Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2022 » Midterm 3

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Question #1
What was William Grant Still’s source of inspiration for his Suite for Violin and Piano?
A.   Langston Hughes’s poetry
B.   African American artwork
C.   essays from The New Negro
D.   spirituals
Question #2
Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano contains how many movements?
A.   four
B.   one
C.   three
D.   two
Question #3
The third movement of Still’s Suite for Violin was inspired by
A.   Gamin, a sculpture of a street-smart kid in Harlem, by Augusta Savage.
B.   African Dancer, a sculpture by Richmond Barthé.
C.   Mother and Child, a chalk on paper drawing by Sargent Johnson.
D.   The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes.
Question #4
Which describes the mood of this piece?
A.   playful and humorous
B.   martial and grandiose
C.   somber and morose
D.   introspective and quiet
Question #5
The Harlem Renaissance
A.   was inspired by fifteenth-century artists and composers.
B.   was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
C.   funded major renovations to theaters in upper Manhattan.
D.   encouraged African Americans to embrace European traditions.
Question #6
William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony was the first symphony by an African American composer to be performed by a major American orchestra.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
The Harlem Renaissance took place in the
A.   1920s and 30s.
B.   1880s and 90s.
C.   1950s and 60s.
D.   1820s and 30s.
Question #8
The version of Rhapsody in Blue most commonly performed today is scored for
A.   piano and full orchestra.
B.   jazz trio.
C.   big-band ensemble.
D.   piano trio.
Question #9
The opening of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue begins with ________ played by the _________.
A.   flutter-tonguing; flute
B.   a glissando; flute
C.   bell-like sounds; celesta
D.   a glissando; clarinet
Question #10
Country Band March is arranged for
A.   choir and orchestra.
B.   small orchestra.
C.   wind band.
D.   jazz band.
Question #11
A leitmotif is a
A.   Viking ship captain.
B.   recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
C.   continually repeated rhythm.
D.   nineteenth-century stage illumination.
Question #12
Which singer is also known as “Lady Day”?
A.   “Big Mama” Thornton
B.   Judy Garland
C.   Billie Holiday
D.   Bessie Smith
Question #13
Which is true of Schubert’s Elf-King?
A.   All statements are true.
B.   Schubert wrote it as a teenager.
C.   The text is by Goethe.
D.   It is written in through-composed form.
Question #14
Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi’s opera, is
A.   the Duke of Mantua.
B.   a young girl
C.   an assassin.
D.   a court jester.
Question #15
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.   program music.
B.   absolute music.
C.   incidental music.
D.   chamber music.
Question #16
What is the genre of Madame Butterfly?
A.   partsong
B.   Lieder
C.   opera
D.   parlor song
Question #17
What vocal range is heard in this excerpt?
A.   bass
B.   contralto
C.   soprano
D.   tenor
Question #18
The singing of spirituals offered the enslaved community a sense of solidarity.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #19
Tchaikovsky struggled with attacks of depression.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #20
The twelve-tone method
A.   is a style developed by twelve people.
B.   is a symphony with 12 sections
C.   arranges the twelve chromatic pitches in a particular way, each carrying equal weight.
D.   is the same as major and minor. 

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