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

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