Exam 22: Mainstream Concert Music - Evolution

Aaron Copland wrote scores for film and radio as well as orchestral literature.

Which of the following composers worked very diligently to promote the music of American composers to the American public?

Samuel Barber's attraction to singing and song is evident in his instrumental works.

How did Nadia Boulanger's teaching style impact the development of distinctively American-sounding art music?

Duke Ellington and William Grant Still were both involved in the Harlem Renaissance.

Copland's conservatism led him to ignore progressive trends such as 12-tone technique.

Which of the following is not a French composer who incorporated jazz into art music?

William Grant Still is America's only black composer of symphonies.

Coplands' Rodeo is true to classical ballet format.

The Copland-Sessions concerts were intended to promote European art music ideals.

Samuel Barber's lyrical melodies exemplify which twentieth-century art music trends?

William Grant Still identified most closely with the experience of the

Which best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

Aaron Copland believed that composers should write some music that served a useful purpose.

In the 1920s,young American composers traveled to _________ to study music.

Early critics found fault with George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue because it contained no improvisation.

"Second New England School" composers were still teaching in the twentieth century.

A choreographer for Aaron Copland would be connected to which of the following?

Barber's Adagio for Strings was originally the slow movement of one of his

How did the Great Depression affect the development of American art music repertoire?