Chapter 56: Returning with Interest: Dylan, Corigliano, and Postmodern
Reworkings
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following characterizes the songs of Bob Dylan?
a. predictable form and melody c. settings of Classical poetry
b. texts full of imagery d. simple textures
2. Which of the following composers is considered one of America’s greatest poets as well?
a. Aaron Copland c. John Cage
b. Bob Dylan d. George Crumb
3. Who had the greatest success with a recording of Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man?
a. Bob Dylan c. the Byrds
b. Peter, Paul, and Mary d. the Monkees
4. John Corigliano’s Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man is a setting of a text by:
a. Woody Guthrie. c. Pete Seeger.
b. Bob Dylan. d. Federico García Lorca.
5. Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man is a(n):
a. opera. c. song.
b. musical. d. song cycle.
6. Which of the following characterizes Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man?
a. simple, graceful melody
b. predominantly contrapuntal texture
c. chromatic and dissonant harmony
d. choral vocal style
7. Which of the following compositions by Corigliano received an Academy Award?
a. The Red Violin c. The Ghosts of Versailles
b. The Naked Carmen d. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man is unusual because it begins with:
a. the bridge. c. the verse.
b. the refrain. d. a leitmotif.
9. Who commissioned John Corigliano to write Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan?
a. Bob Dylan c. Sylvia McNair
b. the Byrds d. Carnegie Hall
10. Corigliano’s piece The Red Violin was written for:
a. Bob Dylan c. Evelyn Glennie
b. Joshua Bell d. James Galway
11. Which of the following compositions by Corigliano received a Grammy Award?
a. Mr. Tambourine Man c. Pied Piper Fantasy
b. The Red Violin d. Conjurer
TRUE/FALSE
1. Bob Dylan writes poems, composes songs, and performs his own music.
2. Bob Dylan has performed his songs with guitar accompaniment throughout his career to pay
homage to the tradition of folk music.
3. The text and music of Mr. Tambourine Man were written by Joan Baez.
4. The musical elements in Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man are simple.
5. John Corigliano is known primarily as an opera composer and has written few orchestral works.
6. Corigliano’s Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man borrows the melody from the Dylan original.
7. The Byrds’ version of Mr. Tambourine Man helped pioneer the influential genre of folk rock.
8. John Corigliano added electric guitar and drums to his version of Mr. Tambourine Man.
9. The Byrds’ 1965 version of Mr. Tambourine Man was commercially unsuccessful.
10. John Corigliano had little formal musical training.
11. All of the songs in Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan are unified by recurring
motives.
12. John Corigliano did not have Bob Dylan’s permission to re-set the text of Mr. Tambourine Man.
ESSAY
1. Which aspects of Bob Dylan’s original song did John Corigliano retain in his
Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man? What did he change?
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: Essentials: pp. 317–321
TOP: Corigliano MSC: Applied
2. Discuss how John Corigliano’s setting of Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man readdresses the work in
terms of concert art.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 317–321
TOP: Corigliano MSC: Applied