MA Ch.13

Question 1

Did Copland's ballets use folk melodies?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Why was Copland ridiculed for using jazz?

Accepted Answer

Degrading his art

Question 3

Marsalis wrote Blood on the Fields as an:

Accepted Answer

Oratorio

Question 4

Each selection on The Far East Suite represents:

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Why did composers adopt a commercial style?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

Why was Shaw's Pulitzer win unusual?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

Did Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. win the Pulitzer in 1997?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The Far East Suite is unique because:

Accepted Answer

Composed by two people

Question 9

Ellington's compositions relied on:

Accepted Answer

Extended classical forms

Question 10

Yo-Yo Ma recorded with Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer:

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Waltz

Question 11

Did The Soul of the Tango win a Pulitzer?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Reich's compositions rely on:

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 13

Is most hip-hop composed by a single individual?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Was Copland a champion of music appreciation?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

First scene of Appalachian Spring is:

Accepted Answer

Polytonal

Question 16

Did the Cotton Club admit only white patrons?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Appalachian Spring represents the sound of:

Accepted Answer

Rural America

Question 18

Was Caroline Shaw the youngest Pulitzer winner?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Why is Yo-Yo Ma unique as a cellist?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 20

Why was DAMN. a revolutionary Pulitzer choice?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 21

Shaw's Partita title and form are from:

Accepted Answer

Baroque dance suites

Question 22

Roomful of Teeth did not use:

Accepted Answer

Emo singing

Question 23

Is Roomful of Teeth one of few choirs to perform Partita?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Is music quality evaluated by its purpose?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Wynton Marsalis decided his future was in:

Accepted Answer

Jazz composition

Question 26

Did Alarm Will Sound focus on Steve Reich?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Is 'How to Identify and Appreciate Quality Music' still in print?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Do minimalist composers develop small works from a large palette?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Who received a special citation in 1965?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 30

Yo-Yo Ma's significant project outside European tradition is:

Accepted Answer

Silk Road Project

Question 31

Scene two of Appalachian Spring includes:

Accepted Answer

Mixed meter

Question 32

Was Copland's purpose to capture Appalachian mountains?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Did Shaw's Partita inspire discussion on compositional quality?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Did Appalachian Spring win the Pulitzer in 1967?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Does music quality include fame of composer?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

Appalachian Spring is often performed by:

Accepted Answer

Orchestra

Question 37

Blood on the Fields includes:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 38

Copland borrowed 'The Gift to Be Simple' from:

Accepted Answer

Shaker melodies

Question 39

Did Ellington's band tour internationally?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Differences between classical music and jazz are:

Accepted Answer

Instrumentation, harmonic, improvisation

Question 41

Did Alarm Will Sound like electronic dance music?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

What is the process of distinct instruments contributing fragments?

Accepted Answer

Hocket

Question 43

Does 'Work Song' use 12-bar progressions?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

Was Ellington offended by the Pulitzer board in 1965?

Accepted Answer

False

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