Practice Test for Music Appreciation Final

Music may have been a fundamental building block in the development of culture because

Music's regenerative powers can be seen in the myth of

The story of Tawa and the Spider Woman comes from

The 19th-century British anthropologist who defined culture as a "complex whole" is

A feature that unifies Baroque music is the use of basso continuo , which is

Which of the following is NOT true?

Music is often categorized into three broad categories. They are

Music scholars divide Western art music into _________ historical periods.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived during the

Which of the following is NOT true?

Dynamics refers to the softness or loudness of sound.

The texture that is two or more completely different melodies sounding at the same time is called

A pattern of pitches that is repeated at different pitch levels-either ascending or descending-is referred to as a sequence.

The system in which songs are written down is referred to as music literacy.

Rhythm was first part of rhythm to be notated on paper.

The organization of a piece of music is referred to as its

Ternary form is represented in which letter combination?

The softest dynamic marking is mezzo-piano.

The loudest dynamic marking is

All dynamics are written in what language?

The trumpet is a member of what instrument family?

The clarinet is part of what family?

The violin is a part of what family of instruments?

The bass drum is a part of what instrument family?

The apportioning of musical material among the instruments of the orchestra is referred to as?

The _________ is the foundation upon which notes are drawn.

Which note has the longest duration in music?

This defines the amount of type of notes that each measure contains.

Which of the following lowers a note by one half step?

Periods of silence in measure are represented by

Béla Bartók collected and incorporated music from whi ch count ry into his music?

A jali is a West African storyteller who uses a 21-string chordophone, called a _____, to accompany important cultural stories.

An important African-American composer of symphonic music who incorporated elements of the blues into his first symphony was

Béla Bartók's Allegro Barbaro contains examples of

Which of the following is NOT true of Klezmer music?

This composer is thought of as a jazz musician, yet he wrote works for Broadway, theatrical dance, and the concert hall.

The "blues" began

The most common blues form is the _______-bar blues.

Today, a center for West African popular music, including the blues, is

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

When a woman sings a male role in opera, it is called a

This opera features a 19th-century seductive woman who lived outside conventional gender roles of the time.

A castrato is a

One of this singer's greatest commercial hits represents the antithesis of "girl group" dependency

Which of the following is NOT true?

In the 1960's girls were often portrayed as dependent upon and reverential to their boys.

In the Balinese culture, women have always been the preferred gender to play the gamelan.

Songs specifically associated with death are called laments.

Today, castrati roles are exclusively sung by women.

One of the ways gay musicians have expressed their sexual orientation is through a specific kind of humor known as "camp".

The Gelug monks of Tibet often use the technique of ___________ singing, where the fundamental tone and overtones sound at the same time.

This talking drum, which is used by the Yoruba to perform oríkì, is capable of imitating the Yoruba language.

The American folk tradition that uses songbooks with differently shaped note heads is called

What is the name of the instrument (a ram's horn) used in certain Jewish services?

The _____________ is to the early Lutheran church as plainchant is to the early Catholic church.

The text "Amazing Grace" was written

Which of the following was not a complaint of the Council of Trent?

Which religion has a ritual dance called the Sama which is meant to represent the soul's passage to Allah?

Which composer was able to meet the demands of The Council of Trent and thereby save the use of polyphony inside Catholic church music?

The "Kol Nidre" is sung during the The Day of Atonement also known as

Which statement is TRUE about the "The Star Spangled Banner"?

Who wrote the melody of the "The Star Spangled Banner"?

A __________ is a Mexican political ballad that tells stories of struggle and identity.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, originally written in honor of Napoleon, is called the ___________ Symphony.

Alexander Borodin was a member of "The Five," a group of composers who can best be described as

Which of the following is the name of the French National Anthem?

The central theme of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is

What is NOT true about the "Ode to Joy"?

During the Cultural Revolution in China, music was used to

"Dilmano Dilbero"

This song deals with the apathy of people in regards to helping one another.

This song was written in response to incident in Derry County, Ireland in which British troops killed unarmed civil protesters and bystanders.

This song was written in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The lyrics to this song were taken from a speech by President Obama.

This song was written to help support the African Famine Relief and was recorded by over 40 different celebrities.

This song was written as a critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."

This video for this song shows the faces of people of different races and ethnicities morphing in to one another.

This song deals with the struggles of being an African-American in a white dominant society. It was originally featured in a musical "Hot Chocolates."

This song was written from the perspective of a person who wanted to affect political change, but didn't feel he could make a difference.

This song was written as a response to backlash that the group received for making negative remarks about President Bush.

This song was once referred to as 'the original angry American' song.

This song deals partially with censorship and religion.

This song, which was originally a poem by Abel Meeropol, dealt with the racist practice of lynching African-Americans.

This song, which was often misunderstood to be patriotic, actually dealt with the negative aspects of the Vietnam War.

This song was written from the perspective of a soldier that had been in every war since The War of 1812.

This composer used unconventional techniques on stringed instruments in one of his works, written for string orchestra.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Ghost Dance songs?

Which of the following is TRUE about Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time?

"It Was a Summer's Day" tells the story of massacre

The ________ bards are Arab women who now sing for peace in Darfur.

Barry McGuire and ____________ engaged in a kind of musical duel over the pros and cons of the Vietnam War.

Which of the following statements is true about Janequin's chanson "La Guerre"?

Which statement is NOT true about music in the Civil War?

The use of three different performing groups to represent (1) tradition, (2) soldiers, and (3) innocence and hope is true of

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

What was Irving Berlin's first song?

In Irving Berlin's era, what was the name of the place (area) where you worked if you wanted to be a successful songwriter?

What style of music did Irving Berlin make safe?

Who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical, Showboat?

What major political/social issue of the time did Showboat deal with?

Who was the biggest star of the Prohibition Era?

Which of Gershwin's songs was picked up by Jolson and eventually became his most famous piece?

Gershwin's Porgy and Bess was an immediate financial success.

Why was Oklahoma so important to musical theater history?

Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical earned them a Pulitzer Prize?

In West Side Story, the dance style was innovative in that it incorporated action in movement.

West Side Story is based on the Shakespeare play, Hamlet.

Bob Fosse began choreographing with hats due to the fact that he started losing his hair.

What was Fosse's most enduring work on Broadway?

How did Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim change the Broadway musical?

Which Disney cartoon musical became the first to transfer to the Broadway stage?

Rent is a modernized retelling of what opera?

The musical, Wicked, is built on the story of another Broadway musical, The Wizard of Oz

Roughly 200 performances of Oklahoma occur in the US each year.

Showboat is the marriage of European operetta and American musical comedy tradition.

The first full length "talkie" was The Jazz Singer.

The composer of the musical score for Cabin in the Sky used his music to push against racial stereotypes of the time.

This device works by sensing electromagnetic waves in the body.

Who was the Romantic Era composer who introduced the idea of the leitmotif?

Which composer followed in the footsteps of Wagner when composing themes for Lord of the Rings?

In a diegetic scene, the characters are aware of and can hear the music within the film score.

The world's largest film industry resides in India.

George Lucas' characters C3PO and R2D2 were inspired by characters from what film?

What was the first film to integrate music, dance, and plot?

In early film, the music was often improvised on the organ or piano.

In which city did the tango originate?

Which of the following is NOT true about the Capoeira dance?

The Baamaya is associated with funerals and usually performed before dawn.

The Baamaya dance resembles what other American dance?

In the Renaissance, dance was a required social skill for ladies and gentlemen.

The branle dance in the Renaissance was extremely complicated and often took dancers months to learn.

Which of the following was NOT one of the arts forms that ballet combined

Igor Stravinksy's "Le Sacre Du Printemps" is a model example of the fluid and consonant music required for ballet performances.

The tango is choreographed seduction.

The Tango is a unique dance in that the woman leads.

Which of the following artist wrote a song that dealt with stringent gender restrictions that confine humans as they grow from childhood through adulthood?

Ethnicity is largely based on shared identity and common ancestry.

Roles that are sung by countertenors today were originally sung by members of the

This composer sought to compose his symphony free of Caucasian influence. He also hoped to use it to elevate the blues to the highest level.

The word crescendo means

The blues was born in the Ohio River Valley.

In opera, a pants role or "breeches" role is only allowed to be performed by someone who demonstrates extreme masculinity.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four ways we experience music?

Which composer was known for creating a "jungle" sound in his music?

Composer Jerry Bock drew much of his inspiration for the score of Fiddler on the Roof from traditional music of the jalou.

In order for something to be considered music, there must be human intent.

This term refers to the organization of a piece of music.

Gender is sometimes performed through speech.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which attentive/active listening is good for the brain.

One of the ways musical culture is expressed is through genres.

Arts and morals contribute to a community's culture

Songs specifically associate with death are called

Driving on the road with the car radio playing is a good example of active listening.

Since its inception, music has been notated.

There are two basic types of musical form: binary which is represented ABA and ternary which is represented AB.

Fortissimo means very loud

There are 4 instrument families.

Bela Bartok spent a large portion of his musical career collecting and recording the folk songs of the Hungarian people.

Bizet used the rhythms and chromatic (half step moves) melodies in the "Habanera" to represent Carmen's seductive and sensual character

Notation is the apportioning of musical material among the instruments of the orchestra.

One of the ways in ethnicity is identified musically is through rhythm.

The blues is a very complicated form of music that can take years to master.

B.B. King's "Sweet Little Angel" is an example of a 12-bar blues song.

The job of the jali is to preserve the history of the Mandinka people.

Most girl groups of the 1960's were unique in that they shattered the period's gender expectations.

The musical term for "soft" is

Reclamation history refers to restoring women who made significant contributions to art, yet were ignored by historians to the historical narrative.

Aretha Franklin's song "Respect" was a powerful message of female independence during a time when women were still largely deferential to men.

Polyphonic texture occurs when multiple melodies are sounding at the same time.

Maurice Ravel's "Habanera" was a musical masterpiece of what movement?

Which of the following pieces has a "stop-time" section in which the rhythm instruments play accents

Music is often categorized into three broad categories. They are:

Periods of silence in a music are represented by

The trumpet is a member of what instrument family?

The _________ is the foundation upon which notes are drawn.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A castrato is

Decrescendo means to gradually get softer.

Which of the following was not a complaint of the Council of Trent?

Which composer was able to meet the demands of the Council of Trent and preserve the use of polyphony in the church?

In spiritual music, the primary focus is the text.

Tibetan Buddhists use chant as a meditation which acts as a vehicle to spirituality.

Drummed music is central to the worship music of the Yoruba of Nigeria.

In the Mevlevi Sufi Order, the Sama ceremony is representative of what?

The Yom Kippur service ends with the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn).

John Newton composed the song, "Amazing Grace".

Referencing musical terminology used in the Music and Spirituality chapter, what is a passion?

In Sufism, they use drums to "speak" by imitating the inflections of their language.

The "Kol Nidre" is Jewish song of repentance.

The words to the American National Anthem were penned during the Revolutionary War.

During which battle were the words to the Star Spangled Banner penned?

The French National anthem is played in an important scene in what movie?

During the Chinese cultural revolution, characters in opera were revised from the original jingju to help promote communist ideals.

This song was written from the perspective of a soldier who had served in all of the American wars.

This song, which was originally a poem by Abel Meeropol, dealt with the racist practice of lynching African-Americans.

This song was written as a critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".

This song was written to help support the African Famine Relief and was recorded by over 40 different celebrities.

The _____________ is to the early Lutheran church as plainchant is to the early Catholic church

Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, originally written in honor of Napoleon, is called the ___________ Symphony.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Ghost Dance songs?

The ________ bards are Arab women who now sing for peace in Darfur.

One of the earliest records of music in war was the use of the shofarat in the Battle of Gideon.

Country music typically endorsed pro-military sentiments.

The tradition of Ghost Dancing began at the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways that music was used as resistance during the Holocaust?

The song "A Survivor from Warsaw" was based partly on the report by one of the few survivors of the Warsaw ghetto.