UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON MUSIC LEVEL TEST 2: MEDIUM DIFFICULTY LEVEL 2016-2017 INSTRUCTIONS: On your answer sheet, mark the lettered space (a, b, c, d, or e) corresponding to the answer that BEST completes or answers each of the following test items. 1. Which of the following works does NOT include jazz elements? a. Milhaud s La création du monde b. Gershwin s I Got Rhythm c. Garland s In the Mood d. Gershwin s Porgy and Bess e. Copland s Fanfare for the Common Man 2. Erich Korngold s work on allowed he and his family to stay safely in the U.S. during WWII. a. The Adventures of Robin Hood b. Buck Privates c. The Jazz Singer d. Casablanca e. Holiday Inn 3. Which of the following is NOT a type of texture typically found in Western music? a. monophony b. homophony c. paleophony d. polyphony e. heterophony 4. Which of the following songs constitutes a vision song? a. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition b. Surrey with the Fringe on the Top c. Ol Man River d. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy e. I Got Rhythm 5. Which of the following compositions could be considered a serial piece of music? a. Rhapsody in Blue b. American Salute c. String Quartet 1931, Mvt. IV d. Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt. I e. The Banshee 1
6. Who composed White Christmas, Any Bonds Today, and God Bless America? a. George Cohen b. Perry Como c. Bing Crosby d. Frank Loesser e. Irving Berlin 7. Which of the following is NOT commonly used as a section of Sonata Form? a. development b. exposition c. recapitulation d. variation e. all of the above 8. In which of the following films could one find a song named for an up-tempo jazz piano style that involves a bouncy left-hand pattern and syncopated right-hand melodies? a. Buck Privates b. Holiday Inn c. Argentine Nights d. Steamboat Willie e. Gone with the Wind 9. The Banshee can be analyzed as a rondo, with a recurring refrain and contrasting. a. countermelodies b. episodes c. interruptions d. obbligati e. countersubjects 10. Singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat as a round (with staggered entrances) is an example of texture. a. monophonic b. homophonic c. paleophonic d. polyphonic e. heterophonic 11. What swing bandleader is known for his use of head arrangements based on recurring riffs? a. Duke Ellington b. Benny Goodman c. Count Basie d. Glenn Miller e. Fletcher Henderson 2
12. Dissonant counterpoint is an example of compositional technique. a. ultramodernist b. expressionist c. modernist d. postexpressionist e. postmodernist 13. Operation Barbarossa was a Nazi invasion of which composer s homeland? a. Milhaud s b. Shostakovich s c. Schoenberg s d. Messiaen s e. Bartók s 14. Verse-Chorus form can be diagrammed as. a. a-a-b-a b. a-a-b c. A-A-b-b d. a-b-c-a e. a-b-a-b 15. Which of the following songs features a Scotch snap and a plagal cadence to end the composition? a. Ol Man River b. Cross Road Blues c. Somewhere Over the Rainbow d. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition e. I Got Rhythm 16. Which of the following Disney films is oldest? a. Pinocchio b. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs c. Steamboat Willie d. Dumbo e. Bambi 17. The Office of War Information established which of the following organizations? a. United Service Organizations b. Bureau of Motion Pictures c. American Theatre Wing d. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs e. none of the above 18. is the leading-tone of C major. a. D b. E c. F d. G e. B 3
19. Which of the following musicals first represents a true sense of escapism? a. South Pacific b. Carmen Jones c. On the Town d. Oklahoma! e. This is the Army 20. was an African American composer who wrote the Afro-American Symphony. a. William Grant Still b. Paul Laurence Dunbar c. W.E.B. Dubois d. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor e. Duke Ellington 21. In the Mood, Tar Paper Stomp, Hot and Anxious, and There s Rhythm in Harlem all share a(n). a. bandleader b. riff c. drummer d. record label e. composer 22. Many twentieth century popular selections, such as I ve Got Rhythm and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, follow the same 32-bar form, which can be diagrammed as four eight-bar phrases to create a(n) pattern. a. a-a-b-a b. a-a-b c. A-A-b-b d. a-b-c-a e. a-b-a-b 23. Which of the following types of jazz is most likely to feature collective improvisation? a. Swing b. Bebop c. New Orleans d. Cool e. none of the above 24. Which of the following composers was NOT known for incorporating American nationalism into his music? a. Aaron Copland b. Morton Gould c. William Grant Still d. Benjamin Britten e. Virgil Thomson 4
25. USO performers were sometimes called soldiers in. a. top hats b. greasepaint c. grandstands d. showbiz e. costume 26. Which of the following works is sometimes categorized as an opera? a. Porgy and Bess b. Show Boat c. Oklahoma! d. South Pacific e. Lady, Be Good! 27. Which of the following composers was originally from Hungary? a. Erich Korngold b. Darius Milhaud c. Béla Bartók d. Igor Stravinsky e. Kurt Weill 28. Copland s Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring are known as his ballets. a. trinity b. outdoor c. frontier d. cowboy e. Pulitzer 29. Which of the following musicians died before his or her thirtieth birthday? a. George Gershwin b. Ruth Crawford c. Olivier Messiaen d. Robert Johnson e. Arnold Schoenberg 30. In which composer s works would you MOST likely find cluster chords? a. Aaron Copland b. Olivier Messiaen c. Morton Gould d. Robert Johnson e. Henry Cowell 31. Somewhere Over the Rainbow and the chorus to I Got Rhythm both use which form? a. 12-bar blues b. verse-chorus c. 32-bar d. sonata e. theme and variations 5
32. had to avoid appearing overly formalist in his or her compositions, for fear of repercussions at the hand of the government. a. Dimitri Shostakovich b. Olivier Messiaen c. Ruth Crawford d. Arnold Schoenberg e. Darius Milhaud 33. Which of the following swing bandleaders was known for featuring the clarinet? a. Count Basie b. Benny Goodman c. Duke Ellington d. Tommy Dorsey e. Charlie Parker 34. Some jazz musicians argue that Rhapsody in Blue does not qualify as jazz because it does not include any. a. saxophones b. guitars c. blues d. improvisation e. singing 35. Morton Gould s American Salute is built on what form? a. sonata b. blues c. 32-bar d. rondo e. theme and variation 36. Which of the following forms of entertainment was included in the USO? a. swing bands b. magicians c. artists d. classical music e. all of the above 37. Which of the following elements of musical form refers to a resting point in a piece of music? a. phrase b. cadence c. theme d. motive e. ostinato 6
38. Which of the following compositions features quartal and quintal chords prominently? a. Fanfare for the Common Man b. American Salute c. Rhapsody in Blue d. String Quartet 1931, Mvt. IV e. The Banshee 39. The American Theatre Wing supported the. a. United Service Organizations b. Bureau of Motion Pictures c. Music War Committee d. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs e. National Wartime Music Committee 40. Which of the following composers is known particularly for his or her work with percussion ensembles? a. Olivier Messiaen b. Aaron Copland c. Darius Milhaud d. Edgard Varèse e. Ruth Crawford 41. Which of the following compositions includes palindromes within larger palindromes? a. The Banshee b. Quartet for the End of Time, Mvt. I c. Fanfare for the Common Man d. American Salute e. In the Mood 42. Which of the following concepts is NOT related to a fugue? a. Chorus b. Imitation c. Counterpoint d. Subject e. Countersubject 43. Which of the following European composers settled in Los Angeles near the home of Igor Stravinsky? a. Britten b. Milhaud c. Schoenberg d. Bártok e. Hindemith 44. The USO took a production of on tour in the Pacific theater during World War II. a. Porgy and Bess b. Show Boat c. South Pacific d. This is the Army e. Oklahoma! 7
45. A clarinet glissando is a prominent feature of. a. In the Mood b. Rhapsody in Blue c. Cross Road Blues d. I Got Rhythm e. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 46. Which of the following composers did NOT serve their country s military during World War II? a. Glenn Miller b. Marc Blitzstein c. Samuel Barber d. Olivier Messiaen e. Irving Berlin 47. is known primarily as a composition teacher who instructed students from all over the world. a. Nadia Boulanger b. Arnold Schoenberg c. Ruth Crawford d. Virgil Thomson e. Darius Milhaud 48. A piece of music diagrammed as A-A -A -A -A would MOST likely be written in what form? a. Verse-chorus b. 32-Bar c. Rondo d. Theme and Variations e. Ternary 49. The song Lili Marlene was popular with soldiers from. a. Germany b. England c. the U.S. d. none of the above e. all of the above 50. was the choreographer for both Rodeo and Oklahoma! a. Martha Graham b. Fred Astaire c. Agnes de Mille d. Ginger Rogers e. Patty Andrews 8