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Music Chapter 23 and Chapter 24
Music Chapter 23 and Chapter 24
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Chapters 23 and 24
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1
Stephen Collins Foster wrote ________, and John Philip Sousa wrote ________.
symphonies; piano sonatas
songs; church music
songs; marches
church music; woodwind chamber music
2
What characterizes bebop?
combos featuring virtuosic improvisation
ten to twenty members in the band
little opportunity for improvisation
origins in black American churches
3
Big band jazz is called:
bebop
swing
ragtime
blues
4
Americans tended to import the classical music of________ in the nineteenth century.
France
Germany
Italy
England
5
The two leading composers of early American musical comedy were:
Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein
Jerome Kern and George Gershwin.
Amy Beach and Steve Reich.
Duke Ellington and Sippie Wallace
6
One characteristic of postmodern compositions is:
an avoidance of all earlier styles and genres
a return to strict Classical forms.
great restraint in emotional expression.
free mixing of different styles & techniques.
7
Light operas of the nineteenth century containing dialogue, light tunes, & dancing were called
music dramas.
ragtime
shows
operettas
8
In a typical early jazz band, the melody instruments included a:
string bass.
banjo.
tuba.
clarinet.
9
Who was the leading composer of ragtime in the early 1900s?
Duke Ellington
Stephen Foster
William Billings
Scott Joplin
10
The band who led the “British Invasion” of the 1960s was:
The Rolling Stones
The Grateful Dead
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
11
The song style developed by Berry Gordy Jr. of Detroit was:
Motown
Rockabilly
Gospel
Blues
12
An example of chance music is:
throwing dice to determine the order of a composition
using twelve tones of the chromatic scale in a fixed order.
using a synthesizer to produce sounds
performer placing hands inside the piano & strumming strings
13
What is Louis Armstrong best known for?
improvisational skill at the piano
the ability to switch from trumpet to saxophone
imaginative breaks and variations on the trumpet
prolific compositions for Broadway
14
The father of chance music is:
John Adams.
Philip Glass.
John Cage
Steve Reich.
15
Post–WorldWar II composers were intent on:
discarding serialism in favor of Neoclassicism.
searching for new sound materials.
developing possibilities with standard Romantic orchestra
exploring the modernist music techniques of Debussy
16
Simple melodies and harmonies repeated many times and change in small increments over time is
expressionism
serialism.
minimalism.
chance music
17
Ancient Voices of Children
was which composer’s response to the Vietnam War?
John Adams
Kaija Saariaho
George Crumb
Steve Reich
18
Early rock is described by some as a copy of________ by white musicians.
gospel
bebop
rhythm and blues
blues
19
Which cannot
generate
sound?
the human voice
an electronic sound synthesizer
an electric guitar
electronic recording equipment
20
Family of the orchestra under went the most growth & innovation in the post–World War II era?
woodwinds
percussion
brass
strings
21
What characteristic of African music is still used in African American church music today?
complex rhythmic patterns
the pentatonic scale
use of the piano
call-and-response singing
22
The two key features of jazz performance style are:
ragging and improvisation.
improvisation and highly developed syncopation
call and response.
improvisation and breaks.