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36 Cards in this Set
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What is the jazz music of the 1930s called that used a 15+ piece ensemble? |
swing band |
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Name one of the 'front line' instruments in New Orleans jazz. |
trumpet |
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What is the name of the first talking picture show? |
The Jazz Singer |
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Stravinsky: What would be the classification of the solo piano piece? |
neoclassicism |
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Which of the following books has Hindemith's ear-training? |
Elementary training for Musicians |
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Name one of de Falla's ballets |
The three cornered hat, love magician |
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What is the term used to describe the "texts set to music" in a musical? |
lyrics |
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Give the last name of one of the literary figures mentioned in the textbook. |
T.S. Elliot, Steinbeck. |
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Which phrase would best describe a revue? |
A complete show made up of musical numbers performed by many people. |
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Stravinsky: What would be the classification of the tenor voice piece? |
serialism |
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Of the following which one is the Monteverdi scholar? |
Orff |
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How many movements in the Carlos Chavez piece that we listened to? |
one |
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Glenn _____ was one of the 1930s big band leaders mentioned in the textbook. |
Miller |
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Paul _____ was one of the 1920s big band leaders mentioned. |
Whiteman |
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Who was the author of politically-engaged plays? |
Brecht |
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Stravinsky: What was the key of the solo piano piece? |
A |
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How would you classify Karg-Elert? |
neo-baroque |
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What was the Chavez piece that we listened to? |
symphony |
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What is the term to describe the "spoken words of the play" in a musical? |
book |
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What is the slang term for the velvet-smooth singers in early recordings? |
crooners |
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Name one of the 1930s artists who portrayed social conditions in Germany of Mexico or the U.S |
Grosz. Rivera. Benton |
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Of the following, which lecture listening example was most unlike Hindemith? |
String Quartet no. 4 |
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What instrument did Joe King Oliver play? |
trumpet |
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Irving ____ was one of the popular song writers mentioned in the texbook. |
Berlin |
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Who wrote the novel to Show Boat? |
Ferber |
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What is a harmonium? |
an organ-like instrument |
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Who is the creator of Betty Boop and Superman? |
Max Fleisher |
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Who was the author of economic and social problems of 1930s America? |
Steinbeck |
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When did World War I begin and end? |
1914-18 |
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Which is NOT a Stravinsky melodic device? |
antecedent/consequent phrases of 4+4 measures |
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How would you classify Fortner? |
neo-baroque |
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If you had to pick a formal structure that best describes the Chavez piece that we listened to, what one would be closest? |
sonata |
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How many radio stations were in North America by 1924? |
1400 |
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Which phrase would best describe musical? |
like an opera but shorter and less pretentious (American leanings) |
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In what city was the Bauhaus? |
Weimar |
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Who is the Goyescas composer? |
Granados |
