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1
What was the name of the avant garde music movement that employed electronic music in the 1940s?
Rave
Happy hardcore
Dub step
Musique concrete
2
Which of the following is a relatively accepted prepared instrument?
Prepared cymbals
Prepared harmonica
Prepared piano
Prepared tuba
3
Why were the compositions of Gustav Mahler unique?
The used exotic/foreign motifs & themes
They adhered to strict technical rules & traditions
They developed narratives & incorporated vocals
They were based on folk songs
4
A found instrument is originally made for _.
An activity besides music
Orchestral music
Percussion
Popular music
5
How is polytonality defined?
The use of folk music in ballet
An abrupt change in rhythm or tempo in a composition
The use of a single central tone, or key to compose music
The use of two or more keys simultaneously
6
Which of Gershwin’s works was deemed one of the first to mix the new style of jazz music w/ classical create folk opera?
West Side Story
Trouble in Tahiti
Rhapsody in Blue
Blue Monday
7
What influenced George Gershwin’s love for jazz music & expertise as a composer & creator of operas & musicals in style?
Music from movies he watched every weekend w/ his brother Ira
Classical training at school & nights spent listening to the radio
Russian immigrant parents & time spent in New York w/ Philharmonic
The sounds around him in New York City & the time he lived in Paris
8
What crafted Leonard Bernstein’s love for music?
Surrounded by music while young, writing when involved in high school
Accompanying music for church, then began composing while studying theatre
Through time spent at the piano w/ sis & attending Harvard University
Piano instructor & later was inspired to write songs for his wife
9
What city gave birth to techno?
Sacramento
Rome
Moscow
Detroit
10
How did Copland capture a sense of the frontier or pioneer spirit in his music?
By performing the ballet in the US
The use of polytonality
Rapid and abrupt changes in rhythm
W/ long drawn out harmonies to emphasize freedom and openness
11
How would you define modern experimental music?
Music that includes more than ten instruments
Music that does not follow any rhythm/bass tempo
A focus on how we experience & produce music
Focus on composition & strict elements of music theory over performance
12
If a sheet of corrugated metal were included in an orchestra what type of instrument would it be?
Ringing instrument
Prepared instrument
Background instrument
Found instrument
13
Why are Claude Debussy’s compositions characterized as impressionist?
Strove to create an impression of an emotion, feeling, or scene
Sought to capture the movement of light
The music was written in many colors
Debussy was a painter
14
What city gave birth to house music?
Tokyo
New York
Chicago
London
15
What Italian musician was significant in the development of electronic dance music?
Giorgio Moroder
Dario Argento
Anthony Berlisconi
Sergio Leone
16
How did Philip Glass’ style differ from the other composers in this genre?
Featured a very long solo by a string instrument in his compositions
Featured repetitive drawn out melodies in minimalist compositions
First to experiment w/non traditional objects used as instruments
Featured oversized big bands to create an overly loud sound & style
17
How is experimental music characterized?
By a lack of predictability
By reliance on tradition
By an emphasis on formal rules of music
By the use of prominent string instruments
18
Which of Leonard Bernstein’s operas showed the greatest influence of jazz?
Trouble in Tahiti
Candide
Porgy and Bess
Blue Monday
19
What was the name of an early electronic instrument that used electromagnetic fields?
Gizmo
Sampler
Beat box
Theremin
20
Why were the contributions of Gershwin & Bernstein so significant for the promotion of Jazz music?
First to add words to jazz which made it more relevant to the public
Incorporating jazz in operas & musicals for audiences who would not hear it
Jazz was not considered its own musical genre before these composers
Brought jazz music out of the streets into the professional realm
21
Which Aaron Copland ballet takes place in rural Pennsylvania, and is about American pioneers?
Dance Panels
Appalachian Spring
Rodeo
Billy the Kid
22
What is a prepared instrument?
An object that is not made to be an instrument but is used as one
An object created for use as a traditional instrument
An existing instrument altered to change the sound it makes
Any instrument that a musician is prepared to play
23
Which of these composers was amongst the first to begin experimenting w/ modern music?
Philip Glass
John Cage
Beethoven
Charles Ives
24
What did Stravinsky do in ballets that both challenged traditional assumptions of ballet & reaffirmed Russian identity?
He wrote the entire ballet in one key
Rejected all European based ideas about musical composition
Specified that his ballets should be staged using Russian folk dance steps
Incorporated themes & elements from Russian folk songs
25
Which of the following does NOT describe the works of both Stravinsky & Copland?
Focus on themes related to their respective native countries
General respect for traditional assumptions of ballet & its rules
Experiments w/ tonality, including multiple keys or no key at all
Occasional use of folk songs and themes in ballet
26
Which of the following qualities emerged during late romantic period & came to define modernist music?
The emphasis on freedom & experimentation
The focus on very technical & academically perfect compositions
Rich flamboyant music
The use of highly skilled musicians to play difficult pieces
27
What unexpected source did Bela Bartok look to for inspiration in his compositions?
West Asian music
Modern painting
Eastern European folk music
Western European symphonic music
28
Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the music before the late romantic period?
It lacked any form of restrictions
It was stiff & rigid
It lacked traditional rules
Experimented w/ new sounds & instruments
29
What is a prepared piano?
A piano that is made to be used in a professional orchestra
An everyday object that is turned into a piano
A piano that a person is specifically trained on
A piano w/ objects inserted b/w strings to change the sound
30
What was John Cage’s purpose in having musicians not play any music on stage during his 1952 composition 4’33?
To demonstrate that music is pointless & worthless
He wanted to avoid having to pay his musicians
Wrote a composition that was too difficult for orchestra to play
To explore the concept of silence & natural sounds in concert hall
