Music 190W Chapter 15 Quiz Name: E-mail: According to the text, when did there start to be a split between popular and classical music audiences in the U.S.? a. second half of the 19th century b. second half of the 20th century c. late 18th century d. early part of the 19th century What new music influenced popular music around the time referred to in question 1? a. new musical creations by Anglo-Americans, African-Americans, and Creoles b. minstrel show music c. music of new immigrants d. all of the above What aspect of U.S. society increased the demand for popular music and for accessible classical music? a. marketing of music b. the fact that the U.S. is a middle class society, not an exclusively elite one c. both a and b What is the source of patronage for many art music composers of today? a. the record-buying public b. TV c. the university According to our text, the popular-classical split in listeners' taste is becoming _______ today. a. more extreme b. less extreme When someone's taste in music includes classical, rock, folk, and world music, we describe that person's taste as ________. a. confused b. eclectic c. narrow According to our text, which style of European art music become most popular in the U.S. in the 19th century? a. Russian b. Spanish c. German & Austrian d. French Which aspect of 19th century music making was most popular with U.S. audiences? a. fugue b. basso continuo c. castrati d. virtuoso performers e. chamber music In the 1920s, France became an international musical center. Prominent U.S. composers like Aaron Copland studied with which important French teacher of composition: a. Nadia Boulanger b. Amy Beach c. Emma Diemer In the 1930s and after, the U.S. benefited from the presence of European immigrant composers including Arnold Schoenberg. What was one important reason many of them wanted to move to the U.S.? a. family ties b. classical music composers were more respected here c. as Jews, they wanted to escape persecution by the Nazis When listening to experimental U.S. music, such as that by Henry Cowell or John Cage, listeners should... a. listen for melodic development as they would in Mozart b. listen for chord progressions like you hear in Baroque music c. listen as much or more for texture, tone color, and rhythm as you do for melody, harmony, and thematic development as you do in earlier music Who is the first woman composer to write a symphony? a. Ruth Crawford b. Ellen Zwilich c. Amy Beach The composer of the Afro-American Symphony is a. Duke Ellington b. William Grant Still c. Ulysses Kay The best-known of the Americanist composers, who incorporated American vernacular musics into their art music compositions, is: a. George Crumb b. Ruth Crawford Seeger c. Aaron Copland CD 2 should be in the CD-ROM drive for questions 15 and 16. Which of the piano pieces we listened to for chapter 15 is this: a. Emma Lou Diemer, "Toccata for Piano" b. George Gershwin, "Preludes for Piano, No. 1" Which of the piano pieces we listened to for chapter 15 is this: a. Emma Lou Diemer, "Toccata for Piano" b. George Gershwin, "Preludes for Piano, No. 1" Hacker review questions in preparation for the final. What is the problem with this sentence: Twentieth century music includes a wide variety of tone colors it includes percussion sounds from all over the world. a. comma splice b. subject/verb agreement c. run-on d. uses a correctly spelled word in the wrong way What is the problem with this sentence: Twentieth century music is so diverse that it's definately worth investigating on your own. a. misuse of an apostrophe b. sentence fragment c. misspelling d. comma splice Which sentence uses the correct form of it's/its: a. Its rewarding to listen to music as the main focus, instead of using music as background all the time. b. Each musical style has it's attractive characteristics. c. It's important to keep listening to new music with an open mind. What writing problem does this display: Not all 20th century music is dissonant and difficult to listen to, composers like Henryk Gorecki, Steve Reich, and Arvo Part have written consonant music that is very popular. a. subject-verb agreement b. dangling modifier c. comma splice Music 190W pageThis file was last modified on 16 May 2000.
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Twentieth century music includes a wide variety of tone colors it includes percussion sounds from all over the world.
a. comma splice b. subject/verb agreement c. run-on d. uses a correctly spelled word in the wrong way
Twentieth century music is so diverse that it's definately worth investigating on your own.
a. misuse of an apostrophe b. sentence fragment c. misspelling d. comma splice
Not all 20th century music is dissonant and difficult to listen to, composers like Henryk Gorecki, Steve Reich, and Arvo Part have written consonant music that is very popular.
