Deck 6: Popular Music of the Civil War Era

Question 1

Patriotic songs frequently served political aims.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following best describes a "walk-around?"

A) a plantation song and dance routine performed in a minstrel show
B) a march performed by the Marine Band at presidential events
C) a wildly popular folk song of the nineteenth century
D) a song sung in black dialect by white performers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which best describes the "Hutchisons?"

A) the most popular singing family in America
B) a minstrel group from Alabama
C) a specialized segment of the United States Marine Band
D) a group of all-male minstrel performers

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Simple meter means that

A) each beat in a measure is divided by two
B) each beat in a measure is divided by three
C) each melodic section in the piece is divided in half
D) each major formal segment is divided in half

Question 5

Minstrel shows originated in England.

Question 6

Along with marches,John Philip Sousa also wrote comic operas and operettas.

Question 7

Francis Scott Key was commissioned to write the "Star Spangled Banner" by Abraham Lincoln.

Question 8

Which of the following American songs is sung to the tune of an Irish drinking song?

A) Star Spangled Banner
B) Yankee Doodle
C) America the Beautiful
D) Hail, Columbia

Question 9

Aside from Native American instruments,which of the following is considered America's first indigenous instrument?

A) fiddle
B) banjo
C) guitar
D) dulcimer

Question 10

Some concert bands during the 1850s consisted only of brass instruments.

Question 11

Which of the following topics is least associated with Stephen Foster songs?

A) parlor songs
B) sentimental songs
C) love songs
D) historical events

Question 12

Which of the following is not true regarding the term "Jim Crow?"

A) it has an association with minstrel shows
B) it became synonymous with discrimination against African-Americans
C) it was associated with the citified, northern black
D) it was the name of a minstrel song

Question 13

The first American concert band to function as a professional ensemble was

A) the Gilmore Band
B) the Sousa Band
C) the United States Marine Band
D) the American Fife and Drum Corps

Question 14

The "Star Spangled Banner" was named the American national anthem by President

A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 15

Nineteenth century band music consisted only of marches.

Question 16

In a march,the section that is softer in dynamic level is called

A) the strain
B) the trio
C) the break
D) the beat

Question 17

African-Americans never participated in minstrel shows.

Question 18

Patriotic songs were frequently performed in theatrical events in the nineteenth century.

Question 19

The "Christy Minstrels" was the first all-woman minstrel troupe in America.

Question 20

The rhythm of a march is strongly related to an actual marching pattern.

Question 21

Since women were the primary benefactors of music lessons in nineteenth-century America,why are there so few recognized women composers from that era,especially considering that their teachers were highly educated European masters?

Question 22

The first American military bands were established during which war?

A) Revolutionary
B) Spanish-American
C) Civil
D) First World War

Question 23

Brass instruments were first fitted with valves,making them easier to play,in the early ________ century.

A) seventeenth
B) eighteenth
C) nineteenth
D) twentieth

Question 24

"I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" was written as a

A) hymn
B) love song
C) minstrel song
D) patriotic song

Question 25

The most widely experienced genre in mid-nineteenth-century America was

A) orchestral music
B) opera
C) piano literature
D) song

Question 26

Why do you think that many Americans currently consider "Dixie" a disturbing song? Can you identify two major social issues that could be connected to their reasoning?

Question 27

Stephen Foster preferred which of the following to accompany his songs?

A) orchestra
B) piano or guitar
C) organ
D) violin

Question 28

The Civil War occurred in which of the following eras?

A) early nineteenth century
B) mid-nineteenth century
C) late nineteenth century
D) early twentieth century

Question 29

How did nineteenth century immigration impact music in America both immediately and long-term?

Question 30

Glees were songs in four-part harmony that were generally

A) humorous
B) religious
C) patriotic
D) mournful