MUL 2010 Quiz 3

Florence Price

B and C, but not A

Florence Price’s Symphony no. 1

won first prize in the Rodman Wanamaker competition for Black Composers

The melodies in Fantasie negre No. 4 in B minor

were original melodies by Price that evoked the styles of Black song rather than drawing upon or quoting other melodies directly

According to the Chapter, we must hear Fantasie negre No.4

As both work in the Western Classical tradition and as the product and expression of Black America

In Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddam, the upbeat music style

is juxtaposed to lyrics that address serious and highly disturbing topics

Niina Simone’s composition of “Mississippi Goddam” was a response to

The Birmingham church bombing of 1963

The live concert version of Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” featured on the recording was from a concert Nina Simone performed at

Carnegie Hall in New York

According to the Chapter, Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” is appropriately understood as

both an African American anthem and an African American protest song

Though an accomplished pianist, Duke Ellington considered ______________ rather than the piano to be his true instrument

His orchestra

The main melody of “Black and Tan Fantasy” heard at the beginning of the recording

was derived from a late 19th-century English song called “The Holy City”

The jazz historian David Berger is quoted in the chapter, stating that “Black and Tan Fantasy”

is a “true quolibet, a piece that combines various styles of genre and music

Jazz historian Douglas Malcolm is cited in the chapter stating that “Black and Tan Fantasy with its jungle caricatures, comical sound efforts, and satirical winks at pious music like spirituals and hymns

Is not a concession to the racism of its time, but, rather, a powerful critique of it.

The John Coltrane Qusrtet, as heard on A Love Supreme, included

McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones

Which of the following is an excerpt from John Coltrane’s liner notes to A love Supreme

“My music is the expression of what I am—my faith, my knowledge, my being”

The love supreme Motive in Coltrane’s love supreme, which is discussed at length in the chapter

All of the above

Coltrane’s A love supreme

Has been used as the basis of religious services ay the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco, California

Bob Dylan was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 by

Bruce Springsteen

Bob Dylan’s performance of “like a rolling stone” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival

Was met with loud booing and shouts of “Get rid of the electric guitar”

The fact that Rolling stone magazine ranked “Like a rolling stone” the greatest song of all time likely can be attributed in large measure to the fact that

The song’s lyrics introduced a new level of poetic depth, sophistication, and complexity to the genres of folk and rock music alike

In which ways did the Beatles and Bob Dylan influence each other in the mid 1960s?

A and B, but not C

The Beatles “In my Life”

Represented a more mature kind of lobe and a more mature attitude towards love than earlier Beatles songs had

According to the Chapter, the Beatle’s second main style period

Yielded a series of groundbreaking, studio-based, experimental albums, encompassing influences from diverse musical traditions, including Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

The genre of music called Cuban Son

Had one of its principal innovators the Cuban Musician Arsenio Rodriguez

Salsa Music and Cuban son share which of the following Characteristics?

All of the above

The three main sections of the form in “La Guarachera” are

The guia, the montuno, and the mambo

Celia Cruz and Tito Puente

None of the Above

The Bandoneon

All of the above

The nuevo tango style

blended traditional tango music with elements of jazz, rock, and both traditional and contemporary Western art Music

On the live recording of Piazzolla’s “Libertango” focused on in the chapter

The instrumentation includes bandonon piano, violin, electric guitar, and bass

Which of the following is not true of the Bulgrian chior piece “Pilentze Pee”

Its vocal style is remarkable for the near-total absence of melodic ornamentation

Which hit TV series that debuted in 1995 had a musical soundtrack that was strongly influenced by Bulgarian vocal and instrumental music

Xena, Warrior Princess

Tanya Tagaq

All of the above

The throat singing techniques used on Tanya Tagaq’s retribution are dervied from a traditional Inuk genre called

Katajjaq

Tanya Tagaq’s Retribution is

A scathing critique of the human destruction of the environment and an urgent plea for environmental responsibility

What are the initials EE and SE used to represent in the chapter on “Sun Bleached Flies”?

two manifestations of Ethel Cain in the afterlife, the one (SE) holding on to earthly life memories, the other (EE) Ethel’s transcendent soul.

Which of the following authors were associated with the Southern Gothic Literary movement of the 20th century?

William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor

Which of the following pair of instruments has important symbolic functions in “Sun Bleached Flies”

Piano and Organ