Test 6 Review

William Grant Still composed music in all of the following genres EXCEPT:

Which of the following musical elements in The Rite of Spring could be considered the most innovative?

Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung this was known as:

George Gershwin is recognized as one of the first American composers to:

The Rite of Spring is characterized by:

The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to:

Billie Holiday was one of the first African American singers to

George Gershwin’s folk opera ________ was far ahead of its time.

The opening-night audience of The Rite of Spring was undoubtedly startled and repelled by the pagan rites being depicted

The folk opera Porgy and Bess takes place in Charleston, SC.

Which Viennese composer invented the twelve-tone method after writing in both post-Romantic and atonal styles?

The element that most decisively separated twentieth-century music from that of the past was:

In his early years, William Grant Still was associated with which artistic movement?

The Introduction to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played by the:

Which American city is considered the birthplace of jazz?

Of the following, which does NOT describe a dissonance?

For what kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known?

During which decade did the Harlem Renaissance begin?

The “emancipation of dissonance” refers to freeing:

Music that rejects the framework of a key is described as