Music Appreciation 6 - Modern Era

The modern music of Mexico is based on the music of indigenous Amerindian cultures and of Spain.

What creates the element of tension in music?

Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the “twelve-tone” method

The Harlem Renaissance took place in the

The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to

Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.

Where was Stravinsky born?

Why was Ives so thoroughly steeped in the vernacular music heritage of his country?

Schoenberg invented the ________ method of composing

Who were two of the most decisive influences on Mexican musical culture?

Literary, artistic, and sociological movement that highlighted African American intellectual life in the 20s and 30s

Gershwin’s works reflect a merging of jazz elements and classical genres

The Harlem Renaissance

Who was the composer for The Rite of Spring?

The twelve-tone method is also known as

Latin American percussion instruments and dance rhythms had an influence on jazz

What musical style did Gershwin seek to expand into the cultivated sphere?

Duke Ellington is associated with

Music that rejects tonality is called

Which of the following instruments would you find in a standard mariachi band?

In which American city did jazz gain momentum?