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#musichistory #review for 6th grade
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He is known for his minimalist works, such as
Glassworks...
Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass
John Williams
Igor Stravinsky
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Best known for his orchestra suite
The Planets.
Aaron Copland
Igor Stravinsky
Gustav Holst
John Cage
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Define
Aleatoric Music
Music from outerspace
Music that will be performed the same way every time
Compositions where one or more elements are left to chance
Music with very specific instructions on how to be performed
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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
5
Composed many well known musical theater works, such as
West Side Story.
Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass
John Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Changed the way people thought of music by composing "silence" like in his piece 4'33"
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
Philip Glass
John Cage
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Define
Minimalism
Music that has many different melodic lines happening
Shifting to another key in the music
A musical style characterized as excessive and very fancy
Compositions that use simple rhythm and tonal patterns
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Music did not have as much structure and became more expressive.
True
False
9
Who was best known for his ballets such as
The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring?
Igor Stravinsky
John Cage
Gustav Holst
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Major world wars, and developments in technology and medicine influenced changes in music.
True
False
11
Composers explored new types of music, such as aleatoric and minimalist music.
True
False
12
Best known for his populist style which appealed to the general population.
Dmitri Shostakovitch
Sergei Prokofiev
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
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Define
formalism
Idea that a composition's meaning comes from its form
The structure of a musical piece
A person that is very formal
The expression a performer brings to the music
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His music was often playful and humorous. Known for
Peter and the Wolf
and
Romeo and Juliet.
Dmitri Shostakovitch
John Cage
Aaron Copland
Sergei Prokofiev
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What years did the Modern Period take place?
1999-2012
1750-1820
1820-1910
1910-Present
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The symphony was introduced and the harpsichord was a very popular instrument.
True
False
17
During the Modern Period, composers starting making their own rules for music composition.
True
False
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He is one of the most well known composers today. Known for
Harry Potter, Star Wars
and
Jaws.
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
John Williams
Igor Stravinsky
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He created a new system of music composition called the
twelve tone row
. Who is he???
Sergei Prokofiev
John Williams
John Cage
Arnold Schoenberg
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Traveled all over Europe collecting folk songs. Wrote concertos featuring unusual instruments
John Cage
Bela Bartok
Gustav Holst
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Traveled throughout Hungary collecting folk music. His music became popular after his death.
Leonard Bernstein
Bela Bartok
Aaron Copland
John Cage
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He was the first composer to combine elements of jazz with classical music... who was he?
Eric Whitacre
Benjamin Britten
George Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
23
Went against the governments' rules with his compositions. Known for his Symphony No. 5 in dm
Dmitri Shostakovich
Aaron Copland
John Williams
Sergei Prokofiev
24
Define
Dissonance
Music that is played far, far away
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
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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
John Cage
Benjamin Britten
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Founded the "Virtual Choir" where people sing together online. Known for his song
Sleep.
Gustav Holst
John Williams
Eric Whitacre
Arnold Schoenberg
