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Review 03: Impressionism, Modernism, and Postmodernism
Review 03: Impressionism, Modernism, and Postmodernism
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1
A/ an _________ is a chord of many pitches only a half step or whole step apart
Triad
Octave Displacement
Tone Cluster
Consonance
2
The book-end dates of the Modern Era are:
c. 1945 - Present
c. 1880 - c. 1920
c. 1820 - 1914
c. 1900 - c. 1985
3
Atonal music is music that lacks a tonal center/ home key signature.
True
False
4
Edgard Varese composed ___________ music.
Electronic
Impressionist
Minimalist
Chamber
5
Impressionism first began in France in the Visual Arts.
True
False
6
Which of the following is NOT a main value of Impressionist Music?
Interest in incredibly specific detail
More interested in tone color/ timbre than melody/ harmony
Interest in capturing the aura of a scene or feeling
Rebellion of Romantic-Era values
7
Edgard Varese experimented with computerized (or synthesized) sound in music.
True
False
8
Which of the following is NOT a value of Postmodern Music?
A need to rebel against previous forms/ conventions/ genres
Re-examination of what is considered music, what is considered noise.
Anything and everything can be considered Art
High levels of experimentation
9
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Minimalist Music?
Tonal
Short, simple melodic segments
Highly repetitive
Meant to tell a specific story
10
Music is a reflection of a given place and time in history.
False
True
11
______ is when a melody contains many large leaps:
Disjunct
Conjunt
Phrase
Cadence
12
The book-end dates of the Impressionist Era are:
c. 1945 - Present
c. 1900 - c. 1985
c. 1820 - 1914
c. 1880 - c. 1920
13
Which of the following is NOT a main value of Modern Music?
Melodies are extremely disjunct
"Emancipaton of the Dissonance"
Harmonies are simple and tonal
Rejection of formal practices, conventions, and genres
14
This type of music is meant to be listened to actively (not passively):
Folk Music
Art Music
World Music
Popular Music
15
______ are any non-conventional way of producing sound on a musical instrument
Chromatic runs
Extended techniques
Etudes
Sonatas
16
Developments in Music and the Arts in the 1900s were highly influenced by WWI and WWII.
True
False
17
What does "Emancipation of the Dissonance" mean?
Dissonant, or unstable, chords are used more freely
Classical-era harmonies are valued again
Melodies are increasingly conjunct
Music is written to be highly tonal
18
Which of the following IS an element of Active Listening, in Music?
Your response (emotional) to the piece
Use of dynamics
All of the above
Basic elements of melody, harmony, and rhythm
19
Which of the following composers IS a Neo-Classical Composer?
John Adams
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Charles Ives
20
The tonic-dominant-tonic relationship is:
A type of musical phrase
Two important harmonies/ chords that firmly establish a tonal center
The idea that melody is most important in shaping musical form
A focs on rhythmic development in a piece of music
21
______ is a system of organization in music in which each of the 12 pitches are used in a fixed order.
Serialism
Atonal Music
Twelve-Tone Music
Experimentalism
22
If a melody is disjunct, it means it is easily singable.
True
False
23
Which of the following is a difference between Classicism and Neo-Classicism?
Clear musical form
New, experimental harmonies
Regular, balanced phrases
Logic and order
24
Atonality and Serialism all emerge during the Modern Era.
True
False
25
Which of the following composers IS an Impressionist Composer?
John Adams
Charles Ives
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
26
______ are the years of World War I:
1920-1924
1912-1916
1900-1904
1914-1918
27
The book-end dates of the Postmodern Era are:
c. 1820 - 1914
c. 1900 - c. 1985
c. 1945 - Present
c. 1880 - c. 1920
