Quiz #5 - 20th Century Quiz_ MUHI
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after emigrating to the US, two years before he died.
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while doing field work with his fellow composer, Kodály.
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Question 2
In what way is John Cage’s
4'33"
unusual?
It is meant to be performed on instruments designed by Partch.
There is no musical content.
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It is written for toy piano.
Vegetables are used as instruments.
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Question 3
Neo-Classical composers revered and emulated the music of
Beethoven and Wagner.
sixteenth-century composers.
eighteenth-century composers.
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composers of the Second Viennese School.
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Question 4
John Cage’s interests included
the role of silence in music.
the opposition between music and noise.
non-Western scales.
All answers are correct.
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Question 5
Who is most associated with chance music?
Aaron Copland
John Cage
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Silvestre Revueltas
George Crumb
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Question 6
Which elements are NOT associated with the music of Charles Ives?
harsh dissonance
lush, Romantic harmonies
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polyrhythms
All answers are correct.
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Question 7
Tin Pan Alley song pluggers
were musicians in black face selling minstrel songs.
demonstrated and sold sheet music.
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specialized in singing spirituals.
were vaudeville entertainers.
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Question 8
Which is NOT a musical characteristic of minimalism?
consonant harmonies
gradual changes in patterns
patterns repeated over and over
use of serial technique
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Question 9
Which describes Steve Reich’s musical style?
neo-Romantic
abstract-Expressionist
minimalist
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aleatoric
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Question 10
Composers of phase music took advantage of magnetic tape recording technologies developed
at the turn of the twentieth century.
during WWI.
during WWII.
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in the late 1960s.
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Question 11
John Cage experimented with chance, or _______, music.
aleatoric
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unprepared
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microtonal
clustered
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Question 12
How was
Rhapsody in Blue
received at its premiere?
A near riot broke out.
Critics did not take notice of the event.
The work was received well by the audience, but panned by the critics.
The work was hailed as a highlight of the concert.
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Question 13
Which does not occur in the
Wozzeck
story line?
Wozzeck and Marie get married.
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Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
Wozzeck drowns.
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Question 14
Charles Ives was a(n) ______ composer.
primitivist
post-Impressionist
American modernist
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post-Romantic
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Question 15
While in Paris during his early twenties, Copland studied with
Nadia Boulanger.
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Claude Debussy.
Maurice Ravel.
Igor Stravinsky.
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Question 16
Minimalism is a more developed style that is influenced by process music.
True
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False
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Question 17
Which describes Copland’s compositional aim?
compositions designed for wide appeal
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inspire other modernist composers
give a voice to the music of immigrant populations
elevate jazz
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Question 18
Upon receiving wider recognition of his music, Ives was proclaimed as the
“March King” of America.
“jazz master.”
“modern master.”
the “grand old man” of American music.
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Question 19
In what way was the creation of
Rhapsody in Blue
a collaborative effort?
George Gershwin’s brother Ira played the piano solo at the premiere.
Ira Gershwin arranged George’s sketches for Whiteman’s band.
Ira Gershwin conducted, George Gershwin played the piano solo.
Ferde Grofé took Gershwin’s musical sketches and arranged them for Whiteman’s band.
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Question 20
George Crumb is considered to be a(n) ______ composer.
traditionalist
avant-garde
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symphonic
nationalist
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Question 21
Who established a system to give all twelve tones of the chromatic scale equal importance?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arnold Schoenberg
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Claude Debussy
Nadia Boulanger
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Question 22
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
polytonal.
polyphonic.
atonal.
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multiphonic.
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Question 23
The Soviet government rejected the principles of modernism and expected composers to produce works that
were accessible to the public.
True
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False
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Question 24
The Rite of Spring
can be described as all of the following
except
avant-garde.
neo-Classical.
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modernist.
primitivist.
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Question 25
Serge Diaghilev was impresario for which Paris-based dance company?
Ballets Russes
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Ballets Paris
The Paris Modern Dance Troupe
National Dance Theatre of Paris
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Question 26
Berg’s
Wozzeck
is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
postmodernist
Impressionist
Expressionist
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Dadaist
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Question 27
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The melody, “Simple Gifts,” heard in
Appalachian Spring
, comes from the ______ tradition.
Amish
Shaker
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Catholic
Lutheran
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Question 28
All of the statements about Dmitri Shostakovich's music are true, EXCEPT:
his music is rooted in tonality
his music has sudden shifts in mood or character
he experimented with form or rhythm
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he wrote for nearly every genre of music
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Question 29
In
Wozzeck
, the title character has hallucinations and is the subject of experimentation by his superiors.
True
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False
Quiz Score:
27
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