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The most famous riot in music history occured in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of 1. Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder 2 Igor Stravinsky's the rite of spring 3. Richard Wagner's Siegfried. 4 Igor stravinsky's les Noces s Igor Stravinsky's The rite of Spring All of the following composers worked in the Early Years of the Twentieth Century Except 1. Arnold Schoenberg 2. Claude Debussy. 3 Igor Stravinsky 4 hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz In the twentieth- century music 1. String players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their brows 2. Percussion instruments have become very prominent and numberous 3 Dissonance has been emancipated 4. All answers are correct All answers are correct The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is know as 1. Polytonality 2 Ostinato 3 A tone Cluster 4 Atonality Atonality The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by 1. Igor Stravinsky. 2 Claude Debussy. 3. Arnold Schoenberg 4 Aaron Copland Arnold Schoenberg Impressionist painting and symbolist poetry as artistic movements originated in 1. Bohemia 2 England 3 France 4 Austria France The most important impressionist composer was 1. Richard Wagner 2 Bela Bartok 3. Arnold Schoenberg 4 Claude Debussy Claude Debussy The term impressionist derived from a critic's derogatory reaction to impression: Sunrise, a painting by 1. Claude Debussy 2. Camille Pissarro 3 Claude Monet 4 Auguste Renoir Claude Monet The impressionist painters were particularly obsessed with portraying 1. Water 2 Religious scenes. 3 Scenes of ancient glories 4 Battle scenes Water Debussy's music tends to 1. Sound Free and almost improvisational 2. Have a strong sense of tonality 3 affirm the key very noticeably 4. Use the full orchestra for massive effects Sound free and almost improvisational In order to " drown the sense of tonality," Debussy 1. Turned to the medieval church modes 2. Borrowed pentatonic scales from Javanese Music 3. Developed the whole tone scale. 4 All answers are correct All answers are correct Rave's Borefo orgiginated as 1 piano 2 ballet 3 entrance 4 student Ballet Neoclassical compostins are characterized by 1. Forms and stylistic features of earlier periods 2 whole tone scales 3 harsh dissonances 4 the use of twelve tone system Forms and stylistic features of earlier periods. Neoclassicism was a reaction against 1 Romanticism and impression 2. Humanism 3 Classicism 4 traditional forms Romanticism and impressionism The painter who designed the sets for stravinsky's pulcinella, and who went through a pharase that showed the influence of ancient greek art. 1. Pablo Picasso 2 Henn Matisse 3 Edvard Munch 4. Ernst Kirchner Edvard Munch The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of stravinsky's ballet 1. Pulcinella 2 The Rite of Spring 3 The fairy's kiss 4 agon The Rite of Spring Which of the following ballets is not from stravinsky's russian period? 1 The rite of spring 2 The firebird 3 Pulcinella 4 Petrushka Pulcinella The twentieth- century artistic movement that stressed intense, subjective emotion was calledf 1 impressionism 2 primitivism 3 expressionism 4 neoclassicism expressionism. Expressionism as an artistic movement was largely centered in 1. The untied states 2 Germany and Austria 3 Spain 4 Norway Germany and Austria Expressionist Painters, writers, and composers used ___ to assualt and shock their audience 1 Pastel colors 2 Deliberate distortions 3 Clearly defined forms 4 Vague nature scenes Deliberate distortions Expressionist composers 1. Contributed many patriotic songs to the war effort. 2 Avoided tonality and traditional chord progressions 3 tried to capture atmosphere with rich, sensuous harmonies and pleasant subjects. 4 All answers are correct Avoided tonality and traditional chord progressions. Alban Berg and Anton Webern were Arnold Schoenberg's 1. Teachers 2 Jealous rivals 3. Predecessors. 4 Students Students An errily expressive kind of declamation midway between song and speech, introduced durign the expressionist period, is 1. Stile rappresentativo 2. Bel Canto. 3 Pierrot Lunaire 4 Sprechstimme Sprechstimme The text of A survivor from Warsaw 1 Was written by schoenberg 2. Is partly based on a direct report of a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto 3. Is set to a kind of speech- singing 4 all answers are correct. All answers are correct Shostakovich, Prokofiev and other leading Soviet composers 1 All enjoyed a trouble-free relationship with soviet authorities 2 Completely followed communist part mandates for the writing of music 3 were periodically accused of following "the cult of atonality, dissoncance, and discord" and their compositions 4 Were rewarded by being made communist officials Werre periodically accused of following " the cult After graduating from Yale, Charles Ives 1. Went into the insurance business 2 Began playing the trumpet professionally. 3 began teaching 4 went into professional athletics went into the insurance business Charles Ive's music contains elements of 1 Revival hymns and ragtime. 2 Patriotic songs and barn dances 3 village bands and church choirs. 4 all answers are correct all answers are correct Putnam's camp, redding, connecticut, is a child's impression of 1 a summer camp 2 a fourth of july picnic 3 a finishing trip 4 army life in the war A fourth of july picnic George Gershwin grew up in 1New york, new york 2 Charleston, South Carolina 3 Anatevka, Russia 4 Paris, France New York, New York George Gerswin usually collaborated with the lyricist 1 Jerome Kern 2 Irving Berlin. 3 Paul Whiteman. 4 Ira Gershwin Ira gershwin Porgy and Bess is an 1. Broadway musical 2 Popular song. 3 Rhapsody for piano 4. opera Opera Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue Opens with 1. a solo flute 2. The full orchestra 3 a muted trumpet 4 a solo clarinet a solo clarinet Aaron Copland was born in 1. Brooklyn, New York 2 The Appalachian MOuntains 3 Anatevka, russia 4 Paris, France Brooklyn, New York Aaron Copland s name has become synonymous with American musci because of his use of 1 Revival hymns, cowboy songs, and other folk tunes. 2 Jazz, blues, and ragtime elements. 3. Subjects from american folklore. 4 All answers are correct All answers are correct. Which of the following works was not composed by Aaron Copland? 1 Appalachian Spring 2 Connotations for orchestra 3 an american in paris 4 a lincoln portrait An american in paris Appalachian Spring originated as 1 program symphony. 2 song cycle 3 chamber opera 4 ballet score ballet score Copland depicted " scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer- husband: in Appalachian Spring through 1. Five varitions on the shaker melody simple gifts 2 intensely dissonant passages and humorous offbeat accents. 3 Strings softly singing a hymnlike melody. 4 a joyful dance tune that is american in flavor Five variations on the shaker melody simple gifts. Alberto Ginastera, one of the most prominent Latin- American composers of the 20th century, was born in 1. Panama. 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Peru Argentina One of Ginastera's Early works, Estancia Suite, is 1 A twelve tone composition which makes use of many of the expressionist techniques 2 Nationalistic and uses Argentinian folk material, including popular dances 3 very similar to works by Impressionistic composers in his use of tone color and harmony 4 considered the first example of primitivism by a latin- american composer Nationistic and uses argentinian folk material, including popular dances Twelve- tone compostional techniques used to organize rhythm, dynammic, tone color and other dmensions of music 1 chance music 2 minimalism 3 klangfarbenmelodie 4serialism Seralism In chance, or aleatory music the composer 1 takes chance on which performers will perform the work 2. Chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random methods 3 writes a rhythmic patter but leaves it to the performer to de3termine the actual pitches 4 writes the music ina traditional manner, but allows the recording engineer to make electronic changes chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random method An example of aleatoric music 1 Arnold schoenberg's gurrelieder for orchestra. 2 Igor stravinsk'ys soldiers tale for chamber ensemble 3 John Cage's Imaginary Landsscape No. 4 For twelve radios 4 Charles Ive's fourth symphony for orchestra John Cage's Imaginary Landscape no. 4 for twelve radios Minimalist music is characterized by 1 the development of musical material through rnadom methods 2 rapidly changing dynamics and textures. 3 a steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns 4 the use of twelve- tone techniques to organize the dimensions of music A stead pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns j Intervals smaller than the half step are called 1 Quartertones 2 Tone clusters 3 Macrotones 4 Microtones Microtones Around 1940, John Cage invented the prepared piano, a 1 electronic keyboard capabel of producing many percussive sounds 2 Grandpiano complet with flowers, cnadelbra, and elaborate decorations 3 grandpiano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws 4 ensemble of percussion instruments. Grand piano whose sound is altered by objects. Piazzolla Grew up in New York City but was born in 1. Argentina 2 Brazil 3 Italy. 4 France Argentina Phillip Glass's Einstein on the beach is an example of _____ music 1. Electronic 2 minimalist 3 chance 4 quotation Minimalist Ellen Taffee Zwilich's Concerto Grosso 1985 is an example of 1 total serialism. 2 Quotation music 3 minimalism 4 chance music quotation music John adam's Short ride in a fast machine is scored for a 1 prepared piano 2mezzosoprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, percussion, and electric piano 3 sound engineer, a femal vocalist, five instrumentalist, and a violin soloist 4 large symphonic orchestra and two synthesizers large symphonic orchestra and two synthesizers Ellen Taafe Zwilich is a 1 Pulizter prize - winning american composer. 2 concertizing pianist 3 celbrated operatic soprano 4 promoter of young, upcoming american musicians pulizter prize- winning American composer