Music Section 3 Flashcards
At least how many Native tribes are there across the U.S. today?
more than 550
Who published the first significant English-language monograph in 1893?
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
What was Fletcher’s monograph titled?
“A Study of Omaha Indian Music”
What did Frances Densmore do?
used sound technology to preserve performances by Native singers
What sponsored Densmore?
Smithsonian Insitution’s Bureau of American Ethnology
How many recordings did Densmore gather in her efforts to study Omaha music culture?
more than 2,000
Which region did English-speaking colonists most encounter?
Eastern
What does Haudenosaunee Confederacy mean?
people who build a house
What is the Haudenosaunee name for themselves?
“Ohgwehonwe”… think Master Ohgwe from Kung Fu Panda!!!
What does “Ohgwehonwe” mean?
real people… again, think Master Ohgwe!!!
Who served as the “keepers, or protectors”?
Seneca and Mohawk
Which culture served as the firekeeper?
Onondaga…. symbolize league’s unity
When did the confederacy form?
1100-1660
The Haudenosaunee decided to form under what constitution?
“Great Law of Peace”
Who made the “Great Law of Peace”?
Peacemaker and Hiawatha (not the hero from Longfellow poem)
What was the structure of the council that made up that made up the “Great Law”?
- 50 members appointed by clan matrons
- concensus
the Tuscarora people left which state to seek refuge in the North?
North Carolina
When did the Haudenosaunee extinguish the council fire?
1777 :(
In 1799, which prophet revitalized the confederacy?
Seneca prophet Handsome Lake`
When did the U.S. senate formally acknowledge the influence of the “Great Law of Piece”?
1987
What are large water drums used for?
only Feasts for the Dead
Beverly Diamond focused on what?
social traditions for Iroquian people
Who made “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (variation)
Sadie Buck
What does the “Thanksgiving Address” do?
acknowleges environmental and spiritual aspects that help humanity survive
What are the customary openings for a “Thanksgiving Address”?
Standing Quiver then Moccasin Dance; … eskanye…. seven of them
Sadie Buck lead what group?
Six Nations Women
Where does the Buck family come from?
Seneca
Who co-founded the Old Mush Singers?
brother Hubert Buck Jr.
Who, after deaths of her father and sister-in-law, created “Ho Way Hey Yo”?
Betsy Buck
Francis Hopkinson attended the Second Continental Congress as a delegate from where?
New Jersey
Before Hopkinson’s death, he was appointed by Washington to be judge for what?
U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania
the poem “Ode to Music” was encountered where?
the American Magazine
Hopkinson donated his services to be what?
an Anglican organist in Philly
Who was hired by the Dutch Reformed Church of NY?
Hopkinson to fit melodies of the Dutch Psalter
“My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free” is the first what?
art song
Where did Thomas Parnell publish the text set for Hopkinson’s piece?
Poems on Several Occasions
Parnell alludes to what lady-love?
Miss Anne Minchin (nicknamed “Nancy”)
What did Hopkinson mean by “symphonies”?
anything that was instrumental music only
who confirmed that Nelly had to practice a lot
Nelly’s younger brother
Which society managed the Charleston’s subscription concerts?
St. Cecilia Society
what is an aria?
large-scale theatre works
among Peter’s transcriptions were what?
Stamitz and Abel
Who attended a Moravian performance of “good Musick”?
Benjamin Franklin
which governor of North Carolina called July 4th a solemn Thanksgiving?
Alexander Martin
What was the first state to recognize July 4th?
Massachusstes
What town claims to have hosted the first July 4th celebration?
Old Salem in 1783
Johann Friedrich Peter wrote what two pieces for July 4th in Old Salem?
“Psalm of Joy” and “Te Deum”
Of the six quintets by Peter, which one is not of three movements… fast, slow, fast?
No. 3, which inserts a dance movement (minuet) before concluding fast movement
what is a block chord?
conjunct chords successively
violin opens with what triad?
E-flat (Eb-G-Bb)…. THINK Eb
what note does the cello reiterate as the dominant pitch tonic?
Bb
where does the Peter introduce a rhythmic twist (hemiola)?
motif f
What is Peter’s rounded binary form?
||: A :|| B A’ :||
where did the Anacreontic Society initially hold their winter meetings?
London Coffe House on London’s Ludgate Hill
after 1773, where did the Anacreontic Society change their meetings?
Crown and Anchor Tavern
who was the poet that John Stafford Smith set the Anacreontic song to?
Ralph Tomlinson, a lawyer and eventual club president
Was Joseph Haydn an invited guest for Anacreontic Society?
yes
Which society held a ladies night?
Columbian Anacreontic Society
Where did the Columbian Anacreontic Society hold their performance for George Washington’s death?
St. Paul’s Church
What published the parody of Anacreontic society critical of Genet?
The Columbian Centinel
Who made a celebration of George Washington’s birthday set to Anacreontic Society piece?
Susana Rowson
who wrote “Adams and Liberty”?
Robert Treat Paine
Francis Scott Key used the Anacreontic Tune to celebrate who’s return?
Stephan Decatur Jr. and Charles Stewart, who fought Barbary pirates in North Africa
What was Key’s poem for the pirate fighters?
“When the Warrior Returns”
where was “Defence at Fort M’Henry” published?
“Baltimore Patriot” and “Baltimore American”
Where was Thomas Carr’s music store?
Baltimore, where Francis Scott Key asked for the sheet music to be made
when did the “Star Spangled Banner” add the descending tonic-triad arpeggio to the start of the melody?
1843
which Italian opera composer used the Star Spangled Banner in Madame Butterfly (character is Pinkerton)?
Giacomo Puccini
