How does Maria Schneider incorporate improvised solos within her music?

a. As virtuosic displays of individual player abilities
b. To provide a contrast from the mood of the piece
c. To reinforce the overall mood and feel of the composition
d. She does not incorporate improvised solos in her pieces


c. To reinforce the overall mood and feel of the composition

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The brightness or ____________of a color is its saturation

a. hue b. value c. dullness d. intensity e. color

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What is the "Doctrine of the Affections"? a. A music theory treatise that set forth all that a practicing church musicianneeded to know in order to sing the liturgy

b. The name given to the conservative music emanating from the papal chapelin the seventeenth century. c. A theory holding that different musical moods could and should be used toinfluence the emotions of the listener. d. A catch phrase used to condemn art that was considered decadent onaccount of its association with foreign influences.

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Once a play is chosen, the director spends little time working with the actual script, other than to check stage direction and dialogue.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Who is the composer of this listening example?

A. Louis Moreau Gottschalk B. George Gershwin C. Arthur Farwell D. Thomas Wiggins

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