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.   spirituals
C.   African American artwork
D.   essays from The New Negro
Question #2
Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano contains how many movements?
A.   four
B.   one
C.   two
D.   three
Question #3
The third movement of Still’s Suite for Violin was inspired by
A.   African Dancer, a sculpture by Richmond Barthé.
B.   The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes.
C.   Mother and Child, a chalk on paper drawing by Sargent Johnson.
D.   Gamin, a sculpture of a street-smart kid in Harlem, by Augusta Savage.
Question #4
Which describes the mood of this piece?
A.   martial and grandiose
B.   introspective and quiet
C.   somber and morose
D.   playful and humorous
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.   1820s and 30s.
B.   1950s and 60s.
C.   1920s and 30s.
D.   1880s and 90s.
Question #8
The version of Rhapsody in Blue most commonly performed today is scored for
A.   piano trio.
B.   big-band ensemble.
C.   jazz trio.
D.   piano and full orchestra.
Question #9
The opening of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue begins with ________ played by the _________.
A.   bell-like sounds; celesta
B.   a glissando; flute
C.   a glissando; clarinet
D.   flutter-tonguing; flute
Question #10
Country Band March is arranged for
A.   jazz band.
B.   small orchestra.
C.   choir and orchestra.
D.   wind band.
Question #11
A leitmotif is a
A.   recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
B.   Viking ship captain.
C.   continually repeated rhythm.
D.   nineteenth-century stage illumination.
Question #12
Which singer is also known as “Lady Day”?
A.   Billie Holiday
B.   “Big Mama” Thornton
C.   Judy Garland
D.   Bessie Smith
Question #13
Which is true of Schubert’s Elf-King?
A.   All statements are true.
B.   The text is by Goethe.
C.   Schubert wrote it as a teenager.
D.   It is written in through-composed form.
Question #14
Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi’s opera, is
A.   a court jester.
B.   an assassin.
C.   a young girl
D.   the Duke of Mantua.
Question #15
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.   absolute music.
B.   chamber music.
C.   incidental music.
D.   program 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 the same as major and minor. 
C.   is a symphony with 12 sections
D.   arranges the twelve chromatic pitches in a particular way, each carrying equal weight.

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