Chapter 4- Secular Music in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Federal Periods

Question 0

Chamber Music

Answer 0

Performed by a chamber ensemble (2 or 3 performers); 1st example of classically performed music; Moravians were the only ones who could do it

Question 1

Classical music

Answer 1

Very structured and precise, never overly emotional; restraint and control are consistent characteristics; appreciated by the well-educated

Question 2

Music Societies

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Developed out of well-off Americans who made informal chamber music; hire European musicians to do private concerts for a group of friends who pooled together their money

Question 3

Public Concerts

Answer 3

Wanted to expose uneducated people to the arts/music; similar to music societies, but now everyone is invited

Question 4

“Battle of Trenton”

Answer 4

By James Hewitt; common folk were interested in classical music, but they usually couldn’t connect; form of program music; dedicated to GW, everyone knew about this so people cared/could connect; engaged the audience intellectually; American musicians also played in this

Question 5

Program Music

Answer 5

Emerged from public concerts; detailed description of the music they were going to enjoy

Question 6

Fiddle/Violin

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Fiddle when it was tuned for folk music and a violin when it was tuned for classical music

Question 7

Forte Piano

Answer 7

Very delicate piano/sound; first piano where you could make it louder if you pressed harder and make it soft if you tap lightly

Question 8

Dausemen

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From Europe, could be homemade, most popular in rural area; only 2 pitches; created a drone effect

Question 9

Drone Effect

Answer 9

Sort of constant background sound (similar to Scotland’s bagpipes)

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 10

Violin player, used music to judge someone’s intellectual abilities

Question 11

Benjamin Franklin

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Americans should be free from Europe conpletely, so we should make our own music and instruments; created the Glass Harmonica

Question 12

Armonica/Glass Harmonica

Answer 12

Glass cylinders that rotated in water to create a melody

Question 13

Francis Hopkinson

Answer 13

A composer of art songs and musical plays

Question 14

Art Songs

Answer 14

Find existing poetry and he’d write music to go along with it; would then give the melody and poem to a singer to perform it

Question 15

Early American Theater

Answer 15

Became popular during the 1730s, but was banned by the Continental Congress in 1778 during the Revolutionarily war; became popular again after the war

Question 16

America’s First Bands

Answer 16

Fife and Drum; entertainment, move the troops, maintain morale, wake the troops, issue commands

Question 17

Very structured and precise, never overly emotional; restraint and control are consistent characteristics; appreciated by the well-educated

Answer 17

Classical music

Question 18

Performed by a chamber ensemble (2 or 3 performers); 1st example of classically performed music; Moravians were the only ones who could do it

Answer 18

Chamber Music

Question 19

Developed out of well-off Americans who made informal chamber music; hire European musicians to do private concerts for a group of friends who pooled together their money

Answer 19

Music Societies

Question 20

Wanted to expose uneducated people to the arts/music; similar to music societies, but now everyone is invited

Answer 20

Public Concerts

Question 21

By James Hewitt; common folk were interested in classical music, but they usually couldn’t connect; form of program music; dedicated to GW, everyone knew about this so people cared/could connect; engaged the audience intellectually; American musicians also played in this

Answer 21

“Battle of Trenton”

Question 22

Emerged from public concerts; detailed description of the music they were going to enjoy

Answer 22

Program Music

Question 23

Fiddle when it was tuned for folk music and a violin when it was tuned for classical music

Answer 23

Fiddle/Violin

Question 24

Very delicate piano/sound; first piano where you could make it louder if you pressed harder and make it soft if you tap lightly

Answer 24

Forte Piano

Question 25

From Europe, could be homemade, most popular in rural area; only 2 pitches; created a drone effect

Answer 25

Dausemen

Question 26

Sort of constant background sound (similar to Scotland’s bagpipes)

Answer 26

Drone Effect

Question 27

Violin player, used music to judge someone’s intellectual abilities

Answer 27

Thomas Jefferson

Question 28

Americans should be free from Europe conpletely, so we should make our own music and instruments; created the Glass Harmonica

Answer 28

Benjamin Franklin

Question 28

Americans should be free from Europe conpletely, so we should make our own music and instruments; created the Glass Harmonica

Answer 28

Benjamin Franklin

Question 29

Glass cylinders that rotated in water to create a melody

Answer 29

Armonica/Glass Harmonica

Question 29

Glass cylinders that rotated in water to create a melody

Answer 29

Armonica/Glass Harmonica

Question 30

A composer of art songs and musical plays

Answer 30

Francis Hopkinson

Question 30

A composer of art songs and musical plays

Answer 30

Francis Hopkinson

Question 31

Find existing poetry and he’d write music to go along with it; would then give the melody and poem to a singer to perform it

Answer 31

Art Songs

Question 31

Find existing poetry and he’d write music to go along with it; would then give the melody and poem to a singer to perform it

Answer 31

Art Songs

Question 32

Became popular during the 1730s, but was banned by the Continental Congress in 1778 during the Revolutionarily war; became popular again after the war

Answer 32

Early American Theater

Question 32

Became popular during the 1730s, but was banned by the Continental Congress in 1778 during the Revolutionarily war; became popular again after the war

Answer 32

Early American Theater

Question 33

Fife and Drum; entertainment, move the troops, maintain morale, wake the troops, issue commands

Answer 33

America’s First Bands

Question 33

Fife and Drum; entertainment, move the troops, maintain morale, wake the troops, issue commands

Answer 33

America’s First Bands