Postmodernism

Postmodern music embraced mass media.

Prior to performance for prepared piano, materials are inserted between the strings at random

Bernstein rose to prominence as:

Which of the following does NOT characterize neo-Romanticism?

The synthesizer is capable of:

Music can help create a sense of place and time in films.

The definition of postmodern in music is simpler than in other art forms.

Repetition is an important element of minimalism.

Neo-Romanticism rejects non-Western influences

The use of leitmotifs in the Star Wars films does NOT mirror that in Wagner’s Ring cycle

Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?

What is process music?

All of John Adams’s best-known operas are based on historical events

Which of the following does NOT characterize postmodernism?

Film music that contradicts mood of a scene is referred to as “running counter to the action.”

Which of the following musicals was NOT produced after 1950?

The musical has remained exclusively an American art form.

Which of the following operas was the inspiration for Jonathan Larson’s rock opera Rent?

Show Boat helped usher in the golden age of American musicals.

Spiritual minimalism is characterized by a strong rhythmic pulse

American musical theater developed out of the European comic opera or operetta tradition.

Program music has continued to be prominent in recent music composition.

John Adams can be considered a post-minimalist composer

Which of the following is a musical by the British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Leonard Bernstein composed both popular and art music.

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

Why is music important to motion pictures?

West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Skakespeare's:

Andy Warhol’s style of art is best described as:

Which of the following is an example of a rock musical?

New-wave cinema reflects postmodern ideas.

With which contemporary movement is the composer John Cage linked?