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#musichistory #review for 6th grade
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What years did the Modern Period take place?
1750-1820
1910-Present
1820-1910
1999-2012
2
Define
Minimalism
Compositions that use simple rhythm and tonal patterns
Shifting to another key in the music
A musical style characterized as excessive and very fancy
Music that has many different melodic lines happening
3
Traveled all over Europe collecting folk songs. Wrote concertos featuring unusual instruments
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Cage
Bela Bartok
Gustav Holst
4
Founded the "Virtual Choir" where people sing together online. Known for his song
Sleep.
John Williams
Gustav Holst
Eric Whitacre
Arnold Schoenberg
5
Best known for his orchestra suite
The Planets.
Gustav Holst
Igor Stravinsky
John Cage
Aaron Copland
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Composers explored new types of music, such as aleatoric and minimalist music.
False
True
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Went against the governments' rules with his compositions. Known for his Symphony No. 5 in dm
John Williams
Aaron Copland
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Prokofiev
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Composed
A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
First musician to be given the title "Lord."
Bela Bartok
John Williams
Benjamin Britten
John Cage
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Define
formalism
Idea that a composition's meaning comes from its form
The expression a performer brings to the music
The structure of a musical piece
A person that is very formal
10
Define
Aleatoric Music
Music from outerspace
Compositions where one or more elements are left to chance
Music with very specific instructions on how to be performed
Music that will be performed the same way every time
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Define
atonality.
When music is played/sung "out of tune"
Music that doesn't have a specific or tonal center
Music that is in a specific key or tonal center
Sliding between two notes
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Composed many well known musical theater works, such as
West Side Story.
Leonard Bernstein
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Williams
Philip Glass
13
Who was best known for his ballets such as
The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring?
Igor Stravinsky
Gustav Holst
John Cage
Ralph Vaughan Williams
14
He is known for his minimalist works, such as
Glassworks...
Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass
John Williams
Igor Stravinsky
15
Traveled throughout Hungary collecting folk music. His music became popular after his death.
Leonard Bernstein
John Cage
Bela Bartok
Aaron Copland
16
Music did not have as much structure and became more expressive.
False
True
17
Major world wars, and developments in technology and medicine influenced changes in music.
False
True
18
He is one of the most well known composers today. Known for
Harry Potter, Star Wars
and
Jaws.
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
Igor Stravinsky
John Williams
19
The symphony was introduced and the harpsichord was a very popular instrument.
False
True
20
He created a new system of music composition called the
twelve tone row
. Who is he???
John Cage
Sergei Prokofiev
Arnold Schoenberg
John Williams
21
During the Modern Period, composers starting making their own rules for music composition.
True
False
22
Changed the way people thought of music by composing "silence" like in his piece 4'33"
Philip Glass
John Cage
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
23
He was the first composer to combine elements of jazz with classical music... who was he?
Benjamin Britten
Leonard Bernstein
George Gershwin
Eric Whitacre
24
Define
Dissonance
A symbol that tells the performer to play louder
Tension created by two or more musical notes
The flats and sharps at the beginning of a staff line
Music that is played far, far away
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His music was often playful and humorous. Known for
Peter and the Wolf
and
Romeo and Juliet.
Aaron Copland
John Cage
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovitch
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Best known for his populist style which appealed to the general population.
Dmitri Shostakovitch
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
Sergei Prokofiev
