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1
A separation between classical and popular music occurred during
A)the second half of the nineteenth century.
B)the first half of the nineteenth century.
C)the first half of the twentieth century.
D)the second half of the twentieth century.
2
Electronic music began in a _____ context.
A)contemporary.
B)classical.
C)popular.
D)folk music.
3
The first important classical genre popular in the United States was the
A)symphony.
B)German lied.
C)English ballad opera.
D)sonata.
4
In the nineteenth century, the most important household instrument was the
A)harpsichord.
B)guitar.
C)clavichord.
D)piano.
5
Who was the “Swedish nightingale?”
A)Aaron Copland
B)Amy Cheney Beach
C)Jenny Lind
D)Clara Schumann
6
The most notable teacher of the American Conservatory was
A)Amy Cheney Beach.
B)Nadia Boulanger.
C)Charles Ives.
D)George Gershwin.
7
Two important and representative American composers who happened to be women are
A)Beach and Barber.
B)Crawford and Crumb.
C)Beach and Crawford.
D)Ives and Kay.
8
America’s first professor of music was
A)John Knowles Paine.
B)Charles Ives.
C)Aaron Copland.
D)William Grant Still.
9
The best-known and most successful American composer of classical music is
A)Charles Ives.
B)Aaron Copland.
C)William Grant Still.
D)George Gershwin.
10
The first symphony by an American woman was
A)Concord symphony.
B)“Gaelic” Symphony.
C)Rhapsody in Blue.
D)Billy the Kid.
11
The first woman to be awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship was
A)Nadia Boulanger.
B)Amy Cheney Beach.
C)Clara Schumann.
D)Ruth Crawford.
12
The most popular and most effective of all American composers was
A)Aaron Copland.
B)George Gershwin.
C)Charles Ives.
D)Louis Gottschalk.





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