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Hughes' Cage(d) Quiz
Hughes' Cage(d) Quiz
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Mr Hughes is trapped at home. Can you help him escape by answering the following questions
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1
What metre is the John Cage piece in?
Simple Duple Time
Simple Quadruple Time
Simple Triple Time
Compound Duple Time
2
Which dance by Cunningham did devise for Dance No 1 of Three Dances for 2 Prepared pianos?
Swan Lake (1950)
Dromenon (in 1947)
Bacchanale (1940)
The Rite of Spring (1913)
3
How many times does the 7 crotchet ostinato repeat from the start?
5
4
2
3
4
Which minimalist techniques features in this work?
Functional harmony
Sideways motion
Note addition/subtraction
Metrical shifting
5
Which non-western styles of music fascinated Cage?
All of the above
African Drumming
Indonesian Gamelan
North Indian Classical Music
6
What does the term
una corda
mean?
Use the soft pedal
Wear 70s trousers with only one leg
A single triad
Use one pedal
7
What are the most common note values throughout the piece?
Crotchets and quavers
Crotchets and minims
Crotchets and semiquavers
Quavers and semiquavers
8
Cage was known for the movement known as......?
Expressionism
Impressionism
Surrealism
Experimentalism
9
What is the bpm of Dance No. 1
88 crotchet beats per minute
88 minim beats per minute
98 minim beats per minute
98 crotchet beats per minute
10
In which year was 'Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos' composed?
1934
1944
1964
1954
11
What
should
the bpm be?
crotchet = 88
quaver = 88
semi-quaver = 88
minim = 88
12
John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes is for
prepared piano
Moog synthesizer
100 radios
any combination of instruments and voices
13
In what year was John Cage born?
1812
1912
1992
1952
14
What aspects did Cage concentrate on when composing music?
tonality
rhythm
sonorities
harmony
15
What does
moto perpetuo
mean and why might it apply to this piece?
There is much repetition of musical motifs in the piece
Quavers are heard almost all of the time
A continuous stream of notes, usually at a rapid tempo
Most of the piece is repeated a number of times
16
In which century did Cage compose?
18th
21st
20th
19th
