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Q: Duke Ellington composed the first symphony by an African American to be performed by a major American orchestra.
Q: William Grant Still had an extensive background in jazz but no training in the European tradition.
Q: The Harlem Renaissance highlighted African American intellectual life in the 1920s and 1930s.
Q: The authors of The New Negro encouraged black artists to look to New York for inspiration.
Q: Harlem is located in: a. Chicago. c. Paris. b. New York City. d. Detroit.
Q: Which piano style evolved from ragtime and features a regular four-beat pulse with left-hand chords on the second and fourth beats? a. jazz c. boogie-woogie b. stride d. all of the answers shown here
Q: William Grant Still was born in: a. France. c. Germany. b. the United States. d. South Africa.
Q: How many movements make up Stills Suite for Violin and Piano? a. one c. three b. two d. four
Q: What musical style inspired William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano? a. Baroque c. avant-garde b. blues d. Harlem Renaissance
Q: The third movement of William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano was inspired by: a. a poem by Langston Hughes. c. a sculpture by Augusta Savage. b. a painting by Sargent Johnson. d. a novel by Ralph Ellison.
Q: _______ was the first African American composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. a. William Grant Still c. Louis Armstrong b. Duke Ellington d. James Reese Europe
Q: In his early years, William Grant Still was associated with which artistic movement? a. the Harlem Renaissance c. Impressionism b. abstract expressionism d. the avant-garde
Q: Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday performed in Harlem at the: a. Cotton Club. c. Cocoanut Grove. b. Club DeLux. d. Ambassador Hotel.
Q: The most important literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance was: a. Langston Hughes. c. Alain Locke. b. Ralph Ellison. d. George Schuyler.
Q: The Harlem Renaissance was inspired by a book of essays entitled: a. The Harlem Renaissance. c. The New Negro. b. Invisible Man. d. Weary Blues.
Q: Which of the following was referred to as the greatest Negro city in the world during the 1920s? a. New Orleans c. Chicago b. Harlem d. Los Angeles
Q: During which decade did the Harlem Renaissance begin? a. 1900s c. 1920s b. 1910s d. 1930s
Q: Discuss the influence that New Orleans had upon early jazz.
Q: Describe the roots of jazz and blues.
Q: Euro-American vernacular traditions had no influence on the development of jazz.
Q: Billies Blues is a sixteen-bar blues.
Q: By the turn of the twentieth-century, male singers accompanied by a steel-string guitar performed country blues.
Q: A ring shout is a communal song that synchronized the rhythm of work.
Q: Because she was an African American, Billie Holiday never had a chance to record with white jazz musicians.
Q: Louis Armstrong was an important force in the development of early jazz styles.
Q: New Orleans jazz depended on simultaneous improvisations by the players, which resulted in a polyphonic texture.
Q: Jazz is an art form that was created mainly by African Americans in the early twentieth century and blended elements from African music with traditions of the West.
Q: A single statement of a melodic-harmonic pattern, like a twelve-bar blues, is called: a. a chorus. c. bebop. b. a chord progression. d. jazz.
Q: What was Billie Holidays nickname? a. Satchmo c. Bird b. Lady Day d. the Queen of Soul
Q: In the years after the Civil War, country, or rural, blues arose in: a. Chicago. c. the Piedmont. b. New Orleans. d. the Mississippi Delta.
Q: The standard harmonic progressions for blues songs are also called: a. chord changes. c. blue notes. b. charts. d. ring shouts.
Q: Religious rituals that involved moving in a circle while praying, singing, and clapping hands are known as: a. work songs. c. ring shouts. b. spirituals. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Communal songs that synchronized the rhythm of work are known as: a. ring shouts. c. spirituals. b. work songs. d. blues.
Q: Billie Holiday was one of the first African American singers to: a. sing and record the blues. b. lead her own band. c. perform in Carnegie Hall. d. break the color barrier by recording and performing with white musicians.
Q: Billie Holidays song Billies Blues is in _____ form. a. twelve-bar blues c. thirty-two-bar popular song b. sixteen-bar blues d. ritornello
Q: Louis Armstrongs instrumental-like approach to singing is called: a. work songs. c. scat-singing. b. ring shouts. d. holler.
Q: Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play? a. trumpet c. clarinet b. trombone d. piano
Q: Louis Armstrong was also known as: a. Jelly Roll. c. King. b. Hot Lips. d. Satchmo.
Q: Where did slaves meet in pre-Civil War New Orleans to dance to the accompaniment of drums, gourds, mouth harps, and banjos? a. Congo Square b. Storyville c. the French Quarter d. the Garden District
Q: Jazz gained momentum through the fusion of various musical styles in which city? a. New York c. New Orleans b. Chicago d. Los Angeles
Q: Blues vocal lines feature melodic pitch bending, also known as: a. bent notes. c. blue notes. b. blue tones. d. bent tones.
Q: Which of the following best describes the form of a blues text? a. A-B-A c. A-B-C b. A-A-B d. A-B-B
Q: Which musical style is sometimes referred to as American classical music? a. jazz c. rock and roll b. country-western d. blues
Q: Which of the following popular American musical styles has/have roots in both West African and Euro-American music? a. ragtime c. jazz b. blues d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Discuss Stravinskys musical innovations heard in The Rite of Spring.
Q: Why is The Rite of Spring considered a multimedia work?
Q: The Ballets Russes had limited impact on the dance world outside of Paris.
Q: Nijinkskys choreography for The Rite of Spring was considered very old fashioned when the piece debuted in 1913.
Q: Igor Stravinsky was an impresario who founded the Ballets Russes.
Q: Because the music of The Rite of Spring was tied to the unpopular choreography, it has been seldom played in the twentieth century.
Q: Stravinsky enlarged the orchestra for The Rite of Spring by increasing the number of wind and percussion instruments.
Q: Stravinskys greatest contribution to the art music of the twentieth century is thought to be his development of the twelve-tone method.
Q: Stravinsky utilized many compositional styles throughout his career.
Q: The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky lived for many years in France and eventually became a U.S. citizen.
Q: The opening-night audience of The Rite of Spring was undoubtedly startled and repelled by the pagan rites being depicted.
Q: Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring had a revolutionary impact on music of the twentieth century.
Q: Stravinskys ballet music all achieved immediate popularity with audiences.
Q: Where was Stravinsky born? a. Russia c. the United States b. France d. Germany
Q: Who choreographed The Rite of Spring? a. Vaslav Nijinsky c. Serge Diaghilev b. Igor Stravinsky d. Pablo Picasso
Q: The Introduction to Stravinskys The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played by the: a. flute. c. French horn. b. clarinet. d. bassoon.
Q: Which of the following best describes the meter in Stravinskys Dance of the Youths and Maidens, from The Rite of Spring? a. unpredictable accents that disguise any regular meter b. a clear triple meter c. a clear duple meter d. a floating quality with no accents
Q: Which of the following musical elements in The Rite of Spring could be considered the most innovative? a. lush harmonies c. folklike melodies b. unpredictable rhythms and meters d. harsh orchestration
Q: Stravinsky minimizes harmonic changes through the use of: a. atonality. c. ostinatos. b. mixed meters. d. loose forms.
Q: The Rite of Spring is characterized by: a. the percussive use of dissonance. c. polytonality. b. polyrhythms. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Stravinsky immigrated to _____ at the onset of World War II. a. the United States c. France b. the Soviet Union d. England
Q: Which of the following Stravinsky works is from his primitivist period? a. The Rite of Spring c. Symphony of Psalms b. Agon d. Oedipus Rex
Q: The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to: a. great critical acclaim. c. a near riot. b. audience indifference. d. an empty theater.
Q: Which of the following was the Russian-born composer who wrote music in post-Impressionist, primitivist, neo-Classical, and twelve-tone styles? a. Bartk c. Prokofiev b. Schoenberg d. Stravinsky
Q: Which artists did Diaghilev invite to paint scenery for the ballet? a. Picasso and Braque c. Braque and Stravinsky b. Picasso and Stravinsky d. Nijinsky and Karsavina
Q: a. Paris ballet c. the French National Ballet b. Ballets Russes d. the Russian National Ballet ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: p. 261
Q: Which impresario significantly revitalized the art of ballet? a. Marius Petipa c. Mily Balakirev b. Serge Diaghilev d. Modest Musorgsky
Q: Discuss how Sousa and his music grew to national and international fame.
Q: Discuss the close association between the Marine Band and the office of the U.S. president.
Q: ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: p. 249
Q: Sousa is probably the first musician to introduce European audiences to ragtime music.
Q: John Philip Sousa was one of Americas most famous musicians during the early twentieth century.
Q: Sousas Band rarely performed outside of the Washington, DC, area.
Q: Sousa directed the U.S. Marine Band for twelve years.
Q: Semper fidelis is the official march of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Q: The informal name of the United States Marine Band is The best band in the land.
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