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.   homophonic
B.   monophonic
C.   heterophonic
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.   ballads and love songs
C.   parlor songs
D.   plantation songs
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   Italian air.
B.   parlor song.
C.   plantation song.
D.   Lied.
Question #7
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is performed by
A.   barbershop quartet.
B.   solo voice and piano.
C.   solo voice.
D.   a cappella choir.
Question #8
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is sung in what language?
A.   German
B.   Italian
C.   English
D.   French
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 written for his daughter.
D.   was a wedding gift for his new bride Jeanie.
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.   "popular."
B.   All possible answers.
C.   "high brow."
D.   "classical."
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.   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.   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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
What do Camptown Races and Old Folks at Home have in common?
A.   They were idealized visions of the North.
B.   They weren’t popular with audiences until the twentieth century.
C.   They were written by George Christy.
D.   They were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows.
Question #18
What were the effects of minstrelsy on American culture?
A.   It constantly reminded audiences of the greatness of African American culture.
B.   It shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century.
C.   It allowed slaves to get paid for their work.
D.   There was no effect.
Question #19
Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century?
A.   Victorian burlesque
B.   Museum of Oddities
C.   minstrel show
D.   circus exhibition
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 helped popularize "folk songs."
D.   Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera.

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