Music
Which of the following choices gives the name for three or more notes that are played at the same time?
chord
Who composed Pastoral Symphony?
Beethoven
In the late nineteenth century, various Plains tribes performed which of the following rituals in the hope of resurrecting their ancestors, who would restore their lands and bring back the buffalo herds?
A. Rain Dance
B. Hoop Dance
C. Ghost Dance
D. War Dance
Ghost Dance
Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper on a wall in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. It still exists in which of the following European cities?
Milan
By definition, egg is a binder or medium in which one of the following paints?
tempera
Which of the tempo markings below is the SLOWEST?
largo
Who composed 1812 Overature?
Tchaikovsky
Three of the choices below are ballroom dances of Spanish or Latin American origin. Which one is a folk dance from southeastern Italy?
A. cha-cha-cha
B. tarantella
C. tango
D. salsa
tarantella
Marine painters like Winslow Homer and Théodore Géricault specialized in what kind of artwork?
seascape
Which art term below occurs when an artist adds white to a hue in order to lighten it?
tint
Felix Mendelssohn wrote a “Wedding” one for the overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Which type of composition is associated with John Philip Sousa?
march
Who composed Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
Mozart
Michel Fokine choreographed Anna Pavlova’s most famous role. It was a solo in which she portrayed a dying what kind of animal?
swan
Paul Gauguin spent many of his final years painting the local life of what Pacific island, the center of French Polynesia?
Tahiti
Its Sharks and Jets are based on the Capulets and Montagues of Romeo and Juliet. Tony and Maria’s love story is central to which of the following musicals, whose songs include “America” and “I Feel
West Side Story
Which type of dance music was popularized in the 1970s by groups like The Bee Gees and ABBA?
disco
Which of Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions is a work for solo keyboard that explores all the major and minor keys?
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Savion Glover, choreographer of the Tony-winning show Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk, helped revitalize which of the following dance forms in late twentieth-century America?
tap
Bridget Riley’s Movement in Squares. It is an example of which abstract art style popular in the 1960s?
Op Art
Ann Lee brought it to America in 1774, but it is essentially extinct here today. Which Christian sect below built popular furniture and once had a settlement at Mercer County’s Pleasant Hill?
Shakers
Below are four brass instruments. In general, which one is the smallest and the highest pitched?
A. trombone
B. trumpet
C. French horn
D. tuba
trumpet
Which one of the following musical forms is primarily vocal rather than instrumental?
cantata
Martha Graham once studied at the school this woman founded with her husband Ted Shawn. Which woman was the modern dance pioneer who choreographed Egypta and O-mika?
Ruth St. Denis
This French impressionist artist is famous for his series of paintings of waterlilies.
Monet
At the end of most theatrical productions, the performers appear onstage as the audience applauds them. This tradition is known by what name below?
curtain call