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.   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.   polyphonic
C.   monophonic
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.   his extensive visits to the American South.
D.   the Kentucky Derby.
Question #5
From what type of songs did Foster earn the majority of his income?
A.   parlor songs
B.   opera arias
C.   plantation songs
D.   ballads and love songs
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   Italian air.
B.   parlor song.
C.   Lied.
D.   plantation song.
Question #7
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is performed by
A.   solo voice.
B.   solo voice and piano.
C.   a cappella choir.
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 mistress.
D.   was written for his daughter.
Question #10
Like many of Foster’s songs, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is
A.   in strophic form.
B.   through-composed.
C.   in modified strophic form.
D.   in sonata-allegro 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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #13
Parlor songs were written
A.   for minstrel shows.
B.   for European concert tours.
C.   for the concert stage.
D.   to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home.
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.   parlor songs.
B.   early folk operas.
C.   liturgical songs.
D.   song cycles.
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 written by George Christy.
C.   They were idealized visions of the North.
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.   There was no effect.
C.   It allowed slaves to get paid for their work.
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.   Victorian burlesque
C.   minstrel show
D.   Museum of Oddities
Question #20
Which statement is NOT true?
A.   Anglo-American immigrants were nostalgic for the Old Country.
B.   Anglo-American immigrants fantasized about the ideal Old Country of their grandparents.
C.   Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera.
D.   Anglo-American immigrants helped popularize "folk songs."

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