MUSC-1420 Exam 3

Who among the following composers pursued a successful career writing Broadway musicals in the 1930-40s?

A characteristic 21st C synthesis of spectralism and medieval modality is evident in

In postminimalism, musical materials/procedures of composition are more diverse & expressive content more pronounced

Official condemnation of Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District was especially aimed at

Gershwin's influence on American music is attributable to the fact that he outlived his most prominent contemporaries

Minimalism in music originated as a

The American ultramodernists included

During the Depression and New Deal eras, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Aaron Copland both

Composers engaged with contemporary society most directly in their cultivation of

An important challenge for composers in Russia & Germany in the 1930s was

According to Henry Cowell & Aaron Copland, ultramodernist techniques/musical Americanism were first juxtaposed by

In West Side Story, Bernstein fused popular American musical conventions with classical genres and techniques

Musicals of the 1920-30s were largely escapist, fantasy plots, and avoided touching on sensitive social/political issues

In his works from the 1970s and later, Arvo Pärt used a compositional style heavily influenced by

In the mid-20th century, composers of art music in the Western tradition shared the following priorities/goals except

Zoltán Kodály and Carl Orff were both

All the following composers are important representative of minimalist musical styles except

Gershwin's Concerto in F & Still's Afro-American Symphony both employ blues progressions

In the 1960-70s, each of the following composers turned away from serial techniques to adopt new styles except