Unit 6 Modern and Post Modern ch.24-27 - Quiz (2023)

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• 1. Multiple-choice

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  Which composer experimented with quarter-tone music?

  Ives

  Schoenberg

  Stravinsky

  Debussy

  Copland

• 2. Multiple-choice

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  This composer was born in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, experienced his early successes in Paris in the years immediately preceding WWI, and died in New York in 1971. During his career he created masterpieces in many different genres, and he personified the cultural pluralism and stylistic diversity of cutting-edge art music.

  Ives

  Stravinsky

  Varése

  Copland

  Schoenberg

• 3. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  This composer became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1983 and later the first individual to occupy the newly created Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. Royalties and commissions enable this composer to devote time exclusively to composition, unencumbered by teaching.

  Zwilich

  Shaw

  Ives

  Adams

  Cage

• 4. Multiple-choice

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  This composer was active between 1898 and 1917, but considering the art of composition a private matter, his/her works were rarely performed. Word of these unusual creations—s/he was the first to employ polytonality extensively—gradually spread in the 1930s and he/she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in music for a symphony that had been composed forty years earlier.

  Copland

  Ives

  Schoenberg

  Barber

  Varese

• 5. Multiple-choice

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  An advocate for what has come to be called “chance music,” this composer felt it was unnecessary for music to develop, climax, or be goal-oriented. One work consisted of amplifying and broadcasting the sounds resulting from chopping vegetables, grinding them up, and drinking the juice.

  Varèse

  Cage

  Adams

  Rouse

  Barber

• 6. Multiple-choice

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  As a young man, this composer came to the attention of Sergei Diaghilev, who made him the principal composer of the Ballets russe. His three most important ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring brought him international fame.

  Stravinsky

  Debussy

  Rouse

  Ravel

  Copland

• 7. Multiple-choice

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  This composer wrote Poème électronique for a multimedia exhibit inside the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. It is one of the first examples of musique concrète and a landmark in the history of synthetic music.

  Varèse

  Stravinsky

  Shaw

  Ives

  Adams

• 8. Multiple-choice

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  After a promising start—while a student he won the prestigious Prix de Rome for composition—he devoted his early years to honing his compositional skills and seeking an original style, yet at the age of 31 he noted with characteristic irony that he still had not written a masterpiece. A year later he did just that with his Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun.​

  Debussy

  Ravel

  Schoenberg

  Copland

  Varese

• 9. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  __________ decided against earning a livelihood in music and instead pursued a successful career in business, only composing after working hours. He founded a company with a friend in 1907, which eventually became the largest insurance company in the United States and made him a very wealthy man.​

  Varese

  Debussy

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  Ives

  Adams

  Cage

• 10. Multiple-choice

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  This composer was born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, where he was encouraged to compose in the twelve-tone style of Schoenberg. Listening to the Beatles at night, however, he developed a more eclectic musical style that blended classical with popular styles.

  Copland

  Adams

  Shaw

  Varese

  Barber

• 11. Multiple-choice

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  After graduation from music school, this composer worked as a freelance musician in New York City, but spending most time as a singer and composer for the Grammy-winning a cappella ensemble Roomful of Teeth, and at age 30 became the youngest composer to win with Pulitzer Prize for Music.

  Adams

  Copland

  Shaw

  Barber

  Rouse

• 12. Multiple-choice

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  This composer encountered gamelan music from Indonesia in 1889 while attending the International Exhibition in Paris and his music began to reflect the style of gamelan music: ostinatos, static harmonies, types of scales, and shimmering timbres.

  Cage

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  Debussy

  Ravel

  Ives

  Adams

• 13. Multiple-choice

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  This composer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and after receiving a rudimentary musical education in New York City he/she sailed for Paris to broaden his/her artistic horizons. After three years, he/she returned to the U. S., determined to compose a distinctly American style of music.

  Cage

  Zwilich

  Ives

  Copland

  Shaw

• 14. Multiple-choice

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  In the 1930s this composer began to make a deliberate appeal to ordinary citizens by working on a series of projects based on rural and western American ideas. His/her musical style is characterized by the use of folk songs and popular elements, tonal harmony, and a clear, luminous orchestration.

  Barber

  Shaw

  Ives

  Varese

  Copland

• 15. Multiple-choice

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  Which composition resulted in an audience riot during its premiere performance?

  Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

  Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire

  Cage, 4’33”

  Copland, Appalachian Spring

  Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

• 16. Multiple-choice

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  Although his career was spent almost entirely in Paris, he did embark on a brief concert tour of the United States. It was so successful that it provided financial security for the remainder of his life.​

  Stravinsky

  Debussy

  Ravel

  Cage

  Puccini

• 17. Multiple-choice

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  Which composer is associated with the terms atonal music, Sprechstimme, Expressionism, and twelve-tone composition?​

  Schoenberg

  Stravinsky

  Debussy

  Ives

  Cage

• 18. Multiple-choice

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  The term “Impressionism” was first associated with which particular art form?​

  poetry

  painting

  architecture

  dance

  music

• 19. Multiple-choice

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  Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun was based on a __________ by Stéphane Mallarmé.​

  poem

  ballet

  painting

  movie

  sculpture

• 20. Multiple-choice

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  What is the term for a scale in which half-steps are omitted?

  chromatic

  blues

  whole-tone

  daitonic

  parallel

• 21. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Select the answer that fits the term “parallel motion.”​

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  ​a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated constantly

  all the parts move together in the same direction

  the harmonious opposition of two or more independent musical lines

  melodic motion that proceeds primarily by steps and without leaps

  rapidly sliding up or down the scale

• 22. Multiple-choice

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  Which “exotic” culture influenced Debussy’s compositional choices in Voiles (Sails)?​

  China

  Indonesia

  Morocco

  Spain

  Turkey

• 23. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  The bracing, reactionary style that dominated classical music and the arts during the twentieth century is known as:​

  Cubism

  Expressionism

  Neo-Classicism

  Modernism

  Minimalism

• 24. Multiple-choice

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  An artistic style that dislocates reality into geometrical blocks and planes is known as:​

  Expressionism

  Impressionism

  Minimalism

  Cubism

  Modernism

• 25. Multiple-choice

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  Which statement accurately describes the Expressionist movement?​

  pitch, dynamics, and rhythm are organized according to a predetermined and continually repeating pattern

  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

  the reality of an object is replaced by the emotion it generates in the artist

  angular melody and discontinuous rhythm parallel the visual style of dislocating an object’s true form into geometrical blocks and planes

  all of the other choices

• 26. Multiple-choice

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  What process is used to construct a disjunct melodic line by placing the next note up or down an octave?​

  polyrhythm

  octave-displacement

  prepared piano

  double counterpoint

  atonal music

• 27. Multiple-choice

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  What is the term that describes when a pianist plays—usually with a fist or forearm—a dissonant sounding of several pitches, each only a half step away from the other, in a densely packed chord?​

  tone cluster

  11th chord

  polyrhythm

  tone row

  Rite chord

• 28. Multiple-choice

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  Which twentieth-century artistic movement emphasized the musical forms and size of ensemble that characterized eighteenth-century music?​

  Neo-classicism

  Impressionism

  Nationalism

  Expressionism

  Minimalism

• 29. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Music without a key center is considered:

  atonal

  chance music

  musique concrète

  Minimalism

  primitive

• 30. Multiple-choice

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  Identify the erroneous statement about Sprechstimme.​

  invented by Ives

  rhythmic values are precisely indicated

  the vocalist declaims the text rather than singing in a traditional manner

  evokes tremendous intensity, even to the point of hysteria

  pitch is only approximate

• 31. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  This Expressionist composition features Sprechstimme, avoids melodic repetition, and emphasizes dissonant harmony.​

  Voiles

  Pierrot lunaire

  The Rite of Spring

  Suite for Piano

  The Scream

• 32. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Compositions that place such elements as pitch, timbre, rhythm, and dynamics in a fixed order is called:​

  twelve-tone composition

  Expressionism

  serial music

  atonal music

  Cubism

• 33. Multiple-choice

  1 minute

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  1 pt

  Which idea best describes the purpose of twelve-tone music?​

  manipulating everyday sounds recorded on tape to form an unexpected sonic experience

  to create musical unity while guaranteeing the perfect equality of a pitches so that none seems like a tonal center

  elevating random noise to the level of art

  to eliminate time-honored compositional practices as well as modern technology and create works that are hypnotic in their effect

  to emphasize emotional states by conveying the fear and anxiety an object generates in the mind of the composer

• 34. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which composition was written using the twelve-tone method?​

  The Rite of Spring

  Boléro

  Concerto Grosso 1985

  Suite for Piano

  Romeo and Juliet

• 35. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  What is the term for art or music made up of disparate materials taken from very different places?​

  Expressionism

  Cubism

  Realism

  collage art

  Minimalism

• 36. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  The simultaneous sounding of two keys or tonalities is known as:​

  collage art

  Minimalism

  Twelve-Tone composition

  polychord

  polytonality

• 37. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which composition is a one-act ballet that tells the story of a pioneer celebration of spring in a newly built farmhouse in Pennsylvania in the early 1800s?​

  Appalachian Spring

  The Rite of Spring

  Bolero

  Fanfare for the Common Man

  Simple Gifts

• 38. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  The style of Zwilich’s Concerto Grosso 1985 can best be described as:​

  Minimalism

  twelve-tone

  Cubism

  Expressionism

  Neo-Classic

• 39. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  In the third movement of Concerto Grosso 1985, Zwilich borrowed and transformed a theme originally composed by:​

  Handel

  Bach

  Vivaldi

  Copland

  Mozart

• 40. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which movement is characterized by the following ideas: art is not for the elite, but for all; all art is of equal potential, so there is no “high” or “low” art; the art of one individual or culture is as important as the next.​

  Cubism

  Expressionism

  Primitivism

  Postmodernism

  Minimalism

• 41. Multiple-choice

  30 seconds

  1 pt

  Which composition uses musique concrète?​

  4’33”

  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

  Poème électronique

  Partita for 8 Voices

  Concerto Grosso 1985

• 42. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  What is the term for music in which the composer works directly with sounds recorded on magnetic tape rather than musical notation and performers?​

  musique concrète

  synthesizer music

  computer music

  sampling

  Sprechstimme

• 43. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Identify the term that describes when a performer extracts a small portion of pre-recorded music and then mechanically repeats it over and over as a musical backdrop to the text of a song. This often occurs in rap music.

  scratching

  musique concrète

  computer music

  synthesizer

  sampling

• 44. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which response does not apply to the “prepared piano”?​

  invented by John Cage

  screws, bolts, washers, erasers, and bits of felt and plastic are placed on the strings

  featured in the composition 4’33”

  turns the piano into a percussive instrument

  eliminates the melodic capability of the piano

• 45. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  This compositional method involves an element of unpredictability (rolling dice, choosing cards, etc.) or whimsy on the part of the performers.​

  Minimalism

  chance music

  twelve-tone composition

  Sprechstimme

  polytonality

• 46. Multiple-choice

  30 seconds

  1 pt

  Which composition consists of nothing but background sounds?​

  A Short Ride in a Fast Machine

  0’00”

  4’33”

  Amhrán from Concerto for Flute

  Poème électronique

• 47. Multiple-choice

  45 seconds

  1 pt

  This style of modern music takes a very small amount of musical material and repeats it over and over to form a composition.​

  Minimalism

  chance music

  twelve-tone composition

  Expressionism

  Cubism

• 48. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which definition is appropriate to melody?

  a series of notes arranged into a distinctive and recognizable musical unit

  an arrangement of pitches that ascend and descend in a fixed, unvarying pattern

  the movement of music through time

  a short, distinctive figure

  the element that adds depth and dimension to music

• 49. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Symbols that correspond to the black keys of the keyboard are known as:

  consonance and dissonance

  sharps and flats

  antecedents and consequents

  timbre and tone color

  motives and cadences

• 50. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Identify the culture that provided the primary inspiration for writers, artists, and architects during the Renaissance.​

  ancient Israel as recounted in the Bible

  ancient Egypt

  the Babylonian empire

  ancient Greece and Rome

  Islam and the Ottoman empire

• 51. Multiple-choice

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  Which term designates a composition sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment?​

  counterpoint

  falsetto

  castrato

  discant

  a cappella

• 52. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Musically heightened speech that relates the action or dramatic narrative to the audience is called __________. The text is usually in prose rather than poetic meter and the musical setting mirrors the natural rhythms of everyday speech.​

  ritornello

  aria

  libretto

  recitative

  cantata

• 53. Multiple-choice

  30 seconds

  1 pt

  This singing style expresses feeling or emotion rather than narrating the drama’s action.

  chorale

  cantata

  aria

  recitative

  madrigal

• 54. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which musical instrument did young women of the Classical era usually choose to learn in order to demonstrate that they possessed status and gentility?

  cello

  piano

  violin

  trumpet

  guitar

• 55. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  Which European capital city was the influential center of Classical style?​

  London

  Paris

  Athens

  Salzburg

  Vienna

• 56. Multiple-choice

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  1 pt

  What is an art song?​

  a song accompanied by piano with artistic aspirations

  the concluding fast aria of any two- or three-section operatic scene

  the repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience

  a song originating from an ethnic group and passed from generation to generation by oral tradition

  a popular genre of secular vocal music that originated in Italy in which four or five voices sing love poems