Music Review

The European premiere of Porgy and Bess took place in

• Moscow

• Copenhagen

• Gothenburg

• Stockholm

Jazz Club USA was hosted by

• Leonard Feather

• Willis Conover

• Duke Ellington

• Edward R. Murrow

Which of the following was not a protest song?

• "Masters of War"

• "Eve of Destruction"

• "Universal Soldier"

• "The Universal Coward"

Soviet guidelines for Socialist Realism in music include all of the following EXCEPT

• be appreciated by all listeners

• include a dance or a march

• shun formalism

• integrate folk and popular music

Which of Shostakovich's Symphony's depicted Soviet heroism during the Siege of Leningrad?

• #5

• #7

• #8

• #9

Lincoln Portrait was composed by

• Duke Ellington

• Aaron Copland

• William Schuman

• Howard Hanson

A musical composition that features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra is called

• a sonata

• a symphony

• a concerto

• an opera

Sergei Prokofiev died on the same day as

• David Oistrakh

• Dmitri Shostokovich

• Josef Stalin

• Emil Gilels

Van Cliburn played the same instrument as

• Emil Gilels

• David Oistrakh

• Pinchas Zuckerman

• Leonard Warren

Which of the following musicals DID NOT travel to the Soviet Union as part of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement?

• My Fair Lady

• Oklahoma

• West Side Story

• Chess