Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 51

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Question #1
Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by
A.   stepped drum mechanism.
B.   cylons.
C.   player pianos.
D.   vinyl records.
Question #2
How did Joplin achieve financial security with the publication of Maple Leaf Rag?
A.   He insisted on a flat payment rather than receiving royalties.
B.   He self-published the piece.
C.   He insisted on receiving royalties rather than a flat payment.
D.   He received an enormous one-time payment.
Question #3
In 1880, Sousa became the director of
A.   the U.S. Marine Band.
B.   the Washington Posters.
C.   the U.S. Air Force Ensemble.
D.   Sousa’s Band.
Question #4
America’s vernacular traditions include
A.   music for brass bands.
B.   parlor ballads.
C.   All possible answers
D.   piano music.
Question #5
Scott Joplin’s father was
A.   a leader of the Second Great Awakening.
B.   a former slave.
C.   a Fisk Jubilee Singer.
D.   a music professor at Smith College.
Question #6
Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.
A.   fanfares
B.   strains
C.   riffs
D.   breaks
Question #7
Ragtime is typically in _____ meter.
A.   triple
B.   mixed
C.   compound
D.   duple
Question #8
Ragtime was NOT
A.   played on the piano.
B.   popular until mid-twentieth century.
C.   performed as band arrangements by Sousa.
D.   a type of dance music.
Question #9
Ragtime was originally a piano style that featured highly syncopated melodies.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?
A.   orchestra
B.   piano
C.   trio
D.   wind band
Question #11
The patterns of repetition and clear-cut sections in Joplin’s rags are reminiscent of those heard in Sousa marches.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #12
Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive widespread recognition.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Scott Joplin recorded some of his piano rags himself, which were preserved on punched-paper rolls made in 1910 on a Steinway player piano
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for
A.   Maple Leaf Rag.
B.   Sunflower Slow Drag.
C.   Treemonisha.
D.   Swipesy Cakewalk.
Question #15
Sousa created, nearly single-handedly, a national music for America that continues to resonate in its concert halls, on its streets, in its sports stadiums, and in the hearts of its people.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #16
Sousa is credited with bringing _____ to European audiences during his first European tour in 1900.
A.   opera
B.   blues
C.   ragtime
D.   bebop
Question #17
Where was Scott Joplin born?
A.   Texarkana, Texas
B.   Chicago, Illinois
C.   Sedalia, Missouri
D.   Reading, Pennsylvania
Question #18
Which composer is often referred to as the "King of Ragtime"?
A.   Patrick S. Gilmore
B.   John Philip Sousa
C.   Scott Joplin
D.   Harry T. Burleigh
Question #19
Which composer is often referred to as the "March King"?
A.   Scott Joplin
B.   Harry T. Burleigh
C.   John Philip Sousa
D.   Patrick S. Gilmore
Question #20
Which describes the melodies in Maple Leaf Rag?
A.   syncopated
B.   played by the pianist in the right hand
C.   All possible answers.
D.   disjunct

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