Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 38

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here
Question #1
"Popular" and "classical" music traditions in the nineteenth century were
A.   performed for separate audiences.
B.   encountered in the same spaces and performed by the same ensembles.
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.   heterophonic
B.   monophonic
C.   homophonic
D.   polyphonic
Question #4
Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by
A.   his extensive visits to the American South.
B.   his family’s property in Kentucky.
C.   Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
D.   the Kentucky Derby.
Question #5
From what type of songs did Foster earn the majority of his income?
A.   opera arias
B.   parlor songs
C.   plantation songs
D.   ballads and love songs
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   plantation song.
B.   Italian air.
C.   parlor song.
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.   French
B.   English
C.   German
D.   Italian
Question #9
Foster’s song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
A.   was written for his daughter.
B.   was a wedding gift for his new bride Jeanie.
C.   was written after separating from his wife.
D.   was written for his mistress.
Question #10
Like many of Foster’s songs, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is
A.   in modified strophic form.
B.   in sonata-allegro form.
C.   through-composed.
D.   in strophic form.
Question #11
Music that belongs to the "people" and that has brought great financial profit is considered
A.   "classical."
B.   "high brow."
C.   All possible answers.
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 European concert tours.
C.   for the concert stage.
D.   for minstrel shows.
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.   liturgical songs.
B.   song cycles.
C.   early folk operas.
D.   parlor 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 were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows.
B.   They were idealized visions of the North.
C.   They were written by George Christy.
D.   They weren’t popular with audiences until the twentieth century.
Question #18
What were the effects of minstrelsy on American culture?
A.   It shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century.
B.   It constantly reminded audiences of the greatness of African American culture.
C.   There was no effect.
D.   It allowed slaves to get paid for their work.
Question #19
Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century?
A.   minstrel show
B.   circus exhibition
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 helped popularize "folk songs."
C.   Anglo-American immigrants fantasized about the ideal Old Country of their grandparents.
D.   Anglo-American immigrants were nostalgic for the Old Country.

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here