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26 Cards in this Set
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A _____________________ is a short, showy tune, usually written for brass, played to honor important people or announce an important event. |
Fanfare |
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A change of key is called a __________________. |
Modulation
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_______________ refers to the craft of putting together sounds to create a musical work. |
Composition |
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A _____________________ is an electronic device capable of producing sounds in almost any range, tone quality and volume. |
Synthesizer |
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The motive or "grabber" phrase in a song that often accompanies the words of the song's title is called a ___________________. |
Hook |
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Rhythm of the Night |
Diane Warren |
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Comin' to Town |
Libby Larsen |
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Fanfare for the Common Man |
Aaron Copland |
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I Got Rhythm |
George Gershwin |
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Appalachian Spring |
Aaron Copland |
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Unbreak my Heart |
Diane Warren |
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Marimba Concerto: After Hampton |
Libby Larsen |
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Because You Loved Me |
Diane Warren |
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
George Gershwin |
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Rhapsody in Blue |
George Gershwin |
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One of Gershwin's Broadway musicals, Of The I Sing, won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize. |
True |
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In Beethoven's time, the harpsichord was widely used for composing. |
False |
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The hymn, "'Tis a Gift to be Simple", was used by Libby Larsen in her piece entitled The Settling Years. |
False |
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George Gershwin's compositions for the concert hall combines American jazz with traditional classical forms. |
True |
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Moses George Hogan was a late-twentieth-century composer and arranger of gospel music. |
True |
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Lionel Hampton popularized spirituals in the second half of the 20th century. |
False |
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The song that catapulted Ethel Merman to fame in 1930 was "I Got Rhythm" from Gershwin's Broadway musical Girl Crazy. |
True |
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One reason Libby Larsen is so successful is that she builds a song around the hook. |
False |
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Aaron Copland's compositional style reflected American folk traditions and themes. |
True |
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The box office failure of Porgy and Bess is attributed to the use of the word "opera" in advertising the show. |
False |
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A marimba is larger than a xylophone with tuned resonating tubes under the tone bars. |
True |