Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 38

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Question #1
"Popular" and "classical" music traditions in the nineteenth century were
A.   encountered in the same spaces, but performed separately.
B.   encountered in the same spaces and performed by the same ensembles.
C.   performed for separate audiences.
Question #2
Stephen Foster gained public recognition as a singer.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?
A.   polyphonic
B.   monophonic
C.   heterophonic
D.   homophonic
Question #4
Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by
A.   Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
B.   his family’s property in Kentucky.
C.   the Kentucky Derby.
D.   his extensive visits to the American South.
Question #5
From what type of songs did Foster earn the majority of his income?
A.   opera arias
B.   plantation songs
C.   ballads and love songs
D.   parlor songs
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   plantation song.
B.   Italian air.
C.   Lied.
D.   parlor song.
Question #7
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is performed by
A.   a cappella choir.
B.   solo voice and piano.
C.   solo voice.
D.   barbershop quartet.
Question #8
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is sung in what language?
A.   English
B.   French
C.   Italian
D.   German
Question #9
Foster’s song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
A.   was written after separating from his wife.
B.   was a wedding gift for his new bride Jeanie.
C.   was written for his daughter.
D.   was written for his mistress.
Question #10
Like many of Foster’s songs, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is
A.   in sonata-allegro form.
B.   in strophic form.
C.   through-composed.
D.   in modified strophic form.
Question #11
Music that belongs to the "people" and that has brought great financial profit is considered
A.   All possible answers.
B.   "classical."
C.   "high brow."
D.   "popular."
Question #12
Nineteenth-century parlor music in the United States was written to be accessible to amateurs.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Parlor songs were written
A.   to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home.
B.   for the concert stage.
C.   for European concert tours.
D.   for minstrel shows.
Question #14
European immigrants imported cultivated repertoires to the Americas.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
Stephen Foster blended vernacular American spirit and the European art tradition in his
A.   early folk operas.
B.   song cycles.
C.   parlor songs.
D.   liturgical songs.
Question #16
There was a clear split between classical and popular music in the early nineteenth century.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
What do Camptown Races and Old Folks at Home have in common?
A.   They weren’t popular with audiences until the twentieth century.
B.   They were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows.
C.   They were idealized visions of the North.
D.   They were written by George Christy.
Question #18
What were the effects of minstrelsy on American culture?
A.   There was no effect.
B.   It constantly reminded audiences of the greatness of African American culture.
C.   It allowed slaves to get paid for their work.
D.   It shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century.
Question #19
Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century?
A.   circus exhibition
B.   Museum of Oddities
C.   minstrel show
D.   Victorian burlesque
Question #20
Which statement is NOT true?
A.   Anglo-American immigrants helped popularize "folk songs."
B.   Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera.
C.   Anglo-American immigrants fantasized about the ideal Old Country of their grandparents.
D.   Anglo-American immigrants were nostalgic for the Old Country.

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