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Music Chapter 23 and Chapter 24
Music Chapter 23 and Chapter 24
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Chapters 23 and 24
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1
Post–WorldWar II composers were intent on:
discarding serialism in favor of Neoclassicism.
developing possibilities with standard Romantic orchestra
searching for new sound materials.
exploring the modernist music techniques of Debussy
2
Stephen Collins Foster wrote ________, and John Philip Sousa wrote ________.
songs; church music
songs; marches
church music; woodwind chamber music
symphonies; piano sonatas
3
Which cannot
generate
sound?
an electric guitar
an electronic sound synthesizer
electronic recording equipment
the human voice
4
Light operas of the nineteenth century containing dialogue, light tunes, & dancing were called
operettas
shows
music dramas.
ragtime
5
The song style developed by Berry Gordy Jr. of Detroit was:
Motown
Gospel
Rockabilly
Blues
6
Early rock is described by some as a copy of________ by white musicians.
bebop
rhythm and blues
gospel
blues
7
What characteristic of African music is still used in African American church music today?
use of the piano
call-and-response singing
complex rhythmic patterns
the pentatonic scale
8
The two leading composers of early American musical comedy were:
Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein
Jerome Kern and George Gershwin.
Amy Beach and Steve Reich.
Duke Ellington and Sippie Wallace
9
One characteristic of postmodern compositions is:
great restraint in emotional expression.
an avoidance of all earlier styles and genres
free mixing of different styles & techniques.
a return to strict Classical forms.
10
What characterizes bebop?
origins in black American churches
little opportunity for improvisation
combos featuring virtuosic improvisation
ten to twenty members in the band
11
Simple melodies and harmonies repeated many times and change in small increments over time is
serialism.
expressionism
minimalism.
chance music
12
Ancient Voices of Children
was which composer’s response to the Vietnam War?
George Crumb
John Adams
Kaija Saariaho
Steve Reich
13
The father of chance music is:
John Adams.
Philip Glass.
Steve Reich.
John Cage
14
Family of the orchestra under went the most growth & innovation in the post–World War II era?
strings
brass
percussion
woodwinds
15
Americans tended to import the classical music of________ in the nineteenth century.
Germany
France
England
Italy
16
An example of chance music is:
throwing dice to determine the order of a composition
performer placing hands inside the piano & strumming strings
using twelve tones of the chromatic scale in a fixed order.
using a synthesizer to produce sounds
17
The band who led the “British Invasion” of the 1960s was:
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Grateful Dead
The Rolling Stones
18
The two key features of jazz performance style are:
improvisation and breaks.
improvisation and highly developed syncopation
ragging and improvisation.
call and response.
19
In a typical early jazz band, the melody instruments included a:
banjo.
tuba.
clarinet.
string bass.
20
What is Louis Armstrong best known for?
the ability to switch from trumpet to saxophone
prolific compositions for Broadway
improvisational skill at the piano
imaginative breaks and variations on the trumpet
21
Who was the leading composer of ragtime in the early 1900s?
William Billings
Stephen Foster
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
22
Big band jazz is called:
ragtime
blues
bebop
swing