Deck 8: American Concert Music Comes of Age

Question 1

It is likely that Amy Beach favored the art song genre because

A) she found symphonic composition very difficult
B) this genre was considered more fitting for a woman of her day
C) she had to give up her solo career
D) she was a solo vocalist as well as a composer

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The principle theme of a fugue is called

A) the subject
B) the exposition
C) the tonic
D) the answer

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A symphony by a German Romanticist would need to be performed by a chamber orchestra.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The term "timbre" is related to variations in sound color.

Question 5

A fugue consists of several separate dance movements.

Question 6

Which is not true regarding Antonin Dvorak's use of indigenous American music in his art music?

A) He was always meticulous about finding genuine sources.
B) He was inspired by both African-American and Native American music.
C) He harmonized the indigenous tunes with traditional Western chordal structures.
D) Some of his melodies seem to be inspired by black or Native American scales.

Question 7

Edward MacDowell studied in France as well as Germany.

Question 8

If a concert band performed an arrangement of a work originally written for voices,this would be called

A) a paraphrase
B) a transcription
C) a suite
D) a sequence

Question 9

Which of the following terms does not refer to an entire work?

A) suite
B) fugue
C) sequence
D) symphony

Question 10

Which American College was the first to include music in its curriculum?

A) Yale
B) Harvard
C) Smith
D) Boston Conservatory

Question 11

Which is true regarding Beach's "Gaelic Symphony?"

A) It reflects Native American style.
B) It is programmatic.
C) It features only brass instruments.
D) It is subtitled the "New World Symphony".

Question 12

Which of the following is capable of playing a fugue without assistance from another instrument or voice?

A) violinist
B) flutist
C) pianist
D) vocalist

Question 13

In the late nineteenth century,music in America continued to be dominated by which style?

A) Russian
B) classical
C) German Romantic
D) Italian

Question 14

Amy Beach's husband discouraged her career as a solo pianist.

Question 15

Edward MacDowell was a member of the Second New England School of Composers.

Question 16

Which of the following composers produced a sound distinctively different from his/her European contemporaries?

A) John Knowles Paine
B) Amy Beach
C) Edward MacDowell
D) George Chadwick

Question 17

The Wa-Wan Press focused on publishing Native American music.

Question 18

Fugue subjects and answers alternate between tonic and dominant tonalities.

Question 19

Nineteenth century symphonic literature was significantly impacted by technological advances.

Question 20

Which of the following is not a member of the Second New England School of Composers?

A) Amy Cheney Beach
B) John Knowles Paine
C) Antonin Dvorak
D) George Chadwick

Question 21

MacDowell was an accomplished

A) violinist
B) pianist
C) singer
D) conductor

Question 22

Which of the following composers imaginatively arranged Native American tunes?

A) Arthur Farwell
B) Bedrich Smetana
C) John Knowles Paine
D) George Chadwick

Question 23

Henry Thacker Burleigh wrote beautiful settings of several

A) African folk songs
B) Indian melodies
C) fuging tunes
D) Negro spirituals

Question 24

The opening section of a fugue is called the

A) exposition
B) introduction
C) prelude
D) answer

Question 25

Which of the following composers believed that the arts should be taught as integrated subjects?

A) Horatio Parker
B) Amy Cheney Beach
C) Edward MacDowell
D) George Chadwick

Question 26

Which of the following is not among the reasons the Second New England School of composers are sometimes called Boston Classicists?

A) intensely emotional expression
B) adherence to rules of theory
C) concern with formal structure
D) respect for quality and craftsmanship

Question 27

Romanticists often investigated relationships between the arts and literature,frequently exploring multiple arts areas themselves.What commonalities in these areas would have intrigued intellectuals to explore across disciplines?

Question 28

Which of the following was the older member and leader of the Second New England School of composers?

A) Horatio Parker
B) John Knowles Paine
C) Amy Cheney Beach
D) Edward MacDowell

Question 29

Most important members of the Second New England School of composers studied music in

A) France
B) England
C) Germany
D) Italy

Question 30

In a fugue,the answer is always introduced in which key?

A) C major
B) dominant
C) subdominant
D) tonic

Question 31

Which of the following did not become head of a prestigious music department or conservatory?

A) George Chadwick
B) Edward MacDowell
C) Amy Cheney Beach
D) Horatio Parker

Question 32

The predominant texture of a fugue is

A) monophonic
B) polyphonic
C) heterophonic
D) homophonic

Question 33

The artist colony at Peterboro,New Hampshire is known today as the

A) Paine Colony
B) MacDowell Colony
C) Parker Colony
D) Chadwick Colony