MUTH 355 since 25 September, 2019

Question 1

Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht (transfigured night) of 1899 is

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a tone poem based on a poem by Richard Dehmel

Question 2

Olivier Messiaen held strong views about religion; he was

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Roman Catholic

Question 3

Charles Ives's composition teacher in college was

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Horatio Parker

Question 4

Charles Ives studied music at

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Yale University

Question 5

André Jolivet studied composition with

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Edgar[d] Varése

Question 6

Honegger's tone poem Pacific 231 is about a

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locomotive

Question 7

Appalachian Spring was written for

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Martha Graham

Question 8

Aaron Copland studied composition with

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all of these

Question 9

The "spokesperson" for Les six was

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Jean Cocteau

Question 10

How many movements does Arthur Honegger have in each of his five symphonies?

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three

Question 11

Copland's Third Symphony

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all of the above

Question 12

Charles Ives's father, George, was a

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band director

Question 13

How many movements in The Planets?

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seven

Question 14

An important student of Arnold Schönberg was

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Alban Berg

Question 15

In addition to being a composer, Anton Webern was a musicologist specializing in the music of

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Heinrich Isaac

Question 16

Arnold Schönberg studied composition with

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Alexander Zemlinsky

Question 17

Extensive information about Igor Stravinsky's biography and musical compositions has been published by

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Robert Craft

Question 18

Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire makes extensive use of

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Sprechstimme

Question 19

A succession of tone colors treated as a structure analogous to a melody is known as

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Klangfarbenmelodie

Question 20

Benjamin Britten's first and possibly most important composition teacher was

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Frank Bridge

Question 21

Pitch content in Messiaen's music is based upon the

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modes of limited transposition

Question 22

A masterpiece for an orchestra consisting exclusively of percussion instruments is

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Ionisation

Question 23

Messiaen's primary performance area was

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keyboard

Question 24

Hans Pfitzner composed on opera based on the life of the composer

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Question 25

The 1922 score of La creation du monde is noteworthy for

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all of the above

Question 26

An opera by Benjamin Britten is

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Peter Grimes

Question 27

A representative composition by Rubin Goldmark is his

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Negro Rhapsody

Question 28

Who composed the 114 Songs?

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Charles Ives

Question 29

Serge Koussevitzky was important for

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all of these

Question 30

What does col legno mean?

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with the wooden part of the bow

Question 31

Which poet was especially appealing to Ralph Vaughan Williams?

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Walt Whitman

Question 32

In 1945, the score of Appalachian Spring

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won the Pulitzer Prize

Question 33

How many acts in the opera Wozzeck?

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three

Question 34

The music of Inscape is based on

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twelve-tone composition

Question 35

In 1962, Copland composed Connotations for

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all of the above

Question 36

Benjamin Britten's partner Peter Pears was a

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tenor

Question 37

Carmina Burana is a composition by

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Carl Orff

Question 38

An unusual instrument frequently used by Messiaen is the

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ondes Martenot

Question 39

Who was not a member of La jeune France?

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Question 40

In Britten's War Requiem, the traditional Latin text is augmented with poems by

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Wilfred Owen

MUTH 355 since 25 September, 2019

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