Final For Music

20 August 2022
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Tempo is an Italian universal musical term that refers to the speed at which a music composition is played.
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True
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Which of these statements best describes the unique Rhythmic feature in this example
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The dramatic use of silence
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The rhythmic surprise created by accents occurring in unexpected places in the following example is called
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Syncopation
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According to the text, tempo can be described as weak or strong
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False
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Where are tempo markings usually written in a music score?
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Over the staff
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The tempo of this example could be described as: 2:55
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Rubato
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The following excerpt is an example of ritardando 0:59
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False
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The proper musical term for "increasing the tempo" is
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Accelerando
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Which of the following Italian tempo terms best applies to this section
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Vivace
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Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 3:29
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Repeated tones
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A melody consists of a succession of:
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Pitches
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Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 07:19
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Features all 3
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Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? :36
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The melody in this excerpt moves mainly in repeated tones.
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A musical phrase does not necessarily need to have a sense of completion in and of itself
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True
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The trumpet melody in the following excerpt can be best describes as:
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Disjunct
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The direction of the following melody can be best described as (:25)
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Downward at first then static
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Which statement is correct
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Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation
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The characteristics of a melody may be best describes in terms of
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Shape, direction, and range
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The melodic material in the following excerpt can be best described as having
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Mixed melodic directions with a transitional character
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The musical example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called.
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Arpreggio
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Consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension.
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False
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The following excerpt is consonant (:52)
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True
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The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment (3:47)
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True
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The following excerpt represents melody by itself without harmonic accompaniment (6:50)
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False
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This excerpt demonstrates (5:21)
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How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout
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The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment (1:19)
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False
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The following excerpt represents a melody without harmonic accompaniment (4:32)
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True
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The following excerpt represents (2:58) singing
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Melody with harmonic accompaniment
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Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as:
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Double stops
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Bach was know as a master of presenting a singular musical texture throughout his vocal music to help communicate the text
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False
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The following example represents monophonic texture (4:47)
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False
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This piece is a good example of (01:38)
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Polyphonic
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The following represents a homophobic texture (2:14)
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False
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Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony
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The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
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This music passage is an example of: (:16)
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homophony
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The following represent monophonic texture (7:57)
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True
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This piece is a good example of (4:40)
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homophonic texture
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Which type of musical texture is primarily represented in the following examples (3:27)
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Polyphony
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The following music excerpt features start(18:28)
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A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures
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What form does it represent? (2:06)
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Ternary form
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The piano piece exemplifies (2:34)
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Ternary
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Which of the following forms is not based on the principle of contrast
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strophic form
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This movement from a piano sonata by Beethoven exemplifies:
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Rondo form
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Usually, folk tunes, songs, spirituals, and hymns are not good examples of strophic form.
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False
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According to the text in rondo form the repeating themes are separated by
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contrasting episodes
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This piece of music is an example of: (3:59)
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strophic form
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The excerpt demonstrates the principle of repetition (4:43)
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True
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Listen to the following two examples from a piece in rondo form. Which represents theme (4:25)
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Except A (00:00)
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Which of the following is not based on the principle of repetition
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Binary form
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This excerpt is most likely from a... :20
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Troubadour song
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Which of the following represents secular musics
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C (0:08)
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Which 8th- and 9th-century ruler had a profound influence on Church music?
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Charlemagne
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Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature.
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False
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In the early days of the church, the only music allowed during the service was
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vocal music
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Which of the following is NOT a chant of the proper mass
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Sederunt Principes
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This is know as (4:24)
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Gregorian Chart
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The two most important French composers of organum and distant during medieval period were
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Leonin and Pérotin
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The dates from the medieval period are generally
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1150-1450
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During the Renaissance what was the name what was the name composers gave to the original Chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition
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Cantus firmus
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This example is(1:40-2:10)
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From a renaissance composition having its roots in folk songs
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Venit ad Petrum was often used as the cantus firmus for the mass.
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True
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Which excerpt is from Gilliard a 6. One of William Byrd's last works
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Excerpt B (1:59)
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Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance
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Columbus discover the new world
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The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:
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Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.
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The following pieces is a Madrigal is by Thomas weelkes
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Excerpt C (3:49)
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Which of the following excerpt is an example of an aria
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Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
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The dynamics in this example is best described as start (:18)
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Terraced dynamics
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Which of the following examples features melismatic singing
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Example C (00:27)
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One characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it might be from baroque period Is
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It contrasts a group of instruments with solo instruments
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The secret text and overall musical style this example suggested this part of an
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Oratorio
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A baroque Ontario is
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A multi movement sacred work similar to opera
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The earliest surviving opera then called drama per musica was written by a member of the Florentine Cammarata named
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Jacopo Peri
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Which of the following excerpts exhibits Baroque rhythmic characteristics
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Excerpt B (00:39)
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During the Baroque period, the musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called
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basso continuo
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The texture of this excerpt is: 2:55
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Polyphonic
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Which one of the following excerpt belongs to a large choral work from classical period.
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Excerpt A (:13)
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Suppose you're listening to the first movement of symphony written in classical. You have heard of the first section in which two themes for introduced a second section in which segments of these themes are expanding the developed what would you expect next
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A very repeat of the first section with a return to the two original themes
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From which of the following pairs would you choose most likely composers of this example(8:15)
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Haydn or Beethoven
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Choose the excerpt that is from an opera aria by Mozart
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Excerpt A (00:00-5:45)
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A string [ ] is composed of two violins, one viola, and a cello.
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quartet
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During the Classical period, opera buffa (comic opera) plots were based on myths and historical figures.
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False
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Which of the following were important composers of the classical period
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Mozart and Haydn
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Beethoven is sometimes referred as the father of the symphony
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False. Haydn is the father of the symphony.
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The dates given in the course the classical period are
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1750- 1825
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The following excerpt comes from the famous area of the Mosers most enduring operas identify the opera in the question
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The magic flute
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The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms of styles and redefining them in modern ways Anthony Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian dance number one with what is a composer's name
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Brahms
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Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland
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Jean Sibelius
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Notes that don't belong in the traditional scale or known as _________ alterations
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Chromatic
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According to the text which of the following is not considered from program music
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Mazurka
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Which one of the following is not general characteristics of the romantic music
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Compositions were based on logic and controlled feeling
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The dance like characteristics of the following piece indicated that it was written by
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Chopin
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The course place is that romantic period In the music between the years
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1820-1910
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Which of the following composers and vision operas as musical dramas a combination of all arts
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Wagner
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A musical genius but also someone with strong anti-Semitic views the man pictured above was one of the most influential composers of the romantic. His name is
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Richard Wagner
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The following piano Sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers identify the composer
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Clara week Schumann
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In 20th century music traditional harmony in tonality were defined or rejected in favor of
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Atonality and surrealism
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Which of the following composers invented the 12 tone system of composition
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Which of the following 20th century transit to restore order Harmony and emotional restraint to the music
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Neoclassicism
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Which of the following is a composer for this piece
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Gershwin
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The fact that most clearly distinguish is the example for music in earlier period. The use of
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Extended dissonance that doesn't resolve directly to consonants
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Who compose the groundbreaking piece the right of spring
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Igor Stravinsky
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Nadia pool anger was a prominent teacher who taught some of the most influential composers from the 20th century including Aaron Copland Philip glass in Walter Princeton
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True
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Audience immediately embraced dodecaphonic work from Arnold Schoenberg
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False
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Which characteristic of texture in this example is closely associated with the music of the contemporary period
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Thick texture with four in frequently dissonant chords.