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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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The term ‘acculturated’ basically means a blending of cultures.

A

True

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2
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In the 1800’s there were many famous singing families. One family famous for its Reform Songs was the…

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Hutchinsons

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3
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Which of the following is an example of a cowboy song?

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

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4
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The ‘father of music education’ and the first American to really profit from music in America was…

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Lowell Mason

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5
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Which of the following is an example of a minstrel show tune?

  1. I wish I was in dixie
  2. The yellow rose of Texas
  3. Battle Hymn of the Repub.
  4. Oh Susannah
A
    1. 4.
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6
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers started out singing what?

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Light classical music

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7
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A song by Daniel Emmet that was popular during the civil war was called Oh Susannah

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False

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8
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Minstrel shows united America in their own way, like TV today

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True

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9
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PT Barnum made a clever marketing scheme for Jenny Lind’s American Tour.

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True

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10
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Gottschalk’s pieces The Banjo, Le bananier, and Bamboula are all examples of

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Virtuosic pieces
Character pieces
Pieces built from American folk songs

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11
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Which of the following composers was not trained in Europe, but in America?

A

Beach

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12
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Theodore Thomas founded the New York Philharmonic Society

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False

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13
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The MacDowell company served to be a place where artists of all kinds could spend uninterrupted summers working on their art

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True

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14
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first American born and American trained concert pianist

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False

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15
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Whom of the following was not a Tin Pan Alley composer?

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Fred Astaire

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16
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Eventually, any light, happy, bouncy music with syncopation was called ragtime

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True

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17
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Song pluggers worked in Tin Alan Alley by…

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Performing songs for potential customers

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18
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Who was known as the King of Ragtime

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Scott Joplin

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19
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Ragtime was originally…

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Improvised music

20
Q

Which composer was not a member of the Second New England school of composers?

A

Gottschalk

22
Q

Irving Berlin wrote strictly Jewish songs that appealed only to Jewish audiences

A

False

23
Q

Which was not a characteristic of shape-note singing?

A

Meant to be performed for an audience

24
Q

Sousa’s main goal was to educate his audiences.

A

False

25
Q

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Gershwin’s songs?

A

Overly suggestive lyrics

26
Q

Which of the following is a characteristic of ragtime?

A

Acculturated music
Structured form similar to marches
Hot rhythms. Syncopated

27
Q

Tin Pan Alley music developed a uniform style that included characteristics such as

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Piano prelude and postlude
Catchy chorus
Chorus verse/format

28
Q

The cultural combination of the Free People of Color and the lower classes was an extremely important in the development of jazz

A

True

29
Q

Which of the following was not a characteristic of Classic Blues?

A

Generally accompanied by a guitar

30
Q 
Out of the instruments listed below, which instruments were part of a New Orleans Jazz Band?
Banjo
Guitar
Clarinet
Trombone
Trumpet
A

1,3,4,5

31
Q

Sidney Bechet played which instrument?

A

Clarinet

32
Q

Typically, women sang classic blues

A

True

33
Q

Jenny Lind was often called…

A

The Swedish Nightingale

34
Q

The first Dixieland jazz recording was made by an all white band, the original Dixieland jazz band

A

True

35
Q

Which piece that you heard imitates animals?

A

Livery Stable Blues

36
Q

What is not a characteristic of early blues music?

A

Homogenous sound ideal

37
Q

Which instrument did Buddy Bolden play?

A

Trumpet

38
Q

What was Louis Armstrong not known for?

A

Skill on the trombone

39
Q

What is not a characteristic of bebop music?

A

Large group of musicians

40
Q

Which group popularized and acculturated African American spirituals?

A

Fisk Jubilee Singers

40
Q

Theodore Thomas’ main mission was to bring classical music to the American public

A

True

41
Q

Musicians who performed in big bands could more then likely read music

A

True

42
Q

Duke Ellington made carefully orchestrated pieces and put room for individual solos in his pieces

A

True

43
Q

Which jazz musician composed jazz concert music?

A

Ellington

44
Q

Who is often considered Americas most prolific composer?

A

Ellington

45
Q

Which piece that we listened to utilized gut bucket trumpet

A

Concerto for Cootie

46
Q

The silent theme tradition was one where musicians improvised on harmony instead of melody

A

True

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