Deck 22: Mainstream Concert Music - Evolution

Question 1

Copland's conservatism led him to ignore progressive trends such as 12-tone technique.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following is not a French composer who incorporated jazz into art music?

A) Darius Milhaud
B) George Gershwin
C) Maurice Ravel
D) Bela Bartok

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

A) cultural movement in 1920s Harlem focusing on "high art" in various art forms
B) jazz movement in 1920s Harlem focusing on promoting jazz performers
C) music movement in 1920s Harlem in which concert music was the focus
D) art music movement in 1920s Harlem that focused on rural black roots

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Copland-Sessions concerts were intended to promote European art music ideals.

Question 5

The person who determines the steps and position of dancers is called the

A) choreographer
B) composer
C) designer
D) arranger

Question 6

William Grant Still identified most closely with the experience of the

A) African-American
B) European immigrant
C) Native American
D) Latin American

Question 7

A choreographer for Aaron Copland would be connected to which of the following?

A) classical ballet
B) folk dance
C) jazz dance
D) modern dance

Question 8

Early critics found fault with George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue because it contained no improvisation.

Question 9

Copland's Rodeo and Appalachian Spring both represent which genre?

A) opera
B) modern dance
C) radio music
D) film

Question 10

Samuel Barber's attraction to singing and song is evident in his instrumental works.

Question 11

Barber's Adagio for Strings was originally the slow movement of one of his

A) symphonies
B) string quartets
C) sonatas
D) concertos

Question 12

William Grant Still is America's only black composer of symphonies.

Question 13

"Second New England School" composers were still teaching in the twentieth century.

Question 14

In the 1920s,young American composers traveled to _________ to study music.

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

Question 15

Aaron Copland wrote scores for film and radio as well as orchestral literature.

Question 16

Duke Ellington and William Grant Still were both involved in the Harlem Renaissance.

Question 17

Which of the following composers worked very diligently to promote the music of American composers to the American public?

A) Aaron Copland
B) Samuel Barber
C) William Grant Still
D) Harry T. Burleigh

Question 18

Aaron Copland believed that composers should write some music that served a useful purpose.

Question 19

Samuel Barber's lyrical melodies exemplify which twentieth-century art music trends?

A) neoromanticism
B) classicism
C) Harlem Renaissance
D) experimental music

Question 20

Coplands' Rodeo is true to classical ballet format.

Question 21

How did Nadia Boulanger's teaching style impact the development of distinctively American-sounding art music?

Question 22

How did the Great Depression affect the development of American art music repertoire?