Exam 1

Question 1

What musical tradition is this?

Entertainment bought and sold as a commercial commodity, static, emphasis on the performer.

Answer 1

Popular Tradition

Question 2

Characteristic of African American performance practice

Answer 2

Loose, hot rhythms

Question 3

Characteristic of European American performance practice

Answer 3

A small number of good performances

Question 4

Characteristic of Folk Tradition

Answer 4

Often in the oral tradition

Question 5

Characteristic of Popular tradition

Answer 5

music meant for consumer purchase

Question 6

Characteristic of Fine art tradition

Answer 6

Music meant to edify

Question 7

T/F

The instrument the banjar(known as banjo) originated in England

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Broadside Ballads were well known tunes with words commenting on current events placed on printed sheets and were the first type of commercial music in America.
T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a folk ballad

1. Usually a solo voice
2. They were written down
3. Often sung in a nasal tone
4. They told a story

Answer 9

2

Question 10

Many original folk ballads originated from:

Answer 10

Britain

Question 11

T/F

The Spanish set up missions in the southwestern part of the United States and introduced a hymn genre called Alabado

Answer 11

T

Question 12

Ben Franklin invented what instrument?

Answer 12

Glass Harmonica

Question 13

T/F
Due to the lack of musical reading, New England ministers started a movement to help their congregation to learn music faster. This movement was known as The Great Awakening

Answer 13

F

Question 14

The first true American composer to publish a book of tunes of only his work was:

Answer 14

William Billings

Question 15

The First New England school of composers was:

Answer 15

A group of people generally living about the same time, same region, and sharing musical styles

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT an outcome of singing schools?

1. More musical literacy
2. The tradition of lining out became more popular
3. Secularization of music
4. The development of church choirs

Answer 16

2

Question 17

In the 1800’s there were many famous singing families. One family famous for its Reform was the:

Answer 17

Hutchinsons

Question 18

T/F

The term “acculturated” basically means the blending of cultures.

Answer 18

T

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of a cowboy song?

1. Amazing Grace
2. Oh Susanna!
3. Home on the Range
4. Yankee Doodle

Answer 19

3.

Question 20

Which is not a characteristic of shape-note singing?

1. Tenor voice most often had the melody
2. Singers sat in a square facing each other
3. Meant to be performed for an audience

Answer 20

3.

Question 21

The “father of music education” and the first American to really profit from Music was:

Answer 21

Lowell Mason

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of a minstrel show tune? Choose all that apply.

1. I wish I was in Dixie
2. The Yellow Rose of Texas
3. Battle Hymn of the Republic
4. Oh Susanna!

Answer 22

1.2.4.

Question 23

The Fisk Jubilee Singers first started out singing what kind of music?

Answer 23

Light Classical Music

Question 24

A popular song written Daniel Emmett was used during the Civil War by the South and was called “Oh Susanna”
T/F

Answer 24

F

Question 25

Which group is credited with popularizing African American spirituals, as well as acculturating them?

Answer 25

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Question 26

Minstrel shows united America in their own unique way-everyone knew the same jokes and same songs, much like early TV.
T/F

Answer 26

T

Question 27

PT Barnum created a cover marketing scheme for Jenny Lind’s American tour; some people say the Beatles marketing plan was based on Barnum’s
T/F

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Which composer was NOT a member of the Second New England School of composers?

1. Gottschalk
2. MacDowell
3. Paine
4. Beach

Answer 28

1

Question 29

Theodore Thomas’ main mission was to bring classical music to the American public in a palatable format.
T/F

Answer 29

T

Question 30

Gottschalk’s pieces “The Banjo”, “Le bananier” and “Bamboula” are all examples of

Answer 30

Virtuosic pieces, character pieces, and pieces built from American folk songs

Question 31

Which of the following composers was trained in America instead of in Europe?

1. Paine
2. Beach
3. MacDowell
4. Gottschalk

Answer 31

2

Question 32

Jenny Lind was often called:

Answer 32

The Swedish Nightingale

Question 33

Theodore Thomas founded the New York Philharmonic Society

T/F

Answer 33

F

Question 34

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first American born AND American trained concert pianist
T/F

Answer 34

F

Question 35

The MacDowell colony served to be a place where artists of all kinds could spend uninterrupted summers working on their art.
T/F

Answer 35

T