20th Century Music

Question 1

What did Gershwin and music director William Daly collaborate on?

Accepted Answer

Broadway Musicals

Question 2

What did Copland begin to experiment with in his works Music for Theater and Piano Concerto?

Accepted Answer

12 Tone Music

Question 3

How did Debussy write melodies?

Accepted Answer

He used chords

Question 4

Who gave Copland his first piano lessons?

Accepted Answer

His sister

Question 5

What composition method did Schoenberg develop?

Accepted Answer

Dodecaphonic Method

Question 6

What instruments did Gustav Holst play?

Accepted Answer

Piano, Violin, and Trombone

Question 7

Where is Claude Debussy from?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 8

What three pieces of music did Mahler write that were though to be his "farewell" to life?

Accepted Answer

"Songs of the Earth" and Symphonies 9 & 10

Question 9

What was Mahler's job at the Vienna Court Opera?

Accepted Answer

Conductor/Artistic Director

Question 10

Sousa was considered as what?

Accepted Answer

"The March King"

Question 11

Where did Mahler spend his summers writing music?

Accepted Answer

The Austrian Alps

Question 12

Mahler's fist symphonies were influenced by Beethoven and what religious traditions?

Accepted Answer

Jewish and Christian Traditions

Question 13

Which Conservatory did Debussy attend?

Accepted Answer

Paris Conservatory

Question 14

What would composers do when writing neoclassical music?

Accepted Answer

Composers returned to the principals of the baroque and classical era

Question 15

While on tour in St. Louis, what job offer did Sousa get?

Accepted Answer

Band leader for the US Marine Band

Question 16

What ballet did Stravinsky write in the 1910 ballet season?

Accepted Answer

"The Firebird"

Question 17

How many marches did Sousa write?

Accepted Answer

Over 130

Question 18

Debussy was known for being what kind of student?

Accepted Answer

Argumentative & Experimental

Question 19

At what age did Sousa’s father enlist him in the Marines?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 20

What did Debussy challenge as a student?

Accepted Answer

Rigid standards and rules of how music was written

Question 21

What happened at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring?

Accepted Answer

People disliked it and nearly rioted

Question 22

What was different about Mahler's 8th Symphony?

Accepted Answer

He used a huge orchestra and choir

Question 23

Stravinsky's music was considered as what?

Accepted Answer

Avant-Garde

Question 24

Where was Sousa born?

Accepted Answer

Washington D.C., USA

Question 25

Where is Gustav Holst from?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 26

How did George Gershwin become interested in music?

Accepted Answer

He went to a friend's violin recital

Question 27

What did impressionistic music convey?

Accepted Answer

Mood and emotion

Question 28

What kind of composer was Debussy described as, even though he didn't agree?

Accepted Answer

An Impressionist Composer

Question 29

What political event DID NOT happen in the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Bombing of the World Trade Center

Question 30

How many symphonies did Mahler write?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 31

Who did Holst meet at the age of 21?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Vaughn Williams

Question 32

Mahler got accepted to what Conservatory of Music?

Accepted Answer

Vienna

Question 33

Gustav Mahler grew up listening to what kinds of music?

Accepted Answer

music in the taverns and military band music

Question 34

What kind of ensemble was Schoenberg's piece Verklärte Nacht written for?

Accepted Answer

6 string instruments

Question 35

Where did Holst’s inspiration come from?

Accepted Answer

Literature & Folk Songs

Question 36

What award did Debussy win as a student?

Accepted Answer

The Prix de Rome

Question 37

What did Gershwin believe about music?

Accepted Answer

Music must reflect the thought and aspirations of the people and time

Question 38

What did Holst believe about music?

Accepted Answer

Music should be written for practical purposes

Question 39

What was the title of Gershwin's opera?

Accepted Answer

Porgy and Bess

Question 40

What did "experimental" composers question?

Accepted Answer

the importance of institutionalized ways to write music

Question 41

Where did Gershwin work?

Accepted Answer

"Tin Pan Alley"

Question 42

Where did Debussy work while at the Conservatory?

Accepted Answer

In a vocal class, as an accompanist

Question 43

Copland's music often portrays what?

Accepted Answer

American Scenery

Question 44

What piece did Gershwin write for the concert called, "An Experiment in Modern Music"?

Accepted Answer

"Rhapsody in Blue"

Question 45

In Copland's later years, he was commissioned to write what?

Accepted Answer

Music for TV and Theater

Question 46

Stravinsky saw which ballet by Tchaikovsky?

Accepted Answer

"The Sleeping Beauty"

Question 47

What did Stravinsky's parents make him study?

Accepted Answer

Law

Question 48

Where did Schoenberg work to help the family after his father died?

Accepted Answer

At a Bank as a clerk

Question 49

While Copland traveled to Italy, Austria, and Germany what did Copland begin to write?

Accepted Answer

Musical Critiques

Question 50

How was 20th Century music different from music in previous eras?

Accepted Answer

Composers felt the freedom to be totally and independent from tradition

Question 51

What three things influenced 20th century music?

Accepted Answer

Hostile world politics, advances in technology, and changes within society

Question 52

What kind of approach would Mahler use in his first 3 symphonies?

Accepted Answer

A programmatic approach

Question 53

Jazz was a very popular style of non-classical music in what decade?

Accepted Answer

1920s

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