Chapter 44 Quiz

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. Which prominent modernist taught William Grant Still in New York City?

Schoenberg correct incorrect

Varèse correct incorrect

Webern correct incorrect

Stravinsky correct incorrect

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. Which composer discussed in this chapter was well known for writing music for minstrel shows?

Ives correct incorrect

Beach correct incorrect

Foster correct incorrect

Gershwin correct incorrect

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. Edward MacDowell famously made use of American-Indian melodies in his music.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The first book published in America, the Musician's Primer, was a pedagogical text designed to help teachers introduce their students to music alongside arithmetic and grammar.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Beach's Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23. What is distinctive about this section?

The closing cadences are unusually quiet for a piece in this vein correct incorrect

The soprano soloist no longer has the melody correct incorrect

The texture is suddenly monophonic correct incorrect

The usual positions of the two instruments is reversed correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from General William Booth Enters into Heaven by Ives. What instrument does the piano imitate in this portion of the piece?

Banjo correct incorrect

Harmonica correct incorrect

Pipe organ correct incorrect

Accordion correct incorrect

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. Listen to the selection from Still's Afro-American symphony. Which section of the piece is this?

First section (A) correct incorrect

Second section (B) correct incorrect

Third section (A') correct incorrect

Coda correct incorrect

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. Listen to the selection from "Summertime" by Gershwin. What vocal technique does Armstrong use in this portion of the piece?

Solfege correct incorrect

Flutter-tone correct incorrect

Scat correct incorrect

Vibrato correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the seventh section of Copland's Appalachian Spring. Which variation of the main theme is this, and why?

First, because of the faster tempo and the melodic exchange between oboe and bassoon correct incorrect

Second, because of the slower tempo and the melody played in the violas and trombones correct incorrect

Third, because of the exceptionally fast tempo and the melody played in the trumpets and trombones correct incorrect

Fifth, because of the majestic presentation of the theme with the full correct incorrect