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40 Cards in this Set
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The American composer who directed the United States Marine Band, wrote many famous marches for band, and eventually became known as the "March King."
a. William Billings b. John Philip Sousa c. Theodore Thomas d. Thomas Hardy |
b. John Philip Sousa
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_____ featured the antics of white men in black face imitating plantation songs and dances.
a. Minstrel shows b. Vaudeville c. Burlesque d. Revues |
a. Minstrel shows
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____ was a brilliant American pianist, a member of the Second New England School of composers, who is remembered today for impressive compositions for various solo and combined instruments.
a. Amy Beach b. Dudley Buck c. Lowell Mason d. Louis Gottschalk |
a. Amy Beach
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____ studied painting and music in Paris, completed his music education in Germany, and returned to America to teach, perform, and write music, becoming the first director of the new music department at Columbia University in 1896.
a. Amy Beach b. Dudley Buck c. Louis Gottschalk d. Edward MacDowell |
d. Edward MacDowell
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____, a leader of Post-Romantic composers, was strongly influenced by both Romanticism of Wagner and the Classicism of Mozart.
a. Alban Berg b. Gustav Mahler c. Igor Stravinsky d. Richard Strauss |
d. Richard Strauss
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____, best known for his powerful symphonies, used a huge orchestra and extensive range of orchestral colors.
a. Alban Berg b. Gustav Mahler c. Igor Stravinsky d. Richard Strauss |
b. Gustav Mahler
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Music in which there is no dominance of or momentum toward a tonic pitch, like that written by Schoenberg, is called
a. tonal b. modal c. atonal d. bitonal |
c. atonal
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In 1912, Schoenberg wrote a ____ called Pierrot Lunaire (The Moonstruck Pierrot).
a. song cycle b. symphony c. quartet d. musical |
a. song cycle
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Sprechstimme is
a. the German term for Impressionism b. a vocal technique using expressive glides from one inexact note to another c. an opera composed by Schoenberg d. the term Schoenberg preferred to atonality |
b. a vocal technique using expressive glides from one inexact note to another
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The first and greatest Impressionistic composer was
a. Maurice Ravel b. Claude Debussy c. Charles Griffes d. Igor Stravinsky |
b. Claude Debussy
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____, an Impressionistic composer, was primarily a classicist who used clearly defined melodic phrases, strong rhythms, and functional harmonies based on traditional key relationships.
a. Igor Stravinsky b. Charles Griffes c. Claude Debussy d. Maurice Ravel |
d. Maurice Ravel
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The Rite of Spring was a revolutionary ballet score about
a. the beauty of springtime b. an Easter celebration in medieval Paris c. a brutal human sacrifice to appease primitive gods in pagan Russia d. none of the above |
c. a brutal human sacrifice to appease primitive gods in pagan Russia
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Many 20th century melodies are ____ in contour, when compared to melodies of the Romantic period.
a. conjunct b. angular c. circular d. bell-shaped |
b. angular
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It is the ____ of much 20th century music that many listeners find particularly challenging.
a. disjunct form b. conjunct motion c. consonant melodies d. dissonant harmonies |
d. dissonant harmonies
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When two or more meters are combined at one time, the technique is called
a. polychoral b. polyrhythm c. polymeter d. polyphony |
c. polymeter
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Interest in the qualities and effects of sound around the middle of the 20th century led to the invention of the electronic
a. piano b. organ c. computer d. synthesizer |
d. synthesizer
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The 20th century orchestra is generally ____ than in the Romantic period.
a. smaller b. larger c. more emotional d. none of the above |
a. smaller
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Some 20th century composers, inspired by jazz techniques, require instrumentalists to perform ____, expressive slides from one tone to another.
a. arpeggios b. glissandos c. staccatos d. portatos |
b. glissandos
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The 20th century has witnessed a renewed appreciation for ____ texture.
a. monophonic b. polyphonic c. homophonic d. heterophonic |
b. polyphonic
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The return to classical interests has led many composers to rely upon principles of ____ music.
a. absolute b. program c. experimental d. synthesized |
a. absolute
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During the 20th century, the most influential development was ____ 12 tone technique, which many composers have adapted to their own personal styles of composition.
a. Alban Berg's b. Anton Weber's c. Edgard Varese's d. Arnold Schoenberg's |
d. Arnold Schoenberg's
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The 12 tone technique was actually a logical extension of the extreme ____ used by Wagner in Tristan und Isolde.
a. symbolism b. serialism c. pointilism d. chromaticism |
d. chromaticism
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Webern's distinct separation of sounds is reminiscent of the visual technique called
a. serialism b. primitivism c. pointilism d. expressionism |
c. pointilism
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An inventive nature, plus an unconventional upbringing, destined ____ to become an Experimentalist who made his living selling insurance.
a. John Cage b. Alban Berg c. Charles Ives d. Henry Cowell |
c. Charles Ives
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____, born in California and reared in an atmosphere that precluded allegiance to musical orthodoxy, loved Oriental music and modal church music, country fiddle tunes, early American hymns, and Irish folk tunes.
a. John Cage b. Alban Berg c. Charles Ives d. Henry Cowell |
d. Henry Cowell
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____ conducted far-reaching experiments that extended the range of timbres that may be produced by a grand piano.
a. Edgard Varese b. Alban Berg c. Charles Ives d. Henry Cowell |
d. Henry Cowell
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Of all elements of music, ____ most appealed to Edgard Varese, who was interested in the physics as well as the aesthetics of sound.
a. pitch b. timbre c. melody d. rhythm |
b. timbre
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An instrument that allows a composer to produce imitative, altered, or original sounds is called a(n)
a. theremin b. organizer c. synthesizer d. rhythmicon |
c. synthesizer
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Milton Babbitt wrote
a. The Tides of Mananaun b. The Unanswered Question c. Variations for Orchestra d. Ensembles for Synthesizer |
d. Ensembles for Synthesizer
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John Cage wrote random music to be "played" by several radios. The title of this composition is
a. The Tides of Mananaun b. Sunday Afternoon Radio c. The Unanswered Question d. Imaginary Landscape no. 1 |
d. Imaginary Landscape no. 1
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____ studied composition with three important revolutionaries: Schoenberg, Varese, and Cowell.
a. John Cage b. Alban Berg c. Charles Ives d. Henry Cowell |
a. John Cage
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____ composers share the conviction that Western music should evolve in an orderly and logical manner.
a. Dadaist b. Modernists c. Mainstream d. Avant-garde |
c. Mainstream
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Two works that illustrate the use of Medieval concepts are Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Carl Orff's
a. Carmina Burana b. Mathis der Maler c. Symphony of Psalms d. Kleine Kammermusik |
a. Carmina Burana
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The field of ____ is the scientific study of music.
a. musicology b. ophthalmology c. Neoclassicism d. ethnomusicology |
a. musicology
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The study of music of specific cultures is the science of
a. musicology b. ophthamology c. Neoclassicism d. ethnomusicology |
d. ethnomusicology
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In addition to his talents as a composer and scholar, Bartok was also an accomplished
a. violinist b. pianist c. music critic d. composition teacher |
b. pianist
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The father of the 20th century Neoclassicism is
a. Carl Orff b. Henry Cowell c. Aaron Copland d. Igor Stravinsky |
d. Igor Stravinsky
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In the early 1920s, ____ led the first generation of American composers determined to devote their professional lives to writing music.
a. Carl Orff b. Henry Cowell c. Aaron Copland d. Benjamin Britten |
c. Aaron Copland
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Philip Glass has evolved a style of music which is sometimes referred to as
a. Symbolism b. Serialism c. Minimalism d. Primitivism |
c. Minimalism
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____ was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1983.
a. Nadia Boulanger b. Libby Larsen c. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich d. Pauline Oliveros |
c. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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