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Early 20th Century
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1
Phrases were asymmetrical and melodies were in short fragments.
False
True
2
Church music sought to raise the quality of sacred music by bringing back the _________ style.
Romantic
Baroque
Ancient
Classical
3
Which composer mixed the impressionistic style with classical clarity and sounded like Debussy?
Stravinsky
Ives
Ravel
Vaughn Williams
4
What was one of the political movements that affected early 20th century music?
Socialism
Totalitarianism
Communism
Democracy
5
Tone rows can be played ______.
Upside down
Upside down/Backward
Forward and Backward
All of the above
6
Who created the 12 tone composition style?
Vaughn Williams
Debussy
Ives
Schoenburg
7
The invention of ____ and ____ made music available to most of the world.
Camera and Phone
Paper and Pencil
Phonograph and Radio
Computer and Television
8
Where did composers usually flee to when the left their country?
Germany
United States
Italy
Canada
9
Russia was a place of advanced contemporary musical expression until who came into power?
Stalin
Trump
Mussolini
Hitler
10
Used the twelve chromatic tones as independent entities without reference to a tonal center.
12 tone method
Micro Tonality
Round
Impressionism
11
Who was the first composer to incorporate jazz into a classical setting?
Stravinsky
Gershwin
Orff
Ives
12
Which composer wrote Peter and the Wolf?
Ives
Gershwin
Prokofiev
Orff
13
Which of the following was a new outlet for composers to communicate with audiences?
Opera
Motion Pictures
Teaching
Books
14
Only very serious composers had music on the radio.
True
False
15
Debussy was the master of a composition style called what?
Micro Tonality
12 tone
Impressionism
Round
16
Most church choir directors felt that the music of the 20th century was too _______.
Boring
Easy
Difficult
Sad
17
Which of the following allowed Impressionists to move across notes without tension?
12 tone writing
Complex rhythms
Whole tone scales
Extreme ranges
18
Which of the following was a new way for listeners to get music entertainment at home?
Radio
None of the above
Chamber Ensembles
Movies
19
What is the German word for speech voice or a mixture of speaking and singing?
Sprechstimme
Kennenzulernen
Schweinehund
Geburtstag
20
Which composer was also a successful insurance broker?
Ravel
Ives
Stravinsky
Vaughn Williams
21
Which composer wrote the Firebird Suite and Rite of Spring?
Gershwin
Ives
Vaughn Williams
Stravinsky
22
What is splitting the octave into smaller intervals than the 12 half steps?
Micro Tonality
Round
Impressionism
12 tone writing
23
Which instrument can play micro tones?
Clarinet
Trombone
Oboe
Trumpet
24
Film scores were very artistic and considered eccentric.
True
False
25
Virtuosity was expected of all performers.
False
True