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The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world. (T/F)
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true
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Maurice Ravel is a ______ composer
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Post-Impressionist
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Impressionist composers used what type of modes and scale patterns in their works.
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church modes of the Middle Ages and various non-Western patterns
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The program for Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns:
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a mythological creature in a wine induced sleep
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What is the whole-tone scale built off of
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whole-note intervals (without half steps)
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Ravel's music was influenced by...
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Spanish, Iberian, and Arabian cultures
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Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
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chromatic and freely flowing
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Impressionist composers often made use of what type of meter
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Free flowing meter
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Ravel's music rarely looks to influences form other cultures. (T/F)
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false
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Many composers in the early twentieth century continued to be influenced by non-Western music. (T/F)
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true
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Programmatic music continued in the Impressionist period. (T/F)
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true
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Which genre best describes the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
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symphonic poem
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Revueltas was for a time the assistant conductor of the what national orchestra?
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national orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica) in Mexico.
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William Grant Still was a representative of what Renaissance movement
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Harlem Renaissance movement.
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The third movement, Son, can be described as?
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rondo-like with its sectional form.
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Silvestre Revueltas was representative of what movement?
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Contemporary in Mexico
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From which region of Mexico does the mariachi ensemble originate?
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Jalisco
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Aaron Copland used early American songs in his works. (T/F)
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true
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The rhythm of Revueltas's Homage to Federico García Lorca is characteristic of the Mexican________:
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mestizo dance music
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The man that Revueltas is honoring in Homenaje was a:
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Spanish poet killed by the Fascists
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Which composer arranged Copland's Appalachian Spring as a quartet for President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony?
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John Williams
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The music of Silvestre Revueltas reflects the folk songs of his native:
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Mexico
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William Grant Still was an important voice for:
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the Harlem renaissance
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The orchestration in Revueltas's Son emulates the sound of:
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Mexican mariachi bands
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African-American composer William Grant Still did not write classical music. (T/F)
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false
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Revueltas's music is filled with direct quotations of Mexican folk music. (T/F)
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false
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The insistent bass in the last movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano resembles which jazz piano style?
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stride
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As a young person, William Grant Still was hired to write arrangements for:
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W.C. Handy
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The mariachi ensemble originated in?
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Mexico
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Which is NOT a characteristic of mariachi music?
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use of quarter tones
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Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring was composed to be a portrayal of?
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a pioneer celebration in spring around a newly-built farmhouse in the Pennsylvania hills in the early 19th century
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Which of these William Grant Still works was in part inspired by the sculpture African Dancer, by Richmond Barthe?
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Suite for Violin and Piano
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William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano has what type of musical qualities?
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Musical qualities found in blues
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Revueltas incorporated what type of rhythms in his music?
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folkloric
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Copland cited what type of hymn in his ballet Appalachian Spring?
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an American traditional hymn
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The term that refers to metric shifting between duple and triple in Latin American music is:
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sesquialtera
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Copland collaborated with who in his work Appalachian Spring?
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Martha Graham
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The melody, Simple Gifts, heard in Appalachian Spring comes from the ________ tradition.
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Shaker
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Revueltas's Homenaje is for what type of orchestra
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a chamber orchestra with piano, winds, strings, and percussion.
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Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring are ballets by:
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Aaron Copland
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William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony was the first symphony by an African-American composer to be performed by a major American orchestra. (T/F)
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true
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William Grant Still wrote film and TV music as well as operas and symphonies. (T/F)
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true
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A guitarrón is a(n):
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large guitar
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Strong feelings of patriotism arose in Mexico after the Revolution in 1910. (T/F)
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Which is NOT a ballet by Aaron Copland?
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Sensemaya
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The third movement, Son, from Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, is based on what type of form?
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traditional dance form.
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President Obama's 2008 campaign inspired popular musicians to create music with political undertones.
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true
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Armed Forces Radio played patriotic tunes in their broadcasts. (T/F)
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true
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Immigrant composers were important in the history of what?
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vaudeville.
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Much of the music at the original Woodstock festival reflected:
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Anti-Vietnam War sentiments
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Which musician is NOT known for performing political music in the 1950s and 60s?
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Elvis Presley
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Which popular artist was paid an unprecedented $50,000 to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s?
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Elvis Presley
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By the turn of the twentieth century, what city had become the artistic and cultural center of the United States?
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New York City
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Rap music by such artists as Chuck D from Public Enemy were rarely political. (T/F)
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false
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Gershwin's works reflect a merger of what two forms?
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jazz elements and classical forms. (T/F)
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Which composer was blacklisted during the "red scare" of the 1950s and 60s?
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Aaron Copland and Leonard Berstein
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Popular music in the last half of the twentieth century was rarely political. (T/F)
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false
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P. T. Barnum brought what type of music shows to New York City?
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traveling music shows in New York venues.
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Jazz and ragtime were important to the dissemination of patriotic music after World War I. (T/F)
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true
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Which of the following was NOT a music-focused TV show in the 1950s?
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Tim Pan Alley
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Tin Pan Alley was a street where all the composers of ragtime lived. (T/F)
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false
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The Wall Street crash of 1929 was the catalyst for the creation of what type of entertainments found in musical theater?
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escapist entertainments found in musical theater. (T/F)
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Film and radio did much to transmit music and dance trends. (T/F)
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true
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The big band phenomenon ended prior to World War II. (T/F)
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false
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George M. Cohan was an important composer of what type of songs?
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inspirational patriotic songs.
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Scott Joplin is considered the king of what?
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"King of Ragtime"
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A "blue note" implies a slight drop in the pitch of what?
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the third, fifth, or seventh tone of the scale.
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Louis Armstrong was a famous_________
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scat singer and trumpeter and the most important single force in the development of early jazz styles
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The two instrumental solos in Billie's Blues feature:
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clarinet and trumpet
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Billie Holiday made history when she performed with _______ since blacks and whites were not allowed to perform together on stage at that time.
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Benny Goodman
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Take the A Train is characterized by a frequent_________
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call-and-response between instruments.
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Third stream jazz is a(n):
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a style that combines classical and jazz
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Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for:
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Treemonisha
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A strain in ragtime music is comprised of how many measures?
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sixteen measures
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Early jazz developed from a blending of African music with art and popular traditions of the West. (T/F)
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true
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Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.
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strains
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Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were associated with developing:
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bebop
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The structure of thirty-two-bar song form can best be outlined as:
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A-A-B-A
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Miles Davis is associated with:
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cool jazz
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The work that catapulted Scott Joplin to fame was:
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Maple Leaf Rag
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Joplin recorded his own piano rags on what?
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on a player piano.
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Ragtime was originally a piano style that featured what type of melodies?
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highly syncopated melodies.
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Joplin's opera Treemonisha was an instant success. (T/F)
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false
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Duke Ellington is associated with:
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big band jazz
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Strayhorn's Take the A Train was a signature tune for the:
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Duke Ellington orchestra
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Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of what?
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scat singing
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Scott Joplin is one of the first African-American composers to receive wide recognition.
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true
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Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?
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solo piano
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Which best describes the form of a typical blues text?
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a three line stanza, with the first tow line the same
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Which verse of Billie's Blues has a typical blues text?
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first
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Billie's Blues consists of an introduction and _______ choruses.
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six
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Bebop's trademark style is characterized by:
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a two-note phrase
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Fusion can be characterized as a:
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a style that combines jazz improvisation with rock amplification
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Big band jazz is a:
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large ensemble style with sections of brass, reeds and rhythm instruments
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Which is NOT true of a typical blues progression?
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the number of bars for each section varies
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______ is considered the birthplace of jazz.
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New Orleans
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What is a Disney-produced musical based on a Verdi opera?
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Aida
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Recent trends in musical theater include shows based on what?
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dancing
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Bernstein showed no interest in writing what kind of music
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film music
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The European stage genre from which American musical theater developed was:
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operetta
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Jersey Boys is a musical based on the popular performing group:
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the Four Seasons
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Les Misérables was composed by:
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Claude-Michel Schonberg
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Which is a Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
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South Pacific
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Bernstein's work shows a real feeling for what urban scene?
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New York urban scene
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What is the overall structure of the song Tonight?
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A-A-B-A
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What two men are considered a great composer/lyricist team for musical theater
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
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The Afro-Cuban dance with a fast, syncopated beat, heard in The Dance at the Gym in West Side Story, is the:
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mambo
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Who wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side Story?
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Stephen Sondheim
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Which is NOT a well-known song from West Side Story?
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Fernando
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In West Side Story, Tony is:
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a former member of the Jets
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Leonard Bernstein achieved fame as the first American-born conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. (T/F)
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true
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Sondheim's musicals are typically more sophisticated than those of his predecessors. (T/F)
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true
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Summertime is from the Gershwin stage work:
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Porgy and Bess
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George Gershwin's "folk opera" was:
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Porgy and Bess
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Bernstein's union of jazz and musical theatre resulted in:
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West Side Story
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What gives the dance sequences from West Side Story a Latin-American character?
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Syncopated dance rhythms and LAtin American percussion instruments
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The literary basis for My Fair Lady was:
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George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
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Which is the contemporary rock opera inspired by Puccini's La bohème?
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Jonathan Larsen's Rent
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Cats was composed by:
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Gershwin's instrumental works reflect a merger of what two forms?
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jazz elements and classical forms.
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A "jukebox" musical features songs by what?
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a popular artist or group.
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______ was a popular Jerome Kern musical from the 1920s with a serious plot.
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Show Boat
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Which famous choreographer is responsible for the electrifying dance sequences in West Side Story?
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Jerome Robbins
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What is the literary basis for West Side Story?
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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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Rock musicals first gained popularity in what time period?
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late 1960s
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Gershwin is known for this songs that draw on what genres?
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ragtime, blues, and jazz.
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In the movie Jaws, the shark is represented by what kind of motive?
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a two-note oscillating motive.
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Underscoring in film music refers to music being made where?
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behind the actual the scenes of the movie
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In addition to film scores, John Williams has written music for the Olympics and:
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Barack Obama's inauguration
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Which of the following movies includes a musical/visual contradiction scene?
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The Godfather
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Which best describes the character of the opening theme of The Raider's March?
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strong and disjunct
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When the mood of the music contradicts what is being shown on the screen, it is called:
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running counter to the action
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John Williams is known for his scores in what movies/shows?
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Gilligan's Island, Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, Indiana Jones, E.T., Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and Harry Potter
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What is the overall form of the The Raider's March?
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ternary
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Film music can be used to create what?
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A sense of place and time
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Which is NOT a film score by John Williams?
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The Lord of the Rings
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Running counter to the action is a technique to supply what?
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irony in film music.
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Film music is required to mirror every emotion on the screen. (T/F)
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false
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The most important function of music in film is to:
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set the mood
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In The Raider's March, to whom does the first theme relate?
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the hero Indiana Jones
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Film composers like John Williams often incorporate what?
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the leitmotifs.
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Source music refers to music that functions as part of the drama itself, such as a character turning on a radio. (T/F)
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true
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The composer of the soundtrack for the end of E.T. uses music to establish a sorrowful mood.
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true
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Which current composer is credited as reviving the grand symphonic film score?
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John Williams
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For which classic television series did John Williams write theme music?
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Gilligan's Island
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Besides setting the mood, film music can also:
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Help establish the characters and create a sense of time and place
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The movie __________ is an example of a soundtrack that uses only source music.
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Rear Window
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The vocal music in the 2009 film Avatar is sung in what?
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Na'vi, a language developed exclusively for the movie
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Many modern film composers have incorporated _________ , a technique found in concert works by Wagner.
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the leitmotiff
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The original Woodstock Festival took place in:
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1969
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Two groups commonly associated with the "British invasion" in rock were the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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true
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Performers such as Madonna were catapulted to fame via what?
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MTV
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The music video was the most significant popular musical development in the 1990s. (T/F)
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False
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The Sex Pistols best represents:
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punk rock
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In which country did reggae originate?
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Jamaica
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David Bowie's music in the 1970s best represents:
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glitter (or glam) rock
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The Beatles's first American performance was in the year:
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1964
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The Beatles retired from live performance in what year
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1966
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Motown was a style of music that originated where?
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Detroit
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The Talking Heads best represent:
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new wave rock
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Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan pioneered what type of rock
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folk rock
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The Grateful Dead best represents:
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acid rock
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Which band released an album in the 1970s that remained in the Top 200 charts for a record 751 weeks?
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Pink Floyd
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The Beatles first used the Indian sitar in:
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Norwegian Wood
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Rhythm and blues is predominantly a vocal genre. (T/F)
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true
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Carlos Santana is a famous ______ who helped create Latin rock.
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guitarist
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Led Zeppelin best represents:
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heavy metal rock
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Motown is a fusion of what three genres?
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gospel, pop, and rhythm and blues.
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Women rock singers are more popular today than ever. (T/F)
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true
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The Beach Boys and The Byrds were _______ bands.
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California
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Nirvana best represents:
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grunge rock
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White rock-and-roll singers, such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, were influenced by the black style. (T/F)
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true
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The reality TV show American Idol has failed to produce any successful artists. (T/F)
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false
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Which band won a Grammy in 1987 for The Joshua Tree?
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U2
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Rock and roll first came on the scene in what year
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1950s
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The Moody Blues best represents:
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art rock
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Public Enemy best represents:
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rap
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Which of the following is NOT true of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead?
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they were from Los Angeles
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The concept album was invented by_______
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The Beatles
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Lady Gaga chose her stage name in homage to which rock legend:
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Queen
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