kimball exam 3 music 1751

What is the main musical style of Hamilton?

a. hip-hop

b. Latin-American music

c. rock

d. jazz

Hip-hop

Who wrote the music to Show Boat?

a. Oscar Hammerstein

b. Leonard Berstein

c. Lin-Manuel Miranda

d. Jerome Kern

Jerome Kern

Which musical term refers to the space between 2 pitches?

a. augmented

b. interval

c. consonance

d. dissonance

interval

"Can't Help Lovin' That Man" is set in what musical style?

a. Latin-American music

b. jazz

c. rock

d. Hip-hop music

jazz

The Broadway theater district is located in what city?

a. New York City

b. Los Angeles

c. New Orleans

d. Chicago

new york city

Which term refers to an ideology that promotes the superiority of a particular nation over others?

a. national identity

b. nationalism

c. patriotism

d. ethnic identity

nationalism

Marvin Gaye faced pushback from his record label ____________________ when trying to release "What's Going On

a. Virgin Records

b. Columbia Records

c. Motown Records

d. Atlantic Records

Motown Records

Which musical device in "Adagio For Strings" helps adds to its emotional expressiveness?

a. major chords

b. syncopation

c. consonance

d. suspensions

suspensions

West Side Story is set where?

a. Los Angeles

b. New York City

c. Chicago

d. Puerto Rico

New York City

Who wrote the music to West Side Story?

a. Leonard Bernstein

b. Oscar Hammerstein

c. Jerome Kern

d. Stephen Sondheim

Leonard Bernstein

Which term refers to a political entity with its own government and geographical borders?

a. nation

b. village

c. territory

d. state

state

Which of the following best describes the musical Hair?

a. it depicted the struggles of Americans during the great depression

b. its music revived older styles of vaudeville music

c. it drew heavily on musical styles from Japan

d. it’s plot was sympathetic towards the hippie counterculture

it's plot was sympathetic towards the hippie counterculture

Jimi Hendrix's performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" was seen by some as protesting which world event?

a. The Red Scare

b. World War II

c. The Vietnam War

d. The Great Depression

The Vietnam War

How did the songwriters of "Someday My Prince Will Come" highlight the meaning of the text through the music?

a. through the use of minor chords

b. using soft dynamics

c. by using only consonant harmonies

d. creating a sense of tension and resolution in the harmony

creating a sense of tension and resolution in the harmony

Which musical term refers to harsh or unpleasing harmonies?

a. dissonance

b. seventh chords

c. consonance

d. intervals

dissonance.

According to our class discussion, Stephen Sondheim's musicals like Sweeny Todd were influenced by which of the following?

a. hip hop

b. country music

c. experimental classical music

d. African music

experimental classical music

Show Boat uses "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" to draw attention to what issue?

a. World War I

b. racial discrimination in marriage laws

c. The Great Depression

d. women’s suffrage

Racial discrimination in marriage laws

Who wrote Hamilton?

a. Stephen Sondheim

b. Jerome Kern

c. Lin-Manuel Miranda

d. Leonard Bernstein

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Who wrote the lyrics to West Side Story?

a. Jerome Kern

b. Stephen Sondheim

c. Leonard Bernstein

d. Oscar Hammerstein

Stephen Sondheim

Who sang "This is America"?

a. Childish Gambino

b. Kendrick Lamar

c. Kanye West

d. Frank Ocean

childish gambino

Broadway musicals often deal with which of the following?

a. non-controversial, apolitical topics

b. mythology

c. historical non-fiction

d. contemporary subject matter

Contemporary subject matter

Who composed the "Erlkönig"?

a. Frédéric Chopin

b. Franz Schubert

c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d. Ludwig van Beethoven

Franz Schubert

___________________ is the use of media to and information to influence public opinion.

a. propagando

b. messaging

c. rhetoric

d. social media

propaganda

Harmonies that sound pleasing to our ears are said to be ________.

a. heterophony

b. consonant

c. dissonant

d. conjunct

consonant