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1
Aaron Copland began composing music based on regional American themes because
A)He only received commissions to write this type of music.
B)He had toured the United States and wanted to incorporate his impression into his music.
C)He was dissatisfied with the growing distance between the concert-going public and contemporary composers.
D)His composition teachers in Europe said that he would not be successful otherwise.
2
What did Aaron Copland do for a short period in the 1950s?
A)He conducted a jazz band on television.
B)He lived in Russia.
C)He wrote and published Gregorian-style chant.
D)He wrote serial compositions.
3
Which of the following is not an Aaron Copland ballet?
A)Billy the Kid.
B)Of Mice and Men.
C)Rodeo.
D)Appalachian Spring.
4
Charles Ives' music contains all of the following except
A)Gamelan music.
B)Popular American songs and marches.
C)Hymn tunes.
D)Quotations from European music.
5
Which of the following composition techniques did Charles Ives not use?
A)Atonality.
B)Algorithmic.
C)Free dissonance.
D)Extreme rhythmic complexity.
6
Charles Ives had a successful career
A)As a concert pianist.
B)In life insurance.
C)As a car salesman.
D)As a music professor.
7
Charles Ives was born in
A)California.
B)France.
C)New York.
D)Connecticut.
8
Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man is written for
A)Brass and percussion.
B)Full symphony orchestra.
C)Wind ensemble.
D)String quartet.
9
What is polytonality?
A)The use of more than 8 tones in a harmony.
B)The modulation from one tonality to another.
C)The use of two or more keys at the same time in a composition.
D)The use of two or more keys in a composition in succession.
10
Which composer won a Pulitzer Prize for the symphony Three Movements for Orchestra?
A)Charles Ives.
B)Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
C)Aaron Copland.
D)Nadia Boulanger.





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