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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Twentieth Century
William Grant Still

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

"Harlem Renaissance" was the name
A)sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935
B)given to a housing project in New York City's Harlem
C)of a city in Holland
D)of a symphony by William Grant Still
2

William Grant Still's opera dealing with the Haitian slave rebellion is
A)Trouble in Tahiti
B)Troubled Island
C)Emperor Jones
D)Once on this Island
3

As a result of his studies in composition with composers from two opposing musical camps, the conservative George Whitefield Chadwick and the modernist Edgard Varèse, Still
A)composed in a very conservative style
B)composed in a highly dissonant style.
C)composed in a mixture of conservative and avant-garde styles
D)turned away from avant-garde styles and wrote compositions with a uniquely African American flavor.
4

Each movement of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony is prefaced by lines from a poem by
A)Paul Laurence Dunbar
B)Zora Neale Hurston
C)W. E. B. DuBois
D)James Weldon Johnson
5

William Grant Still's works in African American style, such as his Afro-American Symphony, were
A)never performed during his lifetime
B)severely criticized by audiences and critics
C)panned by critics, but popular with audiences
D)performed to critical acclaim in New York
6

After serving in the navy and a brief return to studies at Oberlin College, William Grant Still moved to New York where he
A)made band arrangements and played in the orchestras of all-black musical shows
B)practiced medicine
C)served as a navy recruiter
D)composed full time to satisfy his many commissions








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