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.   encountered in the same spaces, but performed separately.
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.   homophonic
B.   polyphonic
C.   monophonic
D.   heterophonic
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.   parlor songs
B.   plantation songs
C.   ballads and love songs
D.   opera arias
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   Italian air.
B.   plantation song.
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.   German
D.   Italian
Question #9
Foster’s song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
A.   was written for his mistress.
B.   was written after separating from his wife.
C.   was a wedding gift for his new bride Jeanie.
D.   was written for his daughter.
Question #10
Like many of Foster’s songs, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is
A.   in sonata-allegro form.
B.   through-composed.
C.   in modified strophic form.
D.   in strophic form.
Question #11
Music that belongs to the "people" and that has brought great financial profit is considered
A.   "popular."
B.   "high brow."
C.   "classical."
D.   All possible answers.
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 European concert tours.
B.   for minstrel shows.
C.   to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home.
D.   for the concert stage.
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.   early folk operas.
B.   parlor songs.
C.   song cycles.
D.   liturgical songs.
Question #16
There was a clear split between classical and popular music in the early nineteenth century.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
What do Camptown Races and Old Folks at Home have in common?
A.   They were written by George Christy.
B.   They weren’t popular with audiences until the twentieth century.
C.   They were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows.
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.   Museum of Oddities
B.   circus exhibition
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 fantasized about the ideal Old Country of their grandparents.
C.   Anglo-American immigrants were nostalgic for the Old Country.
D.   Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera.

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