MUS 100 Final Exam Review pt. 2

Louis Armstrong’s instrumental-like approach to singing is called

With which twentieth-century movement can the composer John Cage be linked?

Which of the following is considered America’s unique contribution to theater?

A theme associated with a particular character is called

West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare’s

Music that is performed on screen and is part of the drama itself is called

Which Russian-born composer wrote music in post-Impressionist, primitivist, neo-Classical, and twelve-tone styles

Music that relied on sounds made by any natural source that were recorded and then altered is called

Postmodernism has a clear, simple definition.

A new instrument developed during the twentieth century that combines sound generators with sound modifiers is the

Which of the following composers would have been emulated during the neo-Classical era?

How did non-Western arts influence twentieth-century Western arts?

The insertion of foreign substances at crucial points in the strings of a grand piano is called

Which work by Gershwin was billed as a radical new approach to a uniquely American art music?

The MOST important development in art music during the late 1940s and 1950s was the increasing importance of

Which of the following characterizes the career of John Williams?

The early twentieth-century style that sought to revive certain principles and forms of earlier music was

________ occurs when music comes from an unseen source, often an invisible orchestra.

Postmodernism embraces a pluralistic approach to gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity in art.

Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument?

Electronically generated music can be heard today in

Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?

Groups of adjacent notes played on the piano with the fist, palm, or forearm are known as

The artistic trends (Modernism) of the early twentieth century can best be characterized as:

Who is your favorite music instructor?

The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to