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Chapter 44 Quiz American Music: Beginnings to Aaron Copland

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View accessibility instructions * not completed . Which prominent modernist taught William Grant Still in New York City? Schoenberg correct incorrect Varèse correct incorrect Webern correct incorrect Stravinsky correct incorrect * not completed . 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 * not completed . Edward MacDowell famously made use of American-Indian melodies in his music. True correct incorrect False correct incorrect * not completed . 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 * not completed . 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 * not completed . 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 * not completed . 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 * not completed . 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 * not completed . 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 Previous Question Submit Quiz Next Question Reset Exit Quiz Review & Submit Submit Quiz attempts remaining

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