The Harlem Renaissance

was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.

Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?

University of California, Los Angeles

Big-band jazz was performed

before Black and white audiences in clubs and ballrooms across the country.

Which describes the goals of early twentieth-century modernists?

self-conscious attempts to make art progressive and “making art new”

large-ensemble style with sections of brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments.

Which describes the premiere of The Rite of Spring?

Shouts from disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show.

What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?

They were influenced by movements in painting.

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1
The version of Rhapsody in Blue most commonly performed today is scored for
piano trio.
big-band ensemble.
piano and full orchestra.
jazz trio.
2
The Harlem Renaissance
was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
encouraged African Americans to embrace European traditions.
funded major renovations to theaters in upper Manhattan.
was inspired by fifteenth-century artists and composers.
3
Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?
University of California, Los Angeles
Leipzig Conservatory
Paris Conservatory
New York University
4
The German word Sprechstimme means
high-pitched melody.
opera melody.
speech-like melody.
broken melody.
5
William Grant Still was an important voice for
post-Impressionism.
the Civil War.
West Coast jazz.
the Harlem Renaissance.
6
In his Country Band March, Ives simulates the realism of an amateur band by having the musicians
All answers are correct.
make bad entrances.
play out of tune.
play wrong notes.
7
Duke Ellington is associated with
Third-Stream jazz.
bebop.
New Orleans jazz.
big-band jazz.
8
Where was Stravinsky born?
Russia
Germany
Austria
France
9
What was groundbreaking about Nijinsky’s choreography for The Rite of Spring?
The dancers formed rotating geometric patterns onstage.
The dancers jumped up and down in place.
All answers are correct.
The dancers made jerky and irregular movements with individual limbs.
10
Big-band jazz was performed
before Black and white audiences in clubs and ballrooms across the country.
for exclusively white audiences in private clubs in NYC and Chicago.
to seated audiences in clubs across the country.
exclusively to Black audiences in Harlem.
11
Winners of the Prix de Rome
received a monetary award.
All answers are correct.
were granted three years of study in Rome.
gained instant fame and recognition.
12
______ was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome.
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Clara Schumann
Lili Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
13
Which describes the goals of early twentieth-century modernists?
unity of expression, one modernism
self-conscious attempts to make art progressive and “making art new”
All answers are correct.
expressing their creative visions through a continuation of Romantic ideals
14
_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.
Polyrhythmic
Atonal
Cubist
Consonant
15
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
polyphonic.
multiphonic.
atonal.
polytonal.
16
Which singer is also known as “Lady Day”?
“Big Mama” Thornton
Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday
Judy Garland
17
While in Paris during his early twenties, Copland studied with
Igor Stravinsky.
Nadia Boulanger.
Maurice Ravel.
Claude Debussy.
18
Which genre describes The Rite of Spring?
incidental music
ballet
symphony
program symphony
19
Charles Ives was a(n) ______ composer.
American modernist
post-Impressionist
post-Romantic
primitivist
20
The text of country or rural blues that arose in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War
was set to a repeating harmonic pattern.
typically consisted of a three-line stanza.
All answers are correct.
voiced the difficulties of everyday life.
21
_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.
Harlem
Atlanta
New Orleans
St. Louis
22
In the 1930s and 40s, early jazz gave way to
Latin jazz.
bebop.
West coast jazz.
swing, or big-band.
23
Big-band jazz is a
large-ensemble style with sections of brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments.
restrained style with rich harmonies and moderate tempos and volume.
related to cool jazz, with mixed timbres and contrapuntal improvisations.
style known for complex harmonies and virtuosic soloists.
24
Which describes the premiere of The Rite of Spring?
There was a small turnout as the Parisian audience was not interested
Shouts from disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show.
The premiere took place in Paris at the funeral of a well-known architect.
The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris.
25
Avant-garde composers
distinguished themselves from high culture.
distinguished themselves from mass-market taste.
All answers are correct.
sought to break from social and artistic conventions.
26
Dissonance in early-twentieth century music
became the norm.
could serve as a final cadence.
All answers are correct.
was freed from its obligation to resolve to consonance.
27
What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?
All statements are true.
Composers of both movements were centered in France.
Both explored radiant impressions of the outer world.
They were influenced by movements in painting.
28
______ was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome.
Clara Schumann
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Nadia Boulanger
Lili Boulanger

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