Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #6
When did secular music first begin to flourish in the America?
1700s
A type of singing developed in which the preacher would sing each phrase of the song aloud,
and the congregation would repeat back what was just sung is called:
Lining out
The theremin is a(n)....
Electronic Instrument
What was the first book published in America?
Bay Psalm Book
I wrote beautiful music and my Adagio for Strings has become an unofficial anthem of
mourning.
Samuel Barber
Much of the roots of American music were born in this city:
Boston
In America the first art of the seventeenth century was the singing of hymns and psalms in
the church.
True
Who started the educational series The Young People's Concerts?
Leonard Bernstein
Who composed Rodeo?
Aaron Copland
When does the word "aleatoric" come from?
A Latin word
Who did Arnold Schoenberg say would never compose and didn't have an ear for music?
John Cage
Staged musical play with acting & music that reached its peak between 1930-1960.
Broadway Musical
I am called “the march king” and as considered to be one of the great American composers.
John Philip Sousa
Which march is Sousa's most famous?
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Who is the author of The Joy of Music?
Leonard Bernstein
