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

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