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1
Singing school teachers, eager to have their students improve the quality of their students' singing devised a system of notation known as:
A)fa-sol-la
B)neumatic notation
C)Revivalist notation
D)Shape-note singing
2
Shape notes included all BUT the following:
A)a square
B)a triangle
C)a semi-cricle
D)a diamond
3
One of the most popular shape note songbooks is called:
A)Sacred Harp
B)Shape note Psalm Book
C)The Shape-note Singer
D)The Singing School Master's Book of Tunes
4
Folk hymns and spiritual songs involve a great deal of:
A)tonic and dominant harmony
B)canonic repetition
C)rhythmic variety
D)repetition
5
The text of "Amazing Grace" was written by:
A)Martin Luther
B)John Wesley
C)Jeremiah Clarke
D)John Newton
6
To what American hymn tune is "Amazing Grace" associated?
A)New Britian
B)Joyful, Joyful, Now we Praise Thee
C)Holy, Holy, Holy
D)none of the above
7
In shape-note singing, la is used for what scale degree?
A)3
B)1
C)5
D)6
8
Black spirituals often rely on imagery from:
A)camp meetings
B)slave owners
C)plantation work
D)Old Testament of the Bible
9
Which composer below is responsible for having Black spirituals enter the repertory of solo singers?
A)Edward MacDowell
B)Thomas A. Dorsey
C)John Newton
D)H. T. Burleigh
10
What contributed to the demise of the singing schools?
A)camp meetings
B)that generation became older
C)with more people learning how to read music they were unnecessary
D)music education was implemented in public schools
11
In thinking about the music of the First New England School, what kind of music was particularly disparaging to "educated" Americans.
A)spirituals
B)the general idea of shape note singing
C)the inclusion of black spirituals
D)the "fuging" tunes
12
This person led the movement to reform music in America.
A)William Billings
B)John Preston
C)Lowell Mason
D)John Tufts
13
In what city (even today) is the Handel and Haydn Society located?
A)New York
B)Philadelphia
C)Bethlehem
D)Boston
14
What made Mason's music so appealing to 19th century Americans?
A)it not as irregular as the "fuging tunes"
B)it was sentimental
C)it relied on a European sense of harmonic motion
D)all of the above
15
Slave Hymns or Sorrow Songs are also known as:
A)hymns
B)canticles
C)gospel
D)spirituals





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