Important government organization that helps support musicians and other artist
National Endowment for the Arts
First American city to support opera performances
New York
First African American composer to have work performed by major symphony
William Grant Still
Broadway music that is an American urban adaptation of Romeo and Juliet
West Side Story
__________ ballet that depicts an idyllic rural, 19th century American setting
Appalachian Spring
American composer who wrote an opera based on Richard Nixon's visit to The People's Republic of China
John Adams
Russian composer who was a victim of Soviet era censorship
Dmitri Shostakovich
Bohemiam composer whose American experiences and the writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow served as inspiration for his famous symphony
Dvorak
Composer who moved to US to escape political oppression in Europe
Stravinsky
The Impressionist painter Monet is often linked with the one of the following
Debussy
Freud is said to have influenced
Expressionism
Widely regarded as Germany's leading opera composer
Wagner
Bartok's Broken Intermezzo from his concerto for orchestra, in in part a parody of the musical style of the Russian composer
Shostakovich
In a symphony orchestra the "woodwind family" consists of the following instruments:
Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon
The interval formed by playing, for example, a "C" combined with another "C" eight notes above is called
An octave
A melodic fragment used to build melodies and themes, as in the first four notes of Beethoven's 5th is called
A motive
The marking "pp" instructs musicians to perform
Very softly
When a violinist plucks the strings, rather than using the bow, the technique is called
Pizzacato
Which of the following is not a double reed instrument
Clarinet
An instrument's "tone color" is often referred to as its
Timbre
A musical texture consisting of a single melody accompanied by chords is considered
Homophonic
Notes that, when combined, are generally pleasing to the ear, form what is called a
Consonance
The third movement of a typical classical symphony or string quartet uses ________ form
Minuet
Vocal line in an opera or oratorio that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech
Recitative
Bridge composer between Classical and Romantic era
Beethoven
The tempo marking "vivance" instructs the performer to play
fast, with lively character
Long unaccompanied solo that occurs typically near the end of a concerto movement
Cadenza
A ________ is a virtuosic instrumental piece that also serves as a technique exercise
Concert etude
_______ was jazz's first true superstar
Louis Armstrong
Dynamics is music refers to
Volume (how loud, how soft)
The church music of JS Bach is a product of the ______ religious tradition
Lutheran
One of the following was actually intended more as background entertainment for aristocratic gatherings
Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Baroque composer who spent much of his career as a church musician
Bach
The original dedicatee of Beethoven's symphony number 3 "Eroica
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nationalistic sentiments first began to be suggested in music of the European classical tradition during the
Romantic era
American city recognized as the birthplace of jazz
New Orleans
Major source of musical employment during the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras
The church
All of the following are techniques used in psalm singing except
Ostinato
Which group of musicians is associated with country music
Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Taylor Swift
What is a "blues scale"?
A seven note scale in which the third, fifth, and seventh pitches are sometimes flat, sometimes natural, and sometimes in between
A "chorus" is
In jazz, a full statement of the tune around which the performers improvise
Which of the following best describes "jazz
A lively, energetic music with pulsating rhythms and scintillating syncopations, usually played by a small instrumental ensemble or a larger group
What are "blue notes
The three notes in African American folk music that are typically altered for expressive purposes
Which statement is the correct definition for "ragtime
A musical style that emerged in the 1890s, characterized by a steady bass and a syncopated, jazzy treble
What is an "instrumental break
In blues or in jazz, a short instrumental passage that interrupts and responds to the singing of a voice
Which definition for "big band" is correct
A mid-to-large-size dance band that emerged in the 1930s to play the style of jazz called swing
The "blues" is best described as
An expressive, soulful style of singing that emerged from the African-American spiritual and work song at the end of the 19th century
The section within a jazz band usually consisting of drums, double bass, piano, banjo, and/or guitar is known as the
Rhythm section
What is "swing
A mellow, bouncy, flowing style of jazz that originated in the 1930s
Which group of musicians is associated with swing
Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman
Identify the incorrect statement regarding Louis Armstrong
He, along with Scott Joplin, merged the ragtime and blues traditions to form jazz
Which element was NOT an important aspect of blues music during the early years of the 20th century
Great harmonic variety and complexity
Who was the most famous composer of ragtime music
Scott Joplin
Identify the incorrect statement about Scott Joplin
His music did not become popular until used in the soundtrack of the 1973 hit film, The Sting
Which statement is NOT true of folk music
More often then not, the composer is identified
All of the statements about Bessie Smith are accurate with the exception of
Her backup band was known as the Hot Five
Most big band compositions were worked out ahead of time and set down in written notation called a "head arrangement
FALSE
Which statement does NOT apply to George Gershwin
He spent several years in Paris completing his musical education; while there he decided to write in a musical idiom that would appeal to ordinary citizens
Which statement about bebop is inaccurate
It employs a big band ensemble
Bebop musicians wanted to emphasize improvisation by the performer rather than composition by the arranger
TRUE
Which group of musicians is famous for playing bebop jazz
Charlie "Bird" Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Cool jazz was a reaction against which other jazz style
Bebop
Which trait is NOT characteristic of cool jazz
Elaborate ornamentation of themes
Identify the incorrect statement about Charlie "Bird" Parker
He is considered one of the top trumpet players in the history of jazz
When did bebop come to prominence
Just after WWII
Which group of musicians is famous for playing cool jazz
Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, and Dave Brubeck
Identify the incorrect statement about Miles Davis
He received his first trumpet when he was six years old and studied classical repertoire at the Julliard School in NY
Which artist released the important jazz album Birth of Cool
Miles Davis
What is meant by the term "jazz-fusion
A mixture of jazz and rock cultivated by American bands in the 1970s
Which instrument is NOT a member of the typical bebop ensemble
Clarinet
Which statement does NOT apply to Wynton Marsalis
The most gifted of the bebop artists, his playing style changed the history of jazz
The "beloved" in Berlioz's piece was inspired by his real-life infatuation with
Harriet Smithson
Blues composer who influenced Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
W.C. Hardy
Instrumental music's literacy and programmatic associations began to be more important in the _____
Romantic era