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1
The music of the first settlers in the United States was heavily influenced by
A)Native Americans.
B)Their European homelands.
C)African slaves.
D)Gregorian chant.
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
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)Paul Revere.
C)Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
D)William Billings.
5
Name the composer and the dates for Three Browning Songs and The Canticle of the Sun.
A)Stephen Foster composed these works in 1845 and 1854.
B)Amy Beach composed these works in 1900 and 1928.
C)William Billings composed these works in 1900 and 1915.
D)Louis Moreau Gottschalk composed these works in 1928 and 1932.
6
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.
7
"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 though." Who said this?
A)Stephen Foster.
B)Thomas Jefferson.
C)William Billings.
D)Ben Franklin.
8
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 skills to compose new music.
D)They had little spare time for entertainment. Most music was for use in religious services only.
9
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.
10
What is the name for hymns or psalm tunes with brief polyphonic sections that have imitative entrances?
A)Rounds.
B)Fuging tunes.
C)Anthems.
D)Shape note music.





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