M3115 Music in America

Mid-Term

October 10, 2007

1. Theodore Baker’s dissertation on the Music of the North American Wilderness was published in 1882 in

1 - Italian

2 - French

3 - English

4 - German

2. The first book published in North America was

1 - The Ainsworth psalter

2 - Sternhold and Hopkins

3 - The Bay Psalm Book

4 - The Liber Usualis

3. The first important American-born composer was

1 - William Billings

2 - Supply Belcher

3 - Justin Morgan

4 - William Schuman

4. William Schuman’s “New England Triptych” was first performed by

1 - The Indiana University Philharmonic

2 - The University of Miami Symphony

3 - The New England Conservatory Orchestra

4 - The Boston Symphony

5. The best-known movement of Schuman’s “New England Triptych” is based on the song

1 - “Be Glad Then America”

2 - “When Jesus Wept”

3 - “Chester”

6. The Glass Armonica was invented by

1 - Thomas Jefferson

2 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3 - Julius Gallo

4 - Benjamin Franklin

7. King’s Chapel in Boston was the location of the American premiere of

1 - Beethoven’s “Mass in C”

2 - Handel’s “Messiah”

3 - Mozart’s “Requiem”

4 - Orff’s “Carmina Burana”

8. The first American composer to actually earn a living as a composer was

1 - Samuel Holyoke

2 - Lowell Mason

3 - Andrew Law

4 - Thomas Hastings

9. Composer of “Joy To The World”.

1 - L. Mason

2 - G.F. Handel

3 - W.A. Mozart

4 - L.van Beethoven

10. Who said: “Children must be taught music, as they are taught to read”

1 - Handel

2 - Haydn

3 - Beethoven

4 - Mason

11. A tune which begins with block chords but later has a section where the voices make staggered entrances is called a

1 - Hymn Tune

2 - Fuging Tune

3 - Folk Tune

4 - Popular Song

12. Lowell Mason’s first collection of church music was published in 1821 by

1 - Mason himself

2 - Remick Publishing in New York

3 - The Boston Handel and Haydn Society

4 - The New York Philharmonic Society

13. Tilson Music Hall is located on the campus of

1 - Indiana State University

2 - Indiana University

3 - University of Michigan

4 - New England Conservatory of Music

14. The first American town where music training became a part of the normal instruction of children was

1 - New York City

2 - Philadelphia

3 - Cincinnati

4 - Boston

15. This composer of the Civil War period wrote a number of popular songs including “Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!”, “Just Before the Battle, Mother”, and “The Battle Cry of Freedom”.

1 - Lowell Mason

2 - William B. Bradbury

3 - George F. Root

4 - William Billings

16. The Tune “Simple Gifts” was a product of this community:

1 - The Shakers

2 - The Ephrata Cloister

3 - The Moravians

4 - The German Seventh-Day Baptists

17. The tune “Simple Gifts” was used by this composer in his work “Appalachian Spring”.

1 - Aaron Copland

2 - William Schumann

3 - Charles Ives

4 - Edward Mac Dowell

18. The Moravians are known for their

1 - String quartets

2 - Trombone choirs

3 - Jazz bands

4 - Huge music festivals

19. The 26th North Carolina Regimental Band, CSA, was composed entirely of

1 - Slaves

2 - Mormons

3 - Women

4 - Moravians

20. The first American composer to become wealthy by writing music was

1 - William Billings

2 - Lowell Mason

3 - George F. Root

4 - George F. Handel

21. The three oldest and still operating music schools in America are:

1 - Peabody, Oberlin, and National

2 - Mannes, Juilliard, and New England

3 - New England, Oberlin, and Cincinnati

4 - New York College of Music, Community Music Center, and Chicago Academy

22. Which of the following is the Musician’s Union?

1 - ASCAP

2 - AFM

3 - BMI

4 - VPI&SU

23. George Chadwick, Horatio Parker, and Amy Beach were all “members” of:

1 - ASCAP

2 - The Boston Symphony

3 - The First New England School

4 - The Second New England School

24. Until the 1820s, opera in America was always sung in:

1 - English

2 - Italian

3 - German

4 - Spanish

25. The Boston Handel and Haydn Society is well known for performing music of Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven exclusively until about its:

1 - 10th season (1824-1825)

2 - 15th season (1829-1830)

3 - 20th season (1834-1835)

4 - 25th season (1839-1840)

26. The oldest American orchestra with a history of continuous performance is:

1. - The New York Philharmonic

2 - The Boston Symphony

3 - The Philadelphia Orchestra

4 - The Cincinnati Symphony

27. He was called “The Beethoven of America.”

1 - Theodore Thomas

2 - Anthony Philip Heinrich

3 - Louis Jullian

4 - George Chadwick

28. Anthony Philip Heinrich’s music was played by:

1 - The New York Philharmonic

2 - Boston Handel and Haydn Society

3 - Both A and B

4 - Neither A nor B

29. Prof. Cole spends his summers in a cornfield playing the:

1 - tuba

2 - saxophone

3 - ophicleide

4 - a jar of almonds

30. Gottschalk, at age 11, was rejected by the:

1 - Paris Conservatory

2 - Julliard

3 - Cincinnati Conservatory

4 - New England Conservatory

31. Upon his return to America, Gottschalk became known as:

1 - The Poet of the Piano

2 - The world’s greatest virtuoso

3 - America’s greatest living composer

4 - The “King” of pianists

32. Gottschalk's published diaries were published with the title:

1 - “Notes from Abroad”

2 - “The Wandering Musician”

3 - “Notes of a Pianist”

4 - “Musical Tours”

33. In his later years, Gottschalk’s favorite piano was the:

1 - Steinway

2 - Baldwin

3 - Graff

4 - Chickering

34. Gottschalk’s “The Union” contains many quotations from Southern popular music.

1 - True

2 - False

35. This may be the first American symphony to be performed in the United States.

1 - “A Night in the Tropics”

2 - “The Ornithological Combat of Kings or The Condor of the Andes and the Eagle of the Cordilleras”

3 - “The Union”

4 - Symphony #5

36. In 1857 Gottschalk toured with this 14-year-old singer:

1 - Adelina Patti

2 - Jenny Lind

3 - Carolyn Sampson

4 - Karita Mattila

37. Gottschalk is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery along with

1 - His family

2 - His dog

3 - His piano

4 - Leonard Bernstein

38. “My Old Kentucky Home”, “Old Black Joe:, and “Variations on Old Folks at Home”, all by Stephen Foster, were performed on concerts presented by Jenny Lind and Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Which of the two artists performed “Variations on Old Folks at Home?”

1 - Jenny Lind

2 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk

39. Stephen Foster’s first published song was:

1 - “Tioga Waltz”

3 - “My Old Kentucky Home”

3 - “Old Folks at Home”

4 - “Open Thy Lattice, Love”

40. Foster was paid the royalty of_______per copy.

1 - 1 cent

2 - 2 cents

3 - 5 cents

4 - 10 cents

41. Foster’s first great successes were with:

1 - short piano pieces

2 - playing piano in saloons

3 - composing for minstrel shows

4 - appearing in minstrel shows

42. Stephen Foster’s songs became the pattern for:

1 - songwriters for the next 50 years.

2 - publishers for the next 50 years.

3 - concert managers for the next 50 years.

4 - singers for the next 50 years.

43. The rallying song “Dixie”, appropriated by the South, was actually composed by a Northerner, Dan Emmett, as a walkaround for Bryant’s:

1 - Circus

2 - Band

3 - Minstrel Troupe

4 - Vocal quartet

44. “The Battle Cry of Freedom; or Rally ‘Round the Flag” was the first Civil War song composed by:

1 - Dan Emmett

2 - Julia Ward Howe

3 - George F. Root

4 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk

45. The most popular song from the Civil War period was “Weeping Sad and Lonely”, composed by_______in 1863.

1 - Walter Kittredge

2 - Henry Tucker

3 - George F. Root

4 - Julia Ward Howe

46. The first minstrel troupe with African-American performers.

1 - The Georgia Minstrels

2 - Christy’s Minstrels

3 - Bryant’s Minstrels

4 - Fisk Jubilee Singers

47. How long did it take for a Southern city to develop a major symphony orchestra following the Civil War?

1 - 10 years

2 - 25 years

3 - 50 years

4 - 100 years

48. Composer of “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”.

1 - “Ned” Harrigan

2 - Tony Hart

3 - James Bland

4 - James Cook

49. The official state song of Virginia is:

1 - “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia”

2 - “Beautiful Virginia”

3 - “Virginia is for Lovers”

4 - Virginia has no state song

50. Black Spirituals, as introduced to the Northern audience in the 1870s were called:

1 - The first authentic American Folk Music

2 - Negro Sacred Music

3 - The first successful American songs

4 - Authentic minstrel music

51-60. For the final 10 questions, select your answers from the following list:

1. The Banjo (Gottschalk)

2. Weeping, Sad and Lonely (Sawyer)

3. The Battle Cry of Freedom (Root)

4. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster)

5. De Camptown Races (Foster)

6. Old Dan Tucker (Emmett)

7. Home, Sweet Home (Bishop)

8. Wondrous Love (from The Sacred Harp)

9. Olivet (Mason)

10. Chester (Billings)