Duplicate of 20th Century Test 3 BDF and 8 ACE

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

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

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

Rhapsody in Blue is a famous piece by George Gershwin.

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

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

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

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

Atonal music is very popular with concert audiences.

Which of the following is an impressionist composer?

Which American composer brought jazz to the orchestra?

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

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

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

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

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

Online peer to peer music program started by 2 college students in 1999.

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

Neo-classical composers usually wrote program music.

The group of composers who use tone rows are the:

Impressionism began in what country?

Which of the following is an expressionist composer?

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

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

Fanfare for the Common Man was composed by Debussy.

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

Considered the most important composer of the 20th century.

Arnold Schoenberg is known for being the father of expressionism.

The opposite of tonal is ____.

Music written using tone rows will be: