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V.4 Early 20th Century Classical Music Review
V.4 Early 20th Century Classical Music Review
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A Review of Early 20th Century Music
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What is a quartal chord?
Two chords played at once
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
2
What is a tone row?
A way to organize rhythm in expressionist music
A specific sequence of pitches organized using math
The sequence of pitches used in serial music
A way to alter the major scale to make the piece atonal
3
Who composed this piece?
Arnold Schoenberg
George Gershwin
Bela Bartok
William Grant Still
4
What technology became the first recording device available to the public?
Radio
Compact Disc
Phonograph
Telegraph
5
Dissonant Intervals are:
unstable and tend to resolve
only augmented or diminished
stable and a point of arrival
only used if they are part of a seventh chord
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Bitonality is:
Music written in major and minor keys
Music written in two tonal centers
Music written in no tonal center
Music written with several tonal centers
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What is the title of the piece?
The Rite of Spring
A Survivor from Warsaw
Afro-American Symphony
Concerto for Orchestra
8
This composer won the Pulitzer Prize for his Third Symphony
Arnold Schoenberg
Charles Ives
Claude Debussy
Aaron Copland
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What is it called when the tone row is played upside down and backwards?
Retrograde
Permutation
Retrograde Inversion
Inversion
10
Who composed the ballet that caused a riot?
Bela Bartok
Alban Berg
Igor Stravinsky
William Grant Still
11
William Grant Still was a major contributor to what cultural movement?
Exoticism
Art Deco
The Harlem Renaissance
Modernism
12
This composer's primary income source was conducting
Igor Stravinsky
Charles Ives
Anton Webern
Arnold Schoenberg
13
Neoclassicism uses the forms from what previous eras?
Classical
Romantic
Baroque
Renaissance
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Expressionist art was a reaction against what?
Romanticism
Neoclassicism
Exoticism
Impressionism
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What is the title of the piece?
Concerto for Orchestra
Afro-American Symphony
The Rite of Spring
A Survivor from Warsaw
16
What is an ostinato?
None of the included
A repeated rhythmic pattern
A repeated chord pattern
A repeated lyric fragment
17
What became a primary characteristic of music in the early 20th century?
Texture
Melody
Rhythm
Timbre
18
The definition of extended technique is:
Use of one instrument to imitate another
Using an instrument in a way it was not originally intended
Use of amplification to extend the sound of the instrument
Use of electronics to manipulate the sounds
19
Which composer was part of the Second Viennese School?
Alban Berg
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
Bela Bartok
20
This composer first gained attention with the opera Wozzeck.
Anton Webern
Alban Berg
Aaron Copland
Arnold Schoenberg
21
This ballet caused a riot on opening night
The Nutcracker
The Rite of Spring
Petrushka
The Firebird
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What is a tone cluster?
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
A chord based on fifths instead of thirds
A chord based on fourths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
23
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
Arnold Schoenberg
William Grant Still
24
What is polyrhythm?
Multiple keys at once
Multiple time signatures at once
Multiple chords at once
Multiple contrasting rhythms at once
25
What is the title of the piece?
Pierrot Lunaire
A Survivor from Warsaw
Appalachian Spring
Rhapsody in Blue
26
Which of the following are the only consonant chords?
Major
Augmented
Minor
Diminished
27
What is a quintal chord?
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
28
What is polytonality?
Multiple keys at once
Multiple chords at once
Multiple rhythms at once
Multiple meters at once
29
What is a whole tone scale?
A scale that alternates half and whole steps
A scale made up of only five notes
A scale with a lowered seventh, third, and fifth
A scale made up of whole steps
30
Which non-western cultures became inspiration for composers in the early 20th Century?
Asian
South American
Middle Eastern
African
31
Whose breakout opera was Pelias et Melisande?
Igor Stravinsky
George Gershwin
Arnold Schoenberg
Claude Debussy
32
What is the title of the piece?
A Survivor from Warsaw
Pierrot Lunaire
Rhapsody in Blue
Appalachian Spring
33
Consonant intervals are:
all the major and perfect intervals
Intervals that are stable and act as a point of arrival
only intervals of a 3rd and a 6th
Intervals that make up major and minor triads
34
This composer was the first African American conductor of a major orchestra.
William Grant Still
Aaron Copland
Anton Webern
Charles Ives
35
What technological innovations were important in the early 20th Century
Radio
Telegraph
Records
Television
36
This composer studied with French teacher Nadia Boulanger:
Claude Debussy
Aaron Copland
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
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What was Stravinsky's first ballet?
The Firebird
Petrushka
Swan Lake
The Rite of Spring
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What is a rhapsody?
A piece where a main theme alternates with new material
A piece in triple meter based on dance rhythms
A one movement sectional work with elements of improvisation
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
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Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
Arnold Schoenberg
William Grant Still
40
Which political movements forced many composers from their jobs?
Nazism
Jingoism
Fascism
Communism
41
What is serialism?
Use of a rhythmic sequence to create a piece of music
Use of a harmonic sequence to create a piece of music
Use of a series to create a piece of music
Use of a limited set of tones to create a piece of music
42
What is a polychord?
Two chords played at once
A chord that has more than three notes
A chord with all seven notes of the scale
A chord that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
43
What is it called when the tone row is played backwards?
Inversion
Permutation
Retrograde Inversion
Retrograde
44
Rhapsody in Blue was the first classical composition by whom?
Aaron Copland
George Gershwin
William Grant Still
Charles Ives
45
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
George Gershwin
Aaron Copeland
46
The goal of Expressionist Art in the early 20
th
Century was:
to express anti-war sentiment
to create cognitive dissonance
to shock their audience
to rebel against classicism
47
Who is the composer of the piece?
William Grant Still
Bela Bartok
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
48
What is it called when the tone row is played upside down?
Inversion
Permutation
Retrograde
Retrograde Inversion
49
Who composed this piece?
Bela Bartok
Arnold Schoenberg
Aaron Copeland
George Gershwin
50
What is the title of the piece?
Afro-American Symphony
A Survivor from Warsaw
Concerto for Orchestra
The Rite of Spring
51
What is the title of the piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Pierrot Lunaire
Appalachian Spring
A Survivor from Warsaw
52
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
William Grant Still
Bela Bartok
Arnold Schoenberg
53
Atonal music is:
Music written in two keys
Music written with in several keys
Music written in no key
Music written in all keys
54
What is the title of the piece?
Appalachian Spring
A Survivor from Warsaw
Rhapsody in Blue
Pierrot Lunaire
55
This composer was influenced by Hungarian Nationalism
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
Claude Debussy
Anton Webern
