Webern's Quartet (Op 22) is scored for which four instruments?

Clarinet, Saxophone, Violin and Piano

Where, when and why was the music of the Second Viennese School banned?

Germany, WW2 because it was considered to promote communism

Which of these features is NOT typically associated with expressionism

lyrical melodies with a small tessitura

Webern's music was slightly different to Schoenberg's in that it...

was MORE strict in following Serialist rules

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Expressionism & Serialism

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1
Schoenberg, Berg & Webern formed the Second Viennese School, but where did Expressionism begin?
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
2
Expressionism is generally considered to have started...
c. 1930
c. 1910
c. 1920
c. 1940
3
Expressionism is otherwise known as...
Abstract Music
Impressionism
Free Atonality
Serialism
4
Which of these is NOT considered an expressionist composer?
Arnold Schoenberg
Carl Maria von Weber
Alban Berg
Anton Webern
5
Which of these composers did NOT write music in a Serialist style
Philip Glass
Aaron Copland
Luciano Berio
Igor Stravinsky
6
Serialist music often linked back to the Classical period through its use of...
Dynamics
Texture
Structure
Tonality
7
Webern's Quartet (Op 22) is scored for which four instruments?
Clarinet, Saxophone, Cello and Piano
Clarinet, Trombone, Violin and Piano
Clarinet, Saxophone, Violin and Piano
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
8
In Serialism, reversing the Prime Row (playing it backwards) is otherwise known as the...
Retrograde
Retrograde Inversion
Transposition
Inversion
9
Where, when and why was the music of the Second Viennese School banned?
Germany, WW1 because it was unpopular with the public
Germany, WW2 because it was unpopular with the public
Germany, WW2 because it was considered to promote communism
Germany, WW2 because it was considered to promote communism
10
Which of these features is NOT typically associated with expressionism
extreme contrasts of dynamics
high level of dissonance
lyrical melodies with a small tessitura
constant changing of textures
11
Webern's music was slightly different to Schoenberg's in that it...
was LESS strict in following Serialist rules
was MORE strict in following Serialist rules
was typically written for FEWER instruments
was typically written for MORE instruments
12
Serialism is otherwise known as...
Free Atonality
Twelve Tone Music
Minimalism
Impressionism

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