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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University

The Twentieth Century
Charles Ives

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a child's impression of
A)a summer at camp
B)a Fourth of July picnic
C)a fishing trip
D)army life in the war
2

Charles Ives's father was a(n)
A)insurance salesman
B)physician
C)professional athlete
D)bandmaster
3

After graduating from Yale, Ives
A)went into the insurance business
B)began teaching
C)began playing the trumpet professionally
D)went into professional athletics
4

During most of his lifetime, Ives's musical compositions
A)were enthusiastically received in public performances
B)were quickly published by a major firm
C)accumulated in the barn of his Connecticut farm
D)were sought after by musicians eager to perform them in public
5

Ives's music contains elements of
A)revival hymns and ragtime
B)patriotic songs and barn dances
C)village bands and church choirs
D)all of the above
6

Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, illustrates Ives's technique of quoting snatches of familiar tunes by presenting fragments of
A)Yankee Doodle
B)The British Grenadiers
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
7

Ives's large and varied output includes works in many genres, but not
A)symphonies
B)operas
C)songs
D)chamber music
8

Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a movement from Ives's
A)Three Places in New England
B)Essays before a Sonata
C)Concord Sonata
D)The Unanswered Question