20th Century Test 3 BDF and 8 ACE

Impressionism began in what country?

Harmony based on fourths rather than the traditional third is called what?

A tone row uses all ____ tones of the chromatic scale grouped according to a preconceived plan.

Considered the most important composer of the 20th century.

Neo-classical composers usually wrote program music.

Between the 1920's and 1980's radio represented the way most people accessed music.

Fanfare for the Common Man was composed by Debussy.

Music written using tone rows will be:

Which of the following is an impressionist composer?

Which group of composers is most likely to use tape/recorded sound rather than printed music in their compositions?

Igor Stravinsky wrote music for very large orchestras (around 150 people.)

Retrograde is the technique of writing a section of music backwards.

George Gershwin is famous for an opera called Porgy and Bess.

What word best fits when describing music of the avant-garde and expressionists?

Which of the following is an expressionist composer?

Rhapsody in Blue is a famous piece by George Gershwin.

When music is composed by mixing multiple keys (tonal centers), it is said to be:

The invention of this item led to what is known as electric recording.

Atonal music is very popular with concert audiences.

Arnold Schoenberg is known for being the father of expressionism.

Online peer to peer music program started by 2 college students in 1999.

The "Dean of American Music"; used folk music in his compositions.

The opposite of tonal is ____.

Before the internet, musicians were often "discovered" by playing live shows and touring

Which group of 20th century composers devised new systems of notation for their pieces?

In impressionist music, a composer's interest in ____ is the same as a painter's interest in color.

Invented in the 1870's, this represents the earliest form of recording.

Which of the following composers would most likely be writing absolute music?

Which American composer brought jazz to the orchestra?

The group of composers who use tone rows are the: