Which statement best describes Cage’s philosophy of music?

Everything in the world around us is music.

John Cage wrote 4’33” because he wanted his audience to __________.

think of why some sounds are considered music&others are not

In Sonatas and Interludes, Cage’s instructions for preparing the piano __________.

are specific/precise regarding both placement&type of object

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Part 6: Chapter 58 Bernstein & Chapter 59 Cage

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1
American musical theater developed out of the European comic opera or operetta tradition.
False
True
2
Placing objects such as nuts and bolts on the piano strings is called __________.
gamelan piano
pianistic preparation
prepared piano
premade piano
3
What gives the orchestration from West Side Story a Latin-American character?
neither of these
syncopated dance rhythms
Latin-American percussion instruments
both of these
4
Which famous choreographer is responsible for the dance sequences in West Side Story?
Alvin Ailey
Agnes de Mille
Martha Graham
Jerome Robbins
5
Who wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side Story?
Arthur Laurents
Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim
Jerome Robbins
6
Bernstein's West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets & Montagues to a feud between:
Los Angeles street gangs
the Jets and the Sharks
adolescents and the police
Jews and Catholics
7
Although radical in many ways, “Sonata II” does have a relatively conventional __________.
timbre
instrumentation
form
tonality
8
Which statement best describes Cage’s philosophy of music?
The composer is the high priest of art.
Everything in the world around us is music.
The purpose of music is to reveal inner truth.
Music is the most important of all the arts.
9
Leonard Bernstein achieved fame as the first American-born conductor of the:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera
New York Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmonic
10
What is the literary basis for West Side Story?
Gabriel Garcia Márquez's Life in the Time of Cholera
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
11
Which of the following is NOT true of Bernstein's West Side Story?
It has a number of elaborate dance segments.
It has a happy ending.
It has memorable songs that recur in the musical.
It incorporates jazz and Latin American rhythms.
12
John Cage wrote 4’33” because he wanted his audience to __________.
cleanse their aural palette before next piece on program
experience the meditative state of Zen Buddhism
realize how rare silence has become in the modern world
think of why some sounds are considered music&others are not
13
What is the overall structure of the song "Tonight?"
strophic
A-A-B-A
through-composed
sonata-allegro
14
In Sonatas and Interludes, Cage’s instructions for preparing the piano __________.
are ambiguous in places but specific in others
detail which objects to be used, not where they are placed
are specific/precise regarding both placement&type of object
encourage the performer to experiment with different sounds

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