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1
To further their music education, American students generally went to London.
A)True
B)False
2
Anthony Philip Heinrich is known for advancing an "American" sound.
A)True
B)False
3
"The Ornithological Combat of Kings" is a title of an orchestral work by Kentucky composer Anthony Philip Heinrich.
A)True
B)False
4
The behavior of American concert audiences was no different that that of attending a circus.
A)True
B)False
5
Ole Bull was the "Swedish Nightingale."
A)True
B)False
6
"Jenny Lind fever" griped the United States when this soprano started performing under the sponsorship of P. T. Barnum.
A)True
B)False
7
Born in New Orleans, Louis Moreau Gottschalk's strongest language was Creole.
A)True
B)False
8
Lowell Mason's son Henry, co-founded the piano making firm of Mason and Hamlin.
A)True
B)False
9
As the 19th century came to a close in the United States there was a tremendous growth of musical institutions.
A)True
B)False
10
Though in the late 19th century there were plenty of opera companies and chamber music groups, most Americans wanted to hear symphonies played by Orchestras.
A)True
B)False
11
The first American opera, Leonora, was not successful.
A)True
B)False
12
Violinist Theodore Thomas became a member of the New York Philharmonic even though he was just a little over ten years old.
A)True
B)False
13
Nationalism is an expression in art where music that exists in a country (say the United States or France) is incorporated into a composition.
A)True
B)False
14
Theodore Thomas was a successful nationalist composer.
A)True
B)False





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