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, but performed separately.
B.   encountered in the same spaces and performed by the same ensembles.
C.   performed for separate audiences.
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.   homophonic
C.   polyphonic
D.   monophonic
Question #4
Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by
A.   his extensive visits to the American South.
B.   the Kentucky Derby.
C.   Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
D.   his family’s property in Kentucky.
Question #5
From what type of songs did Foster earn the majority of his income?
A.   ballads and love songs
B.   opera arias
C.   parlor songs
D.   plantation songs
Question #6
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n)
A.   Lied.
B.   Italian air.
C.   plantation song.
D.   parlor song.
Question #7
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is performed by
A.   solo voice.
B.   a cappella choir.
C.   barbershop quartet.
D.   solo voice and piano.
Question #8
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is sung in what language?
A.   German
B.   French
C.   Italian
D.   English
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 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 sonata-allegro form.
B.   in modified strophic form.
C.   in strophic form.
D.   through-composed.
Question #11
Music that belongs to the "people" and that has brought great financial profit is considered
A.   "classical."
B.   "popular."
C.   All possible answers.
D.   "high brow."
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 the concert stage.
C.   to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home.
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.   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.   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 idealized visions of the North.
D.   They were written by George Christy.
Question #18
What were the effects of minstrelsy on American culture?
A.   There was no effect.
B.   It allowed slaves to get paid for their work.
C.   It shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century.
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.   Victorian burlesque
D.   Museum of Oddities
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.

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