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Reform Movements pp. 59-61

1. During the 19th century, Americans turned to what part of the world for instruction and inspiration in the composition of music? __________________________________

2. Which of the following is not characteristic of music collections published in early nineteenth-century America: many fuging tunes, traditional notation, a European style, or traditional harmonies? __________________________________

3. What two things was Lowell Mason well-know as? __________________________________ and __________________________________

4. Did Lowell Mason want to keep traditional old values in music or reform and modernize American musical tastes (preferences)? ______________________________________

5. Where did Lowell Mason's early music training take place? __________________________________

6. Who played the most important role in getting music instruction in the public school system? ______________________________________

7. Did Lowell Mason and Thomas Hastings often set religious texts to secular or to religious tunes? ______________________________________

Revival Movements pp. 62-66

8. What were the "Great Awakening" and the "Great Revival"? ______________________________________

9. Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley were writers of hymn texts. What nationality were they? ______________________________________

10. What was "The Sacred Harp"? ______________________________________

11. What kind of a song is "Amazing Grace"? ________________________________________

12. Are lullabies, patriotic songs, spirituals or ballads most likely to be sung in call-and-response fashion? ________________________________________

Secular Music pp. 66-67

13. Are Spanish alabados sad, religious songs or happy, secular songs? ________________________________________

14. What was the nationality of the composer who wrote "Home Sweet Home"? ________________________________________

Minstrelsy pp. 67-70

15. Who performed early minstrel shows? ________________________________________

16. Who was the "father" of early minstrelsy? ________________________________________

17. Who composed "I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land"? ________________________________________

18. Which of the following was not commonly included in a minstrel show: bones, a tambourine, a banjo or a reed organ? ________________________________________

19. What are the "bones" in a minstrel show? ________________________________________

20. Did blacks participate in professional minstrel shows? ____________________________________

21. What is a "walk-around"? ____________________________________

22. Was the composer James A. Bland black or white? ________________________________________

Stephen Foster pp. 70-75

23. What was Stephen Foster famous for in the mid-nineteenth century? ________________________________________

24. Is it true that Stephen Foster spent most of his life on a southern plantation? ____________________________________

25. Which of these genres (kinds) of songs did Stephen Foster not write: nonsense songs, love songs, fuging tunes, or songs about home? ____________________________________

26. Are the songs of Stephen Foster generally in strophic, through-composed, rondo, or binary form? ____________________________________

27. What kind of accompaniment did Stephen Foster write for most of his songs? ____________________________________

Patriotic Songs pp. 75-76

28. Did Joseph Hopkinson write the music, words, or accompaniment to the song "Hail, Columbia"? ________________________________________

29. Which American patriotic song is sung to the tune of an Irish drinking song? ________________________________________

30. How many verses does the American national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" have? ________________________________________

31. Which president named "The Star Spangled Banner" as the national anthem? ________________________________________

32. Did Francis Scott Key write the words or the music to "The Star Spangled Banner"? ________________________________________

Civil War Songs pp. 76-77

33. When did the Civil War take place? ____________________________________

34. What kind of song was "I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" written as? ____________________________________

Singing Families pp. 77-78

35. The Hutchinsons became famous what? ________________________________________

36. "Glees" were humorous songs sung in how many parts? ________________________________________

Band Music pp. 78-84

37. During which war were the first American military bands established? ____________________________________

38. What is a fife? ____________________________________

39. In which century were brass instruments first fitted with valves, making them easier to play? ____________________________________

40. Was all of the music played by early American bands written by American composers? ___