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1
In terms of harmony, "Knee Play 1" __________.
uses a ritornello structure
shifts dramatically among far-removed key areas
is atonal, avoiding any key center
follows a simple harmonic progression based on only three chords
2
Perhaps the single most remarkable aspect of music in the twentieth century is that for the first time, __________.
the piano became a fixture in the home
concert tickets were affordable to the middle class
everyone could read music
listeners could hear music when and where they wanted to hear it
3
What is the form of Cage's Sonata II?
rondo
binary
theme and variations
ternary
4
Cage once declared which of the following?
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture."
"There is no such thing as music."
"Everything we do is music."
"Silence is music and music is life."
5
How have well-established genres like opera and the concerto changed from their inception to the 20th century?
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6
Voiles
provides the listener with __________.
a clear-cut programmatic narrative
almost no sense of a fixed metrical pattern
a basic harmonic progression that repeats throughout
a strong, march-like sense of rhythm
7
Which compositional styles did Stravinsky use to reinvent himself after his Russian period?
Neoclassicism and Indeterminacy
Neoclassicism and 12-tone music
Impressionism and 12-tone music
Expressionism and Jazz
8
The polytonality in The Rite of Spring creates__________.
pleasing consonance
a peaceful mood
extreme dissonance
an evocation of modern life
9
In 12-tone composition, rows could be written __________.
to provide a strong sense of tonality
in mirror form, or inverted
based on Gregorian chant
in spiral form
10
Why was Copland not identified on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 when his
Lincoln Portrait
was performed?
a disagreement about broadcast royalties
anti-communist sentiment during the McCarthy era
Copland's unpopularity due to his modernist compositional style
due to the piece being published anonymously
11
How does Schoenberg musically depict Pierrot's anguish in "Columbine"?
a slow, dirge-like texture
long notes of extremely high pitch
short notes, often broken by short pauses
harsh percussion
12
Arnold Schoenberg __________.
an Austrian by birth who emigrated to the U.S. when the Nazis assumed power
was born Christian, converted to Judaism, and then returned to Christianity
settled in Boston and taught for many years at Harvard
kept his 12-tone compositional method a secret his entire life
13
Debussys relation to the artistic mvmt known as___ helps give his music the quality of "suggesting rather than stating."
Romanticism
Serialism
Impressionism
Expressionism
14
Why did Ned Rorem describe Leonard Bernstein's career as "four lives in one"?
Bernstein was accomplished as a conductor, composer, pianist, and educator.
Bernstein was famous for never sleeping.
Bernstein lived almost four times as long as normal people.
Bernstein was almost killed in three different automobile accidents.
15
Which orchestra commissioned Bartok's
Concerto for Orchestra
?
Vienna Philharmonic
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Budapest Philharmonic
Royal Philharmonic in London
16
The opening melody, and the one that keeps returning in "Hoe-Down," is a traditional fiddle tune called __________.
"Dancin' at the Savoy"
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
"The Wild West"
"Classical Country"
17
In terms of harmony, "Knee Play 1" __________.
follows a simple harmonic progression based on only three chords
uses a ritornello structure
shifts dramatically among far-removed key areas
is atonal, avoiding any key center
18
Debussy was intent on exploring musical timbre in much the same way that __________.
the French symbolist poets explored sound for sound's sake
French chefs explored the art of cooking perfection
Dvořák wrote about the New World
Christopher Columbus explored the New World
19
In their pursuit of innovation, Modernist composers __________.
generally shunned electronically generated sounds
wrote works without a tonal center or clear sense of meter
avoided incorporating sounds from the music of non-Western cultures
always rejected the past
20
Cage's Sonata II uses __________.
a surprisingly old-fashioned periodic phrase structure
electronic amplification
an ensemble of four performers to articulate its complex cross-rhythms
modernist serial techniques
21
Pick two artistic movements from the 20th century and compare and contrast. Name specific composers, time periods, etc.
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