sale of his songs.

Identify an accurate statement about minstrel music.

It constituted a highly popular form of entertainment in the pre- and even post-Civil War periods.

Which of the following is true about the American patriotic song "Hail to the Chief"?

It is traditionally played by the United States Marine Band to announce the ceremonial entrance of the president of the United States.

Identify an accurate statement about the minstrel song "Jim Crow" written by Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice.

It was often credited as the first popular hit in America.

Two basic characters emerged out of the minstrel performances in the nineteenth century in America: one representing the plantation slave, with ragged clothes, uncouth manner, and thick dialect, named ______; the other, a fashionable dandy of elegant dress and manners caricaturing a citified Northern Black, named ______.

Jim Crow; Zip Coon

______ were a form of entertainment popular in England in the late eighteenth century in which white men, their skin darkened by burnt cork or coal, caricatured African American figures.

Minstrel shows

Identify a true statement about Stephen Foster's songs.

They are art in the sense that they are long lived and representative of the composer's distinctive style.

Which of the following statements is true of Stephen Foster's early minstrel songs?

They avoided the outrageous caricatures of African Americans commonly presented onstage.

Which of the following statements is true of concert bands in the United States during the nineteenth century?

They provided an important stimulus for music publishing in America.

Which of the following statements is true about minstrels?

They radically transformed the four-string plantation banjo to invent the five-string banjo.

James A. Bland became very popular and even performed for Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales.

True

Which of the following inspired Julia Ward Howe to compose her poignant poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to be set to the old tune from being set to a tune sung as a tribute to the militant abolitionist John Brown?

Viewing firsthand the desperate plight of blue-clad Union soldiers

Identify the minstrel show introduced by Daniel Decatur Emmett in America during the 19th century.

Virginia Minstrels

A true statement about Patrick S. Gilmore is that he was ______.

appointed bandmaster of the Union army and became the most famous bandmaster of the 1860s

A characteristic of the songs written by Stephen Foster is that the songs ______.

are in simple strophic form

Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star Spangled Banner" during the ______.

attack on Baltimore in the War of 1812

A characteristic of the American patriotic song "Hail, Columbia" is that it was ______.

commonly played when George Washington appeared in public

The melody of the bugle call "Taps," which became an official bugle call after the Civil War, is sounded today at ______.

funerals, memorial services, and wreath-laying ceremonies

A feature of minstrel music is that ______.

it was often referred to as America's first popular music

Songs such as "Maryland, My Maryland," "Marching Through Georgia," "The Yellow Rose of Texas" considered regional favorites during the Civil War stimulated ______.

patriotic fervor

The most popular American singing family, the Hutchinsons, first came to public attention when their children ______.

presented a highly successful performance of religious and secular music at a New England meetinghouse in the early 1840s

The placement of strips of material, called frets, on the fingerboard of a banjo allowed players to ______.

stop at a specific pitch

Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice was known as ______.

the father of American minstrelsy

A significant feature of the Virginia Minstrels formed by Daniel Decatur Emmett is that it was ______.

the first completely independent minstrel show

A feature of the music performed by the Hutchinsons is that ______.

the texts of their songs addressed some of the most radical social causes of their day

Francis Scott Key set his text that included the words "The Star Spangled Banner," which he titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry," to the melody of "The Anacreontic Song," which was the ______.

theme song of an English gentlemen's club

A characteristic of Stephen Foster's early sentimental songs is that ______.

they reflected and reinforced the mid-nineteenth-century concept of the female identity

Daniel Decatur Emmett wrote one of America's favorite songs, "I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land," conceiving it as a lively plantation song-and-dance routine called a(n) __________.

walkaround

An important fact about the minstrel song "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny" composed by James A. Bland is that it ______.

was made the official state song by the Virginia state legislature in 1940

A characteristic of the minstrel routine called a walkaround is that it ______.

was performed as the finale of a minstrel show