24 Redo Modern Period- Fix Composers

Question 1

A multimedia genre featuring spoken dialogue, and a dramatic plot interspersed with songs, ensemble numbers, and dancing

Accepted Answer

Musical Theater

Question 2

He is the most famous film composer and his melodies have become a part of our music history and culture.

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Williams

Question 3

He worked in the theater and in popular music with his brother Ira who was a lyricist.

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George Gershwin

Question 4

Which two ensembles are the main way Jazz music is played.

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Combos and Big Bands

Question 5

In film music, what is underscoring?

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music coming from an unseen source (the background music)

Question 6

Which period is characterized by ornate/ornamental music; figured bass; the harpsichord and beginning of opera

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Baroque

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a subgenre of Jazz.

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Classical

Question 8

What are some of the original influences of musical theater?

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Operetta and Vaudeville

Question 9

He was the first big Jazz star, he played trumpet had a very distinctive voice. He influenced singers and wind players.

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Armstrong

Question 10

What are Jazz's two main influences?

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African and European Music

Question 11

He was one of the most recognizable composers & leaders of the avant garde wrote 3 major ballets- the Rite of Spring

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Stravinsky

Question 12

This period is high emotion linking poetry literature and music a fascination with nature, nationalism and exotic locals

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Romantic

Question 13

He was extremely experimental, including introducing prepared piano aun the use of chance.

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Cage

Question 14

A return to the classical elements, especially absolute music

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Neoclassical

Question 15

He writes in all the genres, his most famous works include the musicals West Side Story and Candide and his Mass.

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Bernstein

Question 16

Rejecting the framework of key- all 12 tones have equal importance. There is no homebase

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Atonal

Question 17

In film music, what is Source Music?

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Source: Music that functions as part of the drama itself (the radio a band)

Question 18

His famous film scores include: ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter

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Williams

Question 19

New and unusual or experimental ideas

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Avant Garde

Question 20

He wanted to create the best music he could, establish American Classical Music, he didn't play alot of Avante Garde

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Copland

Question 21

Which period is characterized by: mostly sacred music, monophonic and polyphonic texture, is melismatic and uses latin.

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Middle Ages

Question 22

Modern composers changed music by moving into tonality and embracing dissonance.

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True

Question 23

This period is characterized by a gulf between art & vernacular Jazz more multimedia & creating new avant garde music.

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Modern

Question 24

Method of composing w/ 12 tones related only to each other. Each pitch must be used once before pitches can be repeated.

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Dodecaphonic

Question 25

He is one of the transitional composers between the Romantic and Modern periods. He was a pianist composer and conductor

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Stravinsky

Question 26

He started to blend classical style with the style and techniques of pop music and jazz

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George Gershwin

Question 27

Which period is about Structure Balance Form, dominated by 3 composers, uses large scale forms for thematic development

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Classical

Question 28

He created the Dodecaphonic System- or the 12 tone system, that changed the tonality/harmony structure of music.

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Schoenberg

Question 29

She was a Jazz artist called the First Lady of Song, was the best scat singer, and performed with the biggest names.

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Fitzgerald

Question 30

He broadcasted the Young People’s Concerts which exposed people all over the country to how music works and

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Bernstein

Question 31

Where does Jazz develop?

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New Orleans

Question 32

They were some of the first to make sure that the music and dancing helped tell the story in musical theater

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Rodgers and Hamerstein

Question 33

His career goes for more than 50 years, he tours for most of his life and is called Ambassador Satch.

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Armstrong

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT one of the characterics of Jazz?

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Lots of string instruments

Question 35

Musical plots must come from classic literature.

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False

Question 36

In the modern period the gap between art music and popular music widens.

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True

Question 37

He was a Jazz Band Leader, composed, played piano, and helped manage his band. He also wrote Classical music

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Ellington

Question 38

He Captured the feeling of the American Spirit and the American Old West better than just about any other composer.

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Copland

Question 39

He was an American composer and conductor He traveled all over the world conducting, conducted the New York Philharmonic

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Bernstein

Question 40

He believed strongly in the idea of Peace.

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Bernstein

Question 41

This period is characterized by choral music Polyphonic texture growth of instrumental music, the text is more important

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Renaissance

Question 42

He believed strongly in silence’s place in music.

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Cage

Question 43

He created Scat singing and turned Jazz into a more soloistic style.

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Armstrong

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