25. What is the second Viennese school?

A group of composers in the 20th century, The school after the first Viennese school

3. Who was Sergei Diaghilev?

Commissioner of The Rite of Spring

7. What is bitonality or polytonality?

Using multiple tonalities simultaneously

12. What did Debussy want to do with form?

Break it down and reconstruct it

What did Bartok make his life’s work?

Collecting, transcribing, and analyzing Hungarian folk music

9. What is the story of The Rite of Spring?

A women chosen to dance to death

16. How are gamelan instruments tuned?

Between Western instrument notes

14. How is the whole tone scale used?

To represent a flashback or memory

11. How did Debussy describe Wagner?

A beautiful sunset mistaken for a door

How was jazz music viewed by some in relation to classical music?

As a complementary genre that enriched classical music

22. After romanticism what was the mood of music?

Exhaustion, like music had no where left to go

18. Why do people struggle with Schoenberg’s music?

It is too complex and dissonant

34. What did some classical composers do when classical music waned in popularity to other music such as jazz?

believed their music only needed to be heard by an elite small group

What stories do Benjamin Britten’s operas tell?

Stories of everyday people and their struggles

32. How did Aaron Copland create an American sound?

By incorporating elements of indigenous American music

28. In what way was Webern a musical pointillist?

The melody jumped around and dotted through instruments

19. What is 12 tone composition - serialism?

A set of rules for writing atonal music

What composition coincided with 1945, a turning point for music in a post-war era?

Britten's The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

29. What was the second New England school?

A movement to have an American style of classical music

A traditional instrumental ensemble of Indonesia

How did George Gershwin contribute to both Jazz and Classical music?

He wrote jazz-inspired works like Rhapsody in Blue

20. What is a tone row?

A sequence of 12 different pitches used in 12 tone composition

How did recording technology affect composition and classical music during the 20th century?

Genres mixed faster, traveled faster, and evolved faster

Why did Ravel refuse to teach George Gershwin classical composition?

Because he didn’t want Gershwin’s sound to be crushed or changed

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25. What is the second Viennese school?
A group of composers in the 20th century
A group of composers - Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn
The school after the first Viennese school
A music school in Vienna
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3. Who was Sergei Diaghilev?
Commissioner of The Rite of Spring
Choreographer of The Rite of Spring
Commissioner of the police department that arrested Stravinsky
A prolific composer
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7. What is bitonality or polytonality?
Using one tonality for two pieces
Using multiple tonalities simultaneously
Using no tonality
Using multiple tonalities in succession
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12. What did Debussy want to do with form?
Break it down and reconstruct it
Enahnce it with more complexity
Ignore it completely
Keep it traditional and rigid
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4. How was The Rite of Spring received?
Moderately
Indifferently
Excellently
Poorly
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What did Bartok make his life’s work?
Collecting, transcribing, and analyzing American folk music
Collecting, transcribing, and analyzing Hungarian folk music
Collecting, transcribing, and analyzing Finnish folk music
Collecting, transcribing, and analyzing European folk music
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9. What is the story of The Rite of Spring?
A celebration of springtime
A women chosen to dance to death
A comedy about village life
A love story between two dancers
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16. How are gamelan instruments tuned?
Between Western instrument notes
In a fixed scale
Same as Western instruments
Carefully
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14. How is the whole tone scale used?
To create a sense of chaos and confusion
To represent a flashback or memory
To create tension and dissonance
To establish a stable tonal center
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26. What did Berg do with atonal music that gave him more success?
Wrote super dissonant music
Avoided atonal music
Composed for only piano
Wrote with more tonality
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11. How did Debussy describe Wagner?
A bright morning with birds chirping
A beautiful sunset mistaken for a door
A raging storm in the sea
A dark night with no stars
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23. Why did Schoenberg dive into atonal music?
To impress a girl
To be popular
To please his teacher
To find something new
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How was jazz music viewed by some in relation to classical music?
As a threat that would overshadow classical music
As inferior and lacking in artistic merit
As a complementary genre that enriched classical music
As a source of inspiration for classical composers
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17. What is atonal music?
Music with no tonality
Music with a tune
Music with b tone
Music with a tone
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What were at least three of Ravel's influences for composition?
Brahms, Liszt, Chopin
Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Jazz
Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn
Wagner, Verdi, Puccini
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What is the big instrument in the front of the room?
Vibraphone
Marimba
Bells
Xylophone
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2. Who was Stravinsky’s composition teacher?
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Beethoven
Rimsky-Korsakov
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30. Who was Aaron Copland?
A famous jazz musician
A famous American composer
An atonal composer
A-A-Ron
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22. After romanticism what was the mood of music?
Exhaustion, like music had no where left to go
People were tired, but knew where music was headed
I don't know
Excitement about what was to come
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Who composed Rhapsody in Blue?
Me
My guy Leonard Berstein
You
G G G G Geooooorge Gershwiiiin
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18. Why do people struggle with Schoenberg’s music?
It is too complex and dissonant
it is super repetitive
It lacks emotion
It is too predictable
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34. What did some classical composers do when classical music waned in popularity to other music such as jazz?
They collaborated with jazz musicians to create fusion genres
They embraced jazz and incorporated it into their compositions
They abandoned classical music altogether and pursued other careers
believed their music only needed to be heard by an elite small group
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What compositions redefined operas in the 20th century?
Verdi's La Traviata
Britten’s Operas
Beethoven's Fidelio
Wagner's Ring Cycle
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What stories do Benjamin Britten’s operas tell?
Stories of mythical creatures and gods
Fairytales
Stories of everyday people and their struggles
Stories of epic battles and conquests
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27. What made Webern a musical miniaturist?
He wrote for only small instruments
He required performers of his music to be under 4'11"
He was a small dude
He wrote short pieces
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33. What was a criticism of Copland’s music?
Too abstract
Lacked emotional depth
Too "out there"
Too simplistic and populist
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What two English composers were influential to the sound of British music during the early 20th century?
Beethoven and Bozart
Britten and Billiams
Bach and Bandel
Britten and Williams
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10. Who do some commentators say was the start of “modern music”?
Debussy
Bach
Starvinsky
Beethoven
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32. How did Aaron Copland create an American sound?
By avoiding any regional influences
By incorporating elements of indigenous American music
By imitating European classical composers
By using only European musical influences
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21. Did Schoenberg view notes as having importance or view them all equally?
Notes were more important if they were played more
All notes were viewed equally
Notes were not important
Certain notes were important depending on where they are in the scale
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What two genres does Rhapsody in Blue combine?
Rock and Opera
Pop and Hip-Hop
Jazz and Classical
Jazz and Country
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5. What are two other ballets by Stravinsky that were received well?
Swan Lake, Coppelia
Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote
Giselle, La Bayaderre
Petrushka, The Firebird
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28. In what way was Webern a musical pointillist?
He jumped while performing
He wasn't
He pointed at the music
The melody jumped around and dotted through instruments
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19. What is 12 tone composition - serialism?
A set of rules for writing tonal music
A set of rules for eating cereal
A set of rules for writing atonal music
The name of Johannes Brahams cereal
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31. Who wrote Fanfare for the Common Man?
Aaron Copland
Erin Copland
George Gershwin
Mr. Witte
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13. What scale did Debussy use extensively?
Minor
Chromatic
Whole Tone
Major
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6. What is the augurs chord?
A dissonant chord
A suspended chord
A minor chord
A major chord
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What composition coincided with 1945, a turning point for music in a post-war era?
Britten's The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
Mahler's Symphony No. 5
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
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29. What was the second New England school?
The school founded by King George
A group of composers focused on preserving folk music traditions of New En
The school after the 1st New England school
A movement to have an American style of classical music
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15. What is gamelan?
A traditional instrumental ensemble of Indonesia
A traditional instrumental ensemble of China
A type of bird found in Indonesia
A type of food popular in Indonesia
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How did George Gershwin contribute to both Jazz and Classical music?
He wrote jazz-inspired works like Rhapsody in Blue
He composed exclusively in the classical genre
He focused solely on traditional jazz compositions
He avoided both jazz and classical music entirely
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20. What is a tone row?
A sequence of 13 different pitches used in 13 tone composition
A sequence of 13 different pitches used in 12 tone composition
A sequence of 12 different pitches used in 11 tone composition
A sequence of 12 different pitches used in 12 tone composition
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24. Was Schoenberg's music random?
Yes
No
Yes and No
Sometimes
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8. What other elements of ballet contributed to the discourse and upset reception of The Rite of Spring?
All of the above
Choreography
Set Design
Costumes
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How did recording technology affect composition and classical music during the 20th century?
Genres mixed faster, traveled faster, and evolved faster
It had no impact on classical music
It led to a decline in classical music popularity
It made classical music less accessible to the general public
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1. What Ballet had a riot start in the middle of the first performance?
Swan Lake
Sleeping Beauty
The Rite of Spring
The Nutcracker
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Why did Ravel refuse to teach George Gershwin classical composition?
Because he was too busy with his own compositions
Because he wanted to charge higher tuition fees
Because he thought Gershwin lacked talent
Because he didn’t want Gershwin’s sound to be crushed or changed

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