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

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