Chapter 8 Study

Front 1

A _____________________ is a short, showy tune, usually written for brass, played to honor important people or announce an important event.

Back 1

Fanfare

Front 2

A change of key is called a __________________.

Back 2

Modulation

Front 3

_______________ refers to the craft of putting together sounds to create a musical work.

Back 3

Composition

Front 4

A _____________________ is an electronic device capable of producing sounds in almost any range, tone quality and volume.

Back 4

Synthesizer

Front 5

The motive or "grabber" phrase in a song that often accompanies the words of the song's title is called a ___________________.

Back 5

Hook

Front 6

Rhythm of the Night

Back 6

Diane Warren

Front 7

Comin' to Town

Back 7

Libby Larsen

Front 8

Fanfare for the Common Man

Back 8

Aaron Copland

Front 9

I Got Rhythm

Back 9

George Gershwin

Front 10

Appalachian Spring

Back 10

Aaron Copland

Front 11

Unbreak my Heart

Back 11

Diane Warren

Front 12

Marimba Concerto: After Hampton

Back 12

Libby Larsen

Front 13

Because You Loved Me

Back 13

Diane Warren

Front 14

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

Back 14

George Gershwin

Front 15

Rhapsody in Blue

Back 15

George Gershwin

Front 16

One of Gershwin's Broadway musicals, Of The I Sing, won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize.

Back 16

True

Front 17

In Beethoven's time, the harpsichord was widely used for composing.

Back 17

False

Front 18

The hymn, "'Tis a Gift to be Simple", was used by Libby Larsen in her piece entitled The Settling Years.

Back 18

False

Front 19

George Gershwin's compositions for the concert hall combines American jazz with traditional classical forms.

Back 19

True

Front 20

Moses George Hogan was a late-twentieth-century composer and arranger of gospel music.

Back 20

True

Front 21

Lionel Hampton popularized spirituals in the second half of the 20th century.

Back 21

False

Front 22

The song that catapulted Ethel Merman to fame in 1930 was "I Got Rhythm" from Gershwin's Broadway musical Girl Crazy.

Back 22

True

Front 23

One reason Libby Larsen is so successful is that she builds a song around the hook.

Back 23

False

Front 24

Aaron Copland's compositional style reflected American folk traditions and themes.

Back 24

True

Front 25

The box office failure of Porgy and Bess is attributed to the use of the word "opera" in advertising the show.

Back 25

False

Front 26

A marimba is larger than a xylophone with tuned resonating tubes under the tone bars.

Back 26

True