Music Listening Today Chapter 35: American Music before 1920 Quiz
Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?
polytonality, dissonant chords, quotations from songs, polyrhythms (all of these choices)
The song "God Bless America" was composed by
Irving Berlin
The composer of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march was
John Philip Sousa
A nineteenth-century American pianist and composer who achieved some recognition in Europe was
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Some of the most advanced American music in the eighteenth century was the product of the
Morvian communities in Pennsylvania and North Carolina
The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally
an English drinking song
Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because
Americans seems to assume that European culture was superior, the early Puritans discouraged the arts, there were few wealthy families able to support the arts, settling a new land was a consuming task (all of these choices)
The first important America women composer in the early part of the twentieth century was
Amy Cheney Beach
The most original American composer in America in the late eighteenth century was
William Billings
Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe
true
The wind band is an especially American musical tradition
true