Music Test 4

The technique of using two or more tonal centers at the same time is called ______. twelve-tone atonality expanded tonality polytonality

In music, the early twentieth century was a time of ______. revolt and change disinterest the continuation of old forms stagnation

The most famous riot in music history occurred in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of ______. Richard Wagner's Siegfried Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces

In modern music ______. instruments are played at the very top or bottom of their ranges noiselike and percussive sounds are often used uncommon playing techniques have become normal All answers are correct.

The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by ______. Arnold Schoenberg Claude Debussy Igor Stravinsky Aaron Copland

A fourth chord is ______. a chord in which the tones are a fourth apart, instead of a third the chord built on the fourth step of the scale a combination of four tones All answers are correct.

The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as ______. polytonality a tone cluster a polychord bitonality

A chord made of tones only a half step or a whole step apart is known as ______. a polychord polytonality a tone cluster bitonality

A great twentieth-century composer who was also a leading scholar of the folk music of his native land was ______. Béla Bartók Claude Debussy Samuel Barber Igor Stravinsky

To what does ostinato refer? A combination of two traditional chords sounding together A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section A rapid slide through different pitches A chord made of tones only a half step or whole step apart

The glissando, a technique widely used in the twentieth century, is ______. a motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section the combination of two traditional chords sounding together a chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart a rapid slide up or down a scale

The use of two or more contrasting and independent rhythms at the same time is known as ______. polyrhythm jazz ostinato polytonality

In twentieth-century music ______. dissonance has been emancipated percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous string players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows All answers are correct.

A piano is often used in twentieth-century orchestral music to ______. play important cadenzas in slow movements "sing" a beautiful melody provide a nucleus for the orchestra similar to the baroque basso continuo add a percussive edge

Which of the following statements is not true? Modern composers drew inspiration from a wider historical range of music. Composers in the early twentieth century drew inspiration only from serious art music and their own intellect, ignoring popular and folk music. Western composers were more receptive and sympathetic to Asian and African cultures. The range of musical styles during the first half of the twentieth century was vast.

All of the following composers worked in the early years of the twentieth century except ______. Hector Berlioz Claude Debussy Igor Stravinsky Arnold Schoenberg

The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as ______. atonality polytonality a tone cluster ostinato

To create fresh sounds, twentieth-century composers used ______. ancient church modes scales borrowed from nonwestern cultures scales they themselves invented All answers are correct.

Composers in the twentieth century drew inspiration from ______. folk and popular music from all cultures the music of Asia and Africa European art music from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century All answers are correct.

Which of the following is not an alternative to the traditional organization of pitch used by twentieth-century composers? Bitonality Tonic-dominant harmonies Polytonality Atonality

Sergei Diaghilev was a famous ______. ballet impresario composer pianist writer

George Gershwin grew up in _______. New York, New York Charleston, South Carolina Anatevka, Russia Paris, France

William Grant Still's works in African American style, such as his Afro-American Symphony of 1931, were _______. never performed during his lifetime severely criticized by audiences and critics performed to critical acclaim in New York panned by critics, but popular with audiences

During most of his lifetime, Charles Ives's musical compositions _______. were sought after by musicians eager to perform them in public were enthusiastically received in public performances accumulated in the barn of his Connecticut farm were quickly published by a major firm

The faun evoked in Debussy's famous composition is a ______. baby deer creature who is half man, half goat beautiful young maiden sensitive musician

Which of the following characteristics is not usually associated with impressionism? Misty atmosphere Clearly delineated forms Fleeting mood Symbolism

The twentieth-century artistic movement that stressed intense, subjective emotion was called ______ neoclassicism primitivism impressionism expressionism

Béla Bartók was a leading authority on ______. twelve-tone music the music of ancient Greece peasant music American jazz

While remaining within the framework of a tonal center, Béla Bartók often used _________ in his music. harsh dissonances tone clusters polychords All of these

After graduating from Yale, Charles Ives _______. began playing the trumpet professionally went into professional athletics went into the insurance business began teaching

Impressionism in music is characterized by _______. the recurrence of strong accents on the downbeat a stress on tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity an adherence to traditional harmonic chord progressions All answers are correct.

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue opens with ______. the full orchestra a solo clarinet a muted trumpet a solo flute

Appalachian Spring originated as a ballet score for the great modern dancer and choreographer _______. Martha Graham Agnes De Mille George Balanchine Vaclav Nijinsky

Neoclassical compositions are characterized by ______. the use of the twelve-tone system whole-tone scales harsh dissonances forms and stylistic features of earlier periods

Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a child's impression of _______. army life in the war a fishing trip a summer at camp a Fourth of July picnic

The expressionists rejected _______. reality conventional prettiness morality imagination

Charles Ives's music contains elements of _______. patriotic songs and barn dances village bands and church choirs revival hymns and ragtime All answers are correct.

Antonin Dvořák predicted in the late nineteenth century that the foundation for American music would come from _______. Irish jigs the European classical tradition Protestant hymns African American and Native American melodies

When Schoenberg arrived in the United States after the Nazis seized power in Germany, he obtained a teaching position at ______. Harvard Columbia Yale UCLA

The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky's ballet ______. Pulcinella The Rite of Spring Agon The Fairy's Kiss

Stravinsky's second phase is generally known as ______. primitive neoclassical serial postromantic

In 1921 Copland went to France, where he was the first American to study composition with ______. Maurice Ravel Virgil Thomson Claude Debussy Nadia Boulanger

As a result of his studies in composition with composers from two opposing musical camps, the conservative George Whitefield Chadwick and the modernist Edgard Varèse, Still did what? Composed in a mixture of conservative and avant-garde styles Composed in a very conservative style Composed in a highly dissonant style Turned away from avant-garde styles and wrote compositions with a uniquely African American flavor

Aaron Copland's name has become synonymous with American music because of his use of ______. jazz, blues, and ragtime elements revival hymns, cowboy songs, and other folk tunes subjects from American folklore All answers are correct.

The melodies Béla Bartók used in most of his works are _______. reminiscent of nineteenth-century symmetrical themes authentic folk melodies gathered in his research original themes that have a folk flavor exclusively Hungarian and Rumanian folk tunes