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1
The music of the founding fathers and first citizens of the Unites States was heavily influenced by...
A)the music of native Americans.
B)the music of their European homelands.
C)the music of African slaves.
D)the music of African slaves, but only in the south.
2
Who composed "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair?"
A)Amy Beach
B)William Billings
C)Stephen Foster
D)John K. Paine
3
What was needed in the Colonies to encourage the growth of serious secular music in the major cities?
A)a growing middle class
B)construction of concert halls and other performance venues
C)music teachers brought over from Europe
D)the invention of new musical instruments
4
What was needed in the Colonies to encourage the creation of new music?
A)Public projects such as the construction of concert halls and other performance venues made it more attractive for composers to create new works.
B)Few of the early colonists had skills in music composition so new music was rare until composers were brought over from Europe.
C)The National Copyright Act of 1790 allowed composers to gain income from the publication and sale of their music.
D)A growing middle class is all that is required to encourage the creation of new music.
5
By 1770, there was a group of American composers with enough in common to be considered a "school." The leader of this school was...
A)Stephen Foster.
B)William Billings.
C)Paul Revere.
D)Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
6
Name the composer and dates for Three Browning Songs and The Canticle of the Sun.
A)Songwriter, Stephen Foster composed these works in 1845 and 1854.
B)Amy Beach of Boston composed these works in 1900 and 1928.
C)John K. Paine composed these works in 1900 and 1915.
D)Horatio Parker composed these works in 1856 and 1862.
7
Which composer used such exotic musical materials as African-Caribbean rhythms and Creole melodies?
A)Louis Moreau Gottschalk
B)Stephen Foster
C)Amy Beach
D)Horatio Parker
8
"Nature is the best dictator, for all the hard dry rules will not enable any Person to form an Air without Genius. Nature must inspire the thought." Who is responsible for this quote?
A)Stephen Foster
B)Paul Revere
C)William Billings
D)Louis Moreau Gottschalk
9
Which composer wrote songs for amateur players and singers in parlors and minstrel shows of America?
A)Louis Moreau Gottschalk
B)Stephen Foster
C)Amy Beach
D)Horatio Parker
10
Which composer influenced other composers to make use of Native American and African-American themes?
A)Louis Moreau Gottschalk
B)Edward MacDowell
C)Horatio Parker
D)Antonin Dvorák
11
Which composer wrote six symphonies in a style almost identical to Mendelssohn's?
A)George Bristow
B)Louis Moreau Gottschalk
C)Edward MacDowell
D)Horatio Parker
12
Who composed the music published in The New England Psalm Singer and the Singing Masters Assistant?
A)Francis Hopkinson
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)George Chadwick
D)William Billings
13
Many of the Pilgrims loved and practiced music but...
A)they had no time for serious music study. As a result, their music consisted of simple folk songs on rural themes.
B)they thought music was too distracting for use in church services.
C)they lacked the skills to compose new music. As a result, their music consisted of slightly modified versions of English and Dutch songs.
D)they had little spare time for very much entertainment in their new land. Most music was for use in religious services only.
14
What is the name of the singing practice in which a leader sings each phrase of a song alone and then pauses for the rest of the group to repeat the phrase?
A)psalmody
B)fuging
C)canon
D)lining out
15
What is the name for hymns or psalm tunes with brief polyphonic sections that have imitative entrances?
A)rounds
B)anthems
C)shape note music
D)fuging tunes
16
An portion of a work of music that can be added but is not essential is often labeled as...
A)Rubato
B)Strophic
C)Ad libitum
D)A cappella
17
What was the Bay Psalm Book?
A)The Bay Psalm Book was the first music book printed in the Colonies. It was first published in 1640.
B)The Bay Psalm Book was the first music book printed in the Colonies. It was first published in 1698.
C)The Bay Psalm Book was a music book brought to the Colonies from England. It provided the source material for religious music of the early settlers.
D)The Bay Psalm Book was a music book brought to the Colonies from Holland. It provided the source material for religious music of the early settlers.





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