Mul Exam 4

Front 1

Moldau by Smetana is a Programmatic piece.The program describes____.

Back 1

A river flowing through the country side.

Front 2

Nationalismmusic means __________.

Back 2

That composers became interested in the folk musicof their homeland and included it in their compositions.

Front 3

What wasthe style of opera that stressed a truthful portrayal of human emotion?

Back 3

Verismo

Front 4

MadamButterfly, in the aria “Un Bel Di” expresses hope that ______.

Back 4

Captain Pinkertonwill come back to her

Front 5

Ragtime music was one of the precursors towhich distinctly American style of music?

Back 5

Jazz

Front 6

What was the style of jazz that originatedin New Orleans?

Back 6

Dixieland

Front 7

Swing style jazz was most likely to beplayed by ________.

Back 7

Big band

Front 8

Bessie Smith was a famous singer of the_____ style.

Back 8

Blues

Front 9

One of the following instruments is in therhythm section of jazz ensemble.

Back 9

Keyboard

Front 10

Who was famous jazz clarinetist, who wasalso an excellent classical musician. He also worked against segregation byplaying both white and black musicians?

Back 10

Benny Goodman

Front 11

The style of music that expresses subtleemotions like the piece by debussys “lapres nidi un faune” is know as______.

Back 11

Impressionism

Front 12

The leading proponent of primitivism inmusic at the turn on the 20th century was _____.

Back 12

Igor Stravinsky

Front 13

Music of the primitivist style is generally____.

Back 13

Direct, raw, andoccasionally shocking

Front 14

An influential painter who worked withStravinsky and exhibited elements of primitism in his work was ______.

Back 14

Picasso

Front 15

Of all influences that combined to createrock’n’roll which of the following were the most prominent?

Back 15

Rhythm and Blues,Country music, Gospel

Front 16

Arnold Schoenberg was the inventor of whichcompositional technique?

Back 16

Twelve tone system

Front 17

The twelve-tone technique can be describedas essentially______.

Back 17

Atonal

Front 18

The 20th century style thatreturned to the formal structures and orderliness of the 18thcentury compositions is called______.

Back 18

Neo-claissism

Front 19

Bitonality is__________.

Back 19

When two differentkeys sound simultaneously

Front 20

Atonal music does not have______

Back 20

A tonal center

Front 21

"Three Places in New England" by Charles Ives is aprogrammatic piece and for all practical purposes is a___

Back 21

Symphonic poem

Front 22

What instrument families do you hear in Aaron Copland's"Fanfare for the Common Man"?

Back 22

Brass and Percussion

Front 23

What is the best way to describe the characteristic sound ofthis debussy piece?

Back 23

Affectionate,subtle, colorful

Front 24

What compositional techniques give this composition it's veryunsettled feeling?

Back 24

Syncopation and Polyrhythms

Front 25

What notes that are lowered or bent in this style of singingare called ____ and gave this style of jazz its name?

Back 25

Blue Notes

Front 26

The Rite of Springwas written and performed in ________.

Back 26

1913

Front 27

One of the followingartists pioneered the neoclassical style.

Back 27

Stravinsky

Front 28

This painting is anexample of _______________.

Back 28

Impressionism

Front 29

One of the followingartists was a famous swing era composer and performer.

Back 29

DukeEllington

Front 30

The nationalisticstyle in music is associated with __________.

Back 30

19thand 20th century

Front 31

This painting is anexample of _______________.

Back 31

Primitivism

Front 32

Jazz as we know ittoday originated in the ____ century.

Back 32

Early20th

Front 33

Moldau by Smetena isa (n):

Back 33

symphonicpoem

Front 34

The “Hoe Down” byCopland shows ___________________.

Back 34

Influenceof American folk music

Front 35

One of the following piecesrepresents nationalism in music.

Back 35

ThreePlaces in New England; Charles Ives

Front 36

One of these artistswas known for playing trumpet and singing.

Back 36

LouisArmstrong

Front 37

The Dixieland band mostlikely consisted of ______ players.

Back 37

5 -7

Front 38

The form used inMoldau by Smetena is a(n) ________.

Back 38

Freeform

Front 39

One of the followingcompositions shows the composers modernistic approach:

Back 39

CharlesIves Putnam s Camp from Three Places in New England

Front 40

This painting is anexample of _______________.

Back 40

Expressionism

Front 41

The music of one ofthe following composers reflected his interest in American music and culture.

Back 41

Copland

Front 42

The rags of ScottJoplin could be considered a precursor of _____________.

Back 42

Jazz

Front 43

A composition inwhich two keys are played simultaneously is an example of ___________.

Back 43

Bitonality

Front 44

This paintingcorresponds to the __________ style in music.

Back 44

Minimalist

Front 45

A piece that combinestwo different meters at the same time is using _________.

Back 45

Polyrhythm

Front 46

What vocal technique does the performer use in this piece?

Back 46

Sprechstimme

Front 47

What vocal technique does this performer use in this piece?

Back 47

Scat

Front 48

This composition is written by...(piano)

Back 48

Scott Joplin