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CDA HS Band/Orchestra 2016-2017 Semester 2 Listening Experience
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1
Paul Hindemith's Kammermusic Op. 24 was written for which kind of ensemble?
Flute Choir
Wind Quintet
Woodwind octet
String Quartet
2
At which prestigious institution did Paul Hindemith teach from 1940-1953?
Yale University
The Royal School of Music in London
The Paris Conservatory
The Berlin State Opera House School for Music
3
For whom did Henry Fillmore compose "The Crosley March"?
The owner of a Cincinnati radio station
The University of Miami's new football stadium
The President of Argentina
His college sweetheart
4
Paul Hindemith is recognized as one of the greatest ????? composers of the 20th century.
English
American
German
Austrian
5
Who composed the music for the 2016 Star Wars spin-off feature film, "Rogue One"?
Howard Shore
John Williams
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
6
Why was the orchestra for the recording of the soundtrack to "Psycho" so small?
A large orchestra would not fit in the studio
Herrmann wanted a larger percentage of the pay for himself
The budget for the film was small
There was a musician's strike in Hollywood at the time
7
What event was the inspiration for Sam Hazo's "Ride"?
The birth of his first child
A fast car trip through the Pennsylvania countryside
His first ride on a Japanese bullet train
The Barack Obama presidential campaign
8
What is the instrumentation of a standard piano trio?
Piano, Violin, Viola
Three Pianos
One Piano with three players
Piano, Violin, Cello
9
Which branch of the US armed forces was John Williams drafted into service for three years?
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps
10
Which Bernard Herrmann score won the Academy Award: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture?
Taxi Driver
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Psycho
11
Where did John Philip Sousa compose "Stars and Stripes Forever" (in his head)?
In the White House
On board an ocean liner
In an airplane
On a train
12
How many Academy Awards did Maurice Jarre win for Best Original Score?
Seven
Zero
Three
One
13
Which film score got Max Steiner's name permanently on the list of leading Hollywood composers?
King Kong
Casablanca
Cimmaron
Gone With The Wind
14
Jean Françaix was a composer from ?????, writing for nearly every combination of instruments.
Switzerland
South Africa
France
Spain
15
Written in 1954, "Kentucky -1800" by Clare Grundman is based on three ?????
Biblical Passages
American Folk Songs
Presidential Speeches
Slave Spirituals
16
To which U. S. President was composer Henry Fillmore distantly related?
Thomas Jefferson
Millard B. Fillmore
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
17
A characteristic, unifying element in Dvorák's "American" string quartet is the use of ?
transcribed birdsong
negro spirituals
the pentatonic scale
unaccompanied violin solos
18
Paul Hindemith was a world-class ? player, often a featured soloist across the world.
cello
trumpet
viola
piano
19
Which physical affliction did Ludwig van Beethoven struggle with throughout his life?
Hearing Loss
Leprocy
Marfan Syndrome
Blindness
20
Who commissioned Frank Ticheli to write "Cajun Folk Songs"?
The Louisiana French Society
Cheryl Floyd
The Texas Music Educators Society
Mark Williams
21
During which conflict does most of the action of "Gone With The Wind" take place?
The War of 1812
The American Revolution
The Civil War
World War I
22
Which two eras of Western art music did Beethoven life and work span?
Medieval and Classical
Baroque and Classical
Baroque and Romantic
Classical and Romantic
23
Which inventor did Maurice Jarre study with as a student at the Paris Conservatory of Music?
Miklós Rózsa
Léon Theremin
Nicola Tesla
Joseph Martenot
24
What did american composer Henry Fillmore's father do for a living?
Ran guns for the mob
Composed and published religious music
Worked as a bank teller
Taught music theory at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
25
The saxophone family of instruments was invented by whom in 1841?
Claude Debussy
John Philip Sousa
Adolphe Sax
Maurice Ravel
26
Nino Rota was known as a child prodigy for his prowess in which capacity?
Violinist
Composer and conductor
Pianist
Organist
27
Who was the award-winning film director that Bernard Hermann worked with on "Psycho"?
Cecille B DeMille
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
Orson Welles
28
What is the name of the instrument created by J.W. Pepper for John Philip Sousa's band in 1893?
Cornet
Sousaphone
Mellophone
Helicon
29
Written in 1954, "Kentucky -1800" by Clare Grundman is based on three ?????
Biblical passages
Presidential Speeches
American Folk Songs
Slave Spirituals
30
For which 1990 movie did Maurice Jarre receive his last Academy Award Nomination?
Witness
Ghost
Enemy Mine
Dead Poet's Society
31
"Nino" Rota was an ? composer who wrote an average of 3 film scores a year for 46 years.
Italian
American
French
Spanish
32
What is the estate in "Gone With The Wind" that Max Steiner has immortalized in film history?
Brigadoon
Rosebud
Xanadu
Tara
33
Which instrument did young Henry Fillmore learn secretly(to avoid disappointing his stern dad)?
Electric Guitar
Pipe Organ
Violin
Slide Trombone
34
Which other Dvorák composition was written at the same time as the "American" string quartet?
The Slavonic Dances
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Rusalka (Opera)
The New World Symphony
35
Victor Ewald was a late Romantic composer from which country?
Russia
England
Poland
Norway
36
During which historical period do the events of "Lawrence of Arabia" occur?
World War II
World War I
The French Revolution
Ancient Rome
37
What is the instrumention for Jean Françaix's Petit Quator for saxohpone quartet?
Two Tenors, Two Baritones
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone
Four Altos
Three Altos, One Tenor
38
How much money did Ludwig van Beethoven make on the publication of his three Piano Trios?
one year's living expenses
nothing - he refused over a dispute with his patron
enough to pay his rent for six months
the equivalent of ten dollars (in today's money)
39
What is the standard instrumentation for a Brass Quintet?
three trumpets, two trombones
There is no standard
1 trumpet, 1 cornet, 1 horn, 1 trombone, 1 euphonium
Two trumpets, F horn, trombone, tuba
40
For which film did Nino Rota win the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1974?
War and Peace
Earthquake
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather
41
What was the first film that Bernard Herrmann wrote music for?
Citizen Kane
King Kong
War of the Worlds
Psycho
42
The "American" String Quartet by Antonín Leopold Dvorák was composed where?
Prague, Czechoslovakia
New York City, NY
Spillville, Iowa
London, England
43
Cajuns are descendants from ??, a group of French colonists who settled in Nova Scotia in 1604.
Cajones
Claymores
Acadians
Arbuckles
44
What was unique about the instrumentation for the score to "Psycho"?
It used entirely electronic instruments
It used only string instruments
There were only 4 players - it was all overdubbed
It used purely percussion instruments
45
Which major symphony did John Williams lead for twelve years?
The New York Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Symphony
The Boston Pops Orchestra
46
Why is "The Crosley March" by Henry Fillmore significant to Coeur d'Alene High School?
Fillmore composed it in Idaho
Fillmore attended Coeur d'Alene High School
It is the basis for our school fight song
It is based on the Idaho state song
47
When did Congress make Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" the National March of the USA?
1987
1887
It is not the official National March
1932
48
In addition to being a composer, what was Victor Ewald's main profession?
Railroad Clerk
Chemist
naval officer
Professor of Civil Engineering
49
The musical structure of "Kentucky 1800" is considered a ? - without a clearly delineated form.
rhapsody
strophic verse
song cycle
fugue
50
What was John Philip Sousa's appropriate nickname?
The Sultan of Swing
The March King
The Patriot
The Greatest
51
What was the highest rank John Philip Sousa achieved in the U.S. Armed Forces?
Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve
Colonel in the Army
Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps
Warrant Officer in the Marine Corps
52
The saxophone first gained popularity in one of the uses it was designed for: the ?????.
opera orcehstra
musical theater
symphony orchestra
military band
53
Samuel Hazo said “The ????? is the first note we learn, the last we master.”
Tonic
B-Flat
Long Tone
Whole Note
54
Who wrote the novel on which the screenplay for "The Godfather" was based?
Nicholal Pileggi
Mario Puzo
Robert Towne
Lorenzo Carcaterra
55
Where did Clare Grundman work during World War II?
He was unemployed and lived with his mother
Military musician in the US Coast Guard
The U.S. Census Bureau
The Central Intelligence Agency
56
Beethoven is a musical giant of "classical" music along with which other two "B" composers?
Boccherini and Buxtehude
Bartok and Bruch
Bach and Brahms
Bruckner and Boyce
57
Which composer has been nominated for the most (45) Academy Awards for Best Original Score?
Max Steiner
Jerry Goldsmith
Alfred Newman
John Williams
58
Samuel Hazo's music was featured at which event in 2012?
London Summer Olympic Games
Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund Gala
Second Inauguration of President Obama
Grand Opening of Disneyworld Japan
59
Which electronic instrument did Maurice Jarre use in his score to "Lawrence of Arabia"?
Moog Synthesizer
Theremin
Telharmonium
Ondes Martenot
60
Where is the strongest Cajun culture found in modern times?
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
61
What is the standard instrumentation of a string quartet?
two violins, two cellos
three violins, cello
violin, viola, cello, bass
two violins, viola, cello
62
How long did it take Antonin Dvorák to compose his "American" string quartet?
twelve years
sixteen days
he wrote it in one sitting
he never actually completed it (only finished two movements)
63
What is the extreme high register (above high F) called on a saxophone?
Altissimo
Soprillo
Piccolo
Soprano
64
Among Victor Ewald's circle of friends were a group of amateur composers who were known as ????
The Three B's
The Glorious Masters
The Mighty Handful
The Hateful Eight
65
With which film director did Nino Rota work most closely during his illustrious career?
Roman Polanski
Francis Ford Coppola
Federico Fellini
Steven Spielberg
66
What is the English translation of the term "Kammermusik"?
Music of the Spheres
Hammer Time
Night Music
Chamber Music
67
For which type of ensemble is Victor Ewald best remembered as a composer?
Men's Choir
String Quartet
Saxophone Quartet
Brass Quintet
68
Max Steiner wrote 300+ film scores,? were nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Score?
Zero
Fifty-One
Two
Twenty-Four
69
Max Steiner is credited as being the first film composer to use ????? music.
non-source
unseen
off-screen
action
70
Samuel Hazo became the first person to win both composition contests from which organization?
The Grammy Foundation
John Philip Sousa Society
American Society of Composers Arrangers and Publishers
National Band Association
71
Where has Frank Ticheli taught (Professor of Composition) since 1991?
He does not teach
University of Southern California
Columbia University
Michigan State University
72
What was the first film John Williams closely collaborated with director Steven Spielberg?
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sugarland Express
Jaws
