20th Century Test BDF

Which of the following is an expressionist composer?

The group of composers who use tone rows are the:

Neo-classical composers usually write program music.

Which group of composers is most likely to use tape/recorded sound rather than printed music in their compositions?

Before the internet, musicians were often "discovered" by playing shows live and touring.

In impressionist music, a composer's interest in ____ is the same as a painter's intersest in color.

The "Dean of American Music"; Used folk music in his compositions.

Between the 1920's and 1980's radio represented the way most people accessed music.

Arnold Schoenberg is known for being the father of expressionism.

Which of the following composers would be most likely to write absolute music?

George Gershwin is famous for an opera called Porgy and Bess.

The invention of this item led to what is known as electric recording.

Atonal music is very popular with concert audiences.

Invented in the 1870's, this represents the earliest form of recording.

The opposite of tonal is ___.

Which American composer brought jazz to the orchestra?

Impressionism began in what country?

Retrograde is the technique of writing a section of music backwards.

Which word best fits when describing music of the avant-garde and expressionists?

Which group of 20th century composers devised new systems of notation for their pieces?

A tone row uses all __ notes of the chromatic scale grouped according to a preconceived plan.

Which of the following is an impressionist composer?

Harmony based on fourths rather than the traditional third is called what?

Considered the most important composer of the 20th century.

Music written using tone rows will be:

When music is composed mixing multiple keys (tonal centers), it is said to be:

Rhapsody in Blue is a famous piece by George Gershwin.

Online peer to peer music program started by two college students in 1999.

Igor Stravinsky wrote music for very large orchestras (around 150 people.)

Fanfare for the Common Man was composed by Debussy.