Music Part 6 Quiz 2

The flowering of African American culture called the "Harlem Renaissance" spanned the years ______. Multiple Choice 1917-35 1900-17 1880s-1900 1935-45

Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a child's impression of _______. Multiple Choice army life in the war a Fourth of July picnic a fishing trip a summer at camp

Aaron Copland was born in ______. Multiple Choice Anatevka, Russia the Appalachian mountains Paris, France Brooklyn, New York

While not rejecting any influence, Béla Bartók emphasized that the strongest influence on his music was _______. Multiple Choice Arabic Hungarian Romanian American

In addition to his compositions, Copland made valuable contributions to music in America by ______. Multiple Choice organizing concerts of American music directing composer's groups All answers are correct. writing books and magazine articles

Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra _______. Multiple Choice All answers are correct. is his most popular work is romantic in spirit because of its emotional intensity, memorable themes, and vivid contrasts of mood received its title because it was written for an orchestra of virtuosi

Each movement of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony is prefaced by lines from a poem by Multiple Choice W. E. B. Du Bois. Zora Neale Hurston. Paul Laurence Dunbar. James Weldon Johnson

An example of Copland's use of serialist technique is _______. Multiple Choice Appalachian Spring Incorrect Fanfare for the Common Man Connotations for Orchestra Music for the Theater

Aaron Copland's name has become synonymous with American music because of his use of ______. Multiple Choice subjects from American folklore All answers are correct. jazz, blues, and ragtime elements revival hymns, cowboy songs, and other folk tunes

Alberto Ginastera's Estancia Suite uses a large orchestra and is in ________ movements. Multiple Choice five four two three

As a result of his studies in composition with composers from two opposing musical camps, the conservative George Whitefield Chadwick and the modernist Edgard Varèse, Still did what? Multiple Choice Composed in a very conservative style Turned away from avant-garde styles and wrote compositions with a uniquely African American flavor Composed in a highly dissonant style Composed in a mixture of conservative and avant-garde styles

Charles Ives's large and varied output includes works in many genres, but not _______. Multiple Choice symphonies songs chamber music operas

Antonin Dvořák predicted in the late nineteenth century that the foundation for American music would come from _______. Multiple Choice the European classical tradition Irish jigs African American and Native American melodies Protestant hymn

Which of the following compositions is not by Charles Ives? Multiple Choice Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut Concord Sonata An American in Paris Three Places in New England

s a composer, William Grant Still ______. Multiple Choice was best known as a composer of hit songs wrote film scores, concert works, operas, and band arrangements was best known for his ragtime pieces restricted his works to symphonies and orchestral compositions

William Grant Still's opera dealing with the Haitian slave rebellion is _______. Multiple Choice Troubled Island Emperor Jones Once on this Island Trouble in Tahiti

In 1945 Ginastera moved to the United States where he had the opportunity to study with the well known American composer ______. Multiple Choice Charles Ives Elliott Carter Leonard Bernstein Aaron Coplan

"Harlem Renaissance" was the name ______. Multiple Choice of a symphony by William Grant Still of a city in Holland sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935 given to a housing project in New York City's Harlem