Mus 100 Final

Front 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?

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Large-scale forms

Front 2

Berg’s opera Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.

Back 2

Expressionist

Front 3

Where did William Grant Still grow up?

Back 3

Little Rock, Arkansas

Front 4

What is a predominant rhythmic characteristic for Country Band March?

Back 4

Constant syncopation

Front 5

Which composer invented new instruments?

Back 5

Harry Patch

Front 6

In the 1970’s, Steve Reich spent a month playing with and listening to drummers in

Back 6

Ghana

Front 7

In blue cathedral, Higdon incorporates ______, effectively evoking an Asian soundscape.

Back 7

Chinese reflex balls

Front 8

Byzantine and Greek scales and modes differ from Western scales and modes in that Byzantine and Greek scales and modes include:

Back 8

Microtones

Front 9

Billie Holiday composed

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Billie's Blues

Front 10

In 1924, George Gershwin wrote Lady, Be Good with the help of:

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Ira Gershwin

Front 11

What is not part of the musical language of twentieth - century modernism?

Back 11

small leaps in melody

Front 12

John Corigliano was born in which state?

Back 12

New York

Front 13

What is the literary basis for West Side Story?

Back 13

Romeo and Juliet

Front 14

What is true about the musical characteristic of Revueltas' Homage to Federico Garcia Lorca?

Back 14

The third movement is performed by a mariachi ensemble

Front 15

Who was one of Arnold Schoenberg’s most important students?

Back 15

Alban Berg

Front 16

What are the musical characteristics of the Wozzeck’s final scene?

Back 16

Opens with a symphonic interlude in D minor

Front 17

In the 1920s, who wrote the first big hit?

Back 17

George Gershwin

Front 18

Where did Silvestre Revueltas study composition?

Back 18

Mexico City

Front 19

What form is John Cage’s “Sonata V” in?

Back 19

A-A-B-B

Front 20

What song is Bob Dylan well known for?

Back 20

Mr. Tambourine Man

Front 21

Where was John Adams educated?

Back 21

Harvard University

Front 22

The rhythm in the Act II, Scene 3 Chorus “At the Sight of This” from Doctor Atomic can best be described as

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Syncopated

Front 23

What was Billie Holiday's Nickname ?

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Lady Day

Front 24

Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element ?

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Rhythm

Front 25

At age 17,Bernstein entered which college ?

Back 25

Harvard

Front 26

What kind of work did Bela Bartok compose ?

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All of the above

Front 27

What characteristics did Gershwin incorporate into his own broadway/ Tin Pan Alley songs ?

Back 27

Syncopation and harmonic variation

Front 28

What are the features of the first verse of John Corigliano's prelude from Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven poems of Bob Dylan ?

Back 28

All of the above

Front 29

William Grant was an important voice for

Back 29

The Harlem Renaissance

Front 30

Charles Ives made a living as a(n)

Back 30

Insurance Salesman

Front 31

Claude Debussy was a(n)_____ impressionist Composer

Back 31

French

Front 32

What elements do Russian Folk tunes contain?

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Extended repetitions, limited range, fragmentation

Front 33

Bela Bartok was influenced by the ___ School?

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Hungarian

Front 34

The harmony of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint is

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consonant

Front 35

John Tavener was a ____ ?

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English composer, prominent exponent of Spiritual minimalism

Front 36

Which is not true about Jennifer Higdon?

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She died on December 31st 2010

Front 37

Which of these pieces was composed by Jennifer Higdon?

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Blue Cathedral

Front 38

Which one of these works by John Tavener was heard at Princess Diana’s funeral service?

Back 38

Song for Athene

Front 39

Bartok and fellow composer Zoltan Kodaly are known for?

Back 39

Collecting the folk music of Hungary

Front 40

The European stage genre from which American musical theater was developed was

Back 40

Operetta

Front 41

Who was the composer for the piece Appalachain Spring?

Back 41

Aaron Copland

Front 42

What isn’t a characteristic of New Orleans Jazz?

Back 42

Generally performed by a full orchestra

Front 43

Which of the following musical styles did not evolve during Stravinsky’s career?

Back 43

None of the above

Front 44

Who wrote the best-known orchestral work Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”?

Back 44

Debussy

Front 45

Which of these is not a characteristic of Jazz?

Back 45

Rhythmic

Front 46

In Schoeberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) ___.

Back 46

Troubled clown

Front 47

Arnold Schoeberg, Alban Berg, Anton Weberg are known as the ___.

Back 47

Second Viennese School

Front 48

John Adam's Doctor Atomic focuses on the conscience of

Back 48

The physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

Front 49

Ewe drummers in the region of Togo, Benin, and Ghana are noted for their performance method called

Back 49

polyrhythm

Front 50

The man in Revueltas is honoring in Homenaje was a ___.

Back 50

Spanish poet killed by the Facists

Front 51

Which of the following artists is NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s

Back 51

Alice Walker

Front 52

Which of the following is not a work from american composer John Adams?

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Film