Buergel Exam 4

What is the subtitle of The Rite of Spring? "Scenes of Modern Russia" "Scenes of Pagan Russia" "Scenes of Pagan Germany" "Scenes of Modern France"

"Scenes of Pagan Russia"

The modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe believed that "less is more." Robert Venture, a leader in the postmodern movement in architecture, countered with "less is a bore." "less is still more." "less is more or less, less." "more is always less."

"less is a bore."

Two trends in electronic music, musique concrète and elektronische Musik, emerged in the 1920s. 1940s and early 50s. late 1960s. 1970s.

1940s and early 50s.

Abstract expressionism in the arts took place in the 1910s. 1920s. 1930s and 40s. 1950s and 60s.

1950s and 60s.

Schoenberg's most important students were Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók. Alban Berg and Anton Webern. All possible answers.

Alban Berg and Anton Webern.

_____ music left decisions determining the overall shape of a piece to the performer or to chance, rather than being strictly determined by the composer. Minimalist Polyphonic Aleatoric Opera seria

Aleatoric

Avant-garde composers distinguished themselves from high culture. distinguished themselves from mass-market taste. sought to break from social and artistic conventions. All possible answers.

All possible answers

Postmodernist art embraced neo-Classical, minimalist, and feminist ideals. is represented in environmental works, collage, and ethnic expressions. mixes popular and serious idioms. All possible answers.

All possible answers

Stravinsky revitalized rhythm by increasing its complexity. using polyrhythms. using changing meters. All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Twentieth and twenty-first century technologies have affected musicians in which of the following ways? opportunity to study and emulate specialists new bar of performing perfection more performing options All possible answers.

All possible answers.

What was groundbreaking about Nijinsky's choreography for The Rite of Spring? The dancers made jerky and irregular movements with individual limbs. The dancers jumped up and down in place. The dancers formed rotating geometric patterns onstage. All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which ballets did Diaghilev commission from the composer Igor Stravinsky? The Firebird Petrushka The Rite of Spring All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which composer is associated with the Expressionist movement? Arnold Schoenberg Alban Berg Anton Webern All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which describes Arnold Schoenberg's approach to harmonic organization? atonality serialism twelve-tone technique All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which of the following describes Pierrot lunaire? avant-garde experiments with sound pushed boundaries of convention All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which of the following describes musical elements of Expressionism? extraordinarily wide leaps in melody instruments in their extreme registers hyper-expressive harmonies All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Which of the following does Stravinsky use to minimize harmonic changes? ostinatos pedal points melodic repetition All possible answers.

All possible answers.

Who established a system to give all twelve tones of the chromatic scale equal importance? Ludwig van Beethoven Arnold Schoenberg Claude Debussy Nadia Boulanger

Arnold Schoenberg

_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale. Atonal Consonant Polyrhythmic Cubist

Atonal

Serge Diaghilev was impresario for which Paris-based dance company? Ballets Russes Ballets Paris The Paris Modern Dance Troupe National Dance Theatre of Paris

Ballets Russes

_________ techniques enabled artists to take something familiar and make it unique. Collage or quotation Painting or sculpture Quotation or painting Collage or sculpture

Collage or quotation

Which statement does NOT describe dissonance in early-twentieth century music? Dissonance became the norm. Dissonance could serve as a final cadence. Dissonance was viewed as a temporary disturbance, resolving to consonance. Dissonance was freed from its need to resolve to consonance.

Dissonance was viewed as a temporary disturbance, resolving to consonance.

The art of _____, who is famous for his painting The Scream, influenced Arnold Schoenberg and his disciples. Oskar Kokoschka Franz Kafka Pablo Picasso Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Features of early musical modernism included lyrical, conjunct melodic lines. True False

False

Frank Gehry's design for the Walt Disney Concert Hall is a statement against postmodernism. True False

False

Postmodern art is often anti-feminist and racist. True False

False

Postmodernism is not found in film. True False

False

The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small. True False

False

Where did musique concrète develop? Germany England France the United States

France

Who of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev? Pablo Picasso Vaslav Nijinsky Nicholas Roerich Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The "Red scare" of communism in the 1950s and early 60s saw the blacklisting of all of the following except Aaron Copland. Leonard Bernstein. Artie Shaw. George Gershwin.

George Gershwin

Where did elektronische Musik develop? Germany England France the United States

Germany

What did Stravinsky achieve through his ballet scores? He became a leader in the revitalization of rhythm in European art music. He helped reestablish the prominence of classical ballet. He ensured the return of flowing melodies, reminiscent of the Romantic era. He returned to Classical-era forms.

He became a leader in the revitalization of rhythm in European art music.

Why did Schoenberg leave Berlin in 1933? He found a better job in Vienna. He left after Adolf Hitler came to power. He was offered a position at the Royal College of Music in London. He won the Prix de Rome.

He left after Adolf Hitler came to power.

Which is NOT true of James Reese Europe? He was an African American musician and army bandleader. He introduced ragtime and early jazz styles to France. He was the most successful and profitable Tin Pan Alley composer. He strongly believed African Americans should write music that did not copy white composers.

He was the most successful and profitable Tin Pan Alley composer.

Which of the following is NOT associated with Pierrot lunaire? atonality klangfarbenmelodie Impressionism sprechstimme

Impressionism

Which is not true of the 1969 Woodstock Festival? It focused on the counter culture. It signaled new attitudes about sex. It relied on corporate sponsorship. It featured drug use.

It relied on corporate sponsorship.

What is the protocol that allows computers and synthesizers to interface? MIPI MIDI MIMI

MIDI

______ designed the experimental stage design for The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky Serge Diaghilev Nicholas Roerich Tamara Karsavina

Nicholas Roerich

Which describes Pierrot's actions in The Moonfleck? Pierrot is disturbed by a white spot on the collar of his jet-black jacket. The moon illuminates a crystal flask as Pierrot paints his face. Pierrot revels in memories of old times as he gazes at the moon. With a grotesquely large bow, Pierrot serenades on a viola in the moonlight.

Pierrot is disturbed by a white spot on the collar of his jet-black jacket.

Where was Stravinsky born? France Russia Austria Germany

Russia

Some of Stravinsky's melodies quote popular songs. French folk tunes. Russian folk tunes. tunes by Mozart.

Russian folk tunes.

Which is NOT true of the text of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire? The text is drawn from a collection of poems by the Belgian poet Albert Giraud. The poetry is in German translation. Schoenberg used three poems from a collection of French Symbolist poetry. Each poem is a rondeau (a fifteenth century verse form).

Schoenberg used three poems from a collection of French Symbolist poetry.

Which describes the premiere of The Rite of Spring? Shouts from the audience disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show. The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris. There was an embarrassingly small turnout as the Parisian audience was not interested in modernist works. The premiere took place in Paris at the funeral of a well-known architect.

Shouts from the audience disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show.

What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common? They were influenced by movements in painting. Composers of both movements were centered in France. Both explored radiant impressions of the outer world. All statements are true.

They were influenced by movements in painting.

Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe provided fresh ideas of rhythm for some Western composers in the twentieth century. True False

True

Artists in the mid-twentieth century strove to move beyond the principles of modernism. True False

True

Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music. True False

True

Immigrant composers were important in the history of vaudeville. True False

True

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are considered postmodern. True False

True

Postmodern art embraces a pluralistic attitude toward gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. True False

True

Postmodern thought welcomes both highbrow and lowbrow artistic influences. True False

True

Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method. True False

True

Some postmodernist architecture can be described as neo-eclectic. True False

True

Songwriter George M. Cohan received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his inspirational song Over There. True False

True

Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic. True False

True

The Rite of Spring can be performed as a concert work. True False

True

Where did Stravinsky live in the last years of his life? France United States Germany Russia

United States

Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years? Paris Conservatory University of California, Los Angeles Leipzig Conservatory New York University

University of California, Los Angeles

Schoenberg was born in Vienna. Berlin. Paris. Los Angeles.

Vienna.

Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is a song cycle. an opera. incidental music. a symphonic poem.

a song cycle.

Which of the following does NOT pertain to modernism of the early twentieth century? rejection of nineteenth-century models purposeful departures from tradition an embracing and continuation of nineteenth-century models suspicion of mass culture

an embracing and continuation of nineteenth-century models

Music that rejects the framework of key is called polytonal. polyphonic. atonal. multiphonic.

atonal

Which genre describes The Rite of Spring? program symphony incidental music ballet symphony

ballet

Which instrument, playing in its highest register, begins The Rite of Spring? oboe English horn bassoon viola

bassoon

During the Great Depression, which style dominated popular music? big-band jazz ragtime rockabilly French mélodie

big-band jazz

Many early twentieth-century composers exploited _____ meters. changing constant compound nonmetric

changing

All of the following reflect Dadaism EXCEPT: a reaction to the horrors of World War I. works of absolute absurdity produced. simplicity of child's world view captured. complexities of Western art embraced.

complexities of Western art embraced.

International exchanges have caused composers to become more focused on American nationalism. focus their compositions on traditional Western instruments. create an overlapping of styles. All possible answers.

create an overlapping of styles.

Who were Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina? composers working for Serge Diaghilev dancers with the Ballets Russes impresarios for a Russian ballet company composers competing for ballet commissions

dancers with the Ballets Russes

Klangfarbenmelodie is a technique in which each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument. each note of a melodic line is played randomly by different instruments. successive notes of a melodic line are played simultaneously. each note of the melody clashes with another note.

each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument.

Which describes the instrumentation of Pierrot lunaire? solo voice and piano female vocalist and chamber ensemble of five players on eight instruments female vocalist and string quartet solo voice, string quartet, and piano

female vocalist and chamber ensemble of five players on eight instruments

Which two influential arts movements arose surrounding World War I? naturalism and Dadaism futurism and symbolism futurism and Dadaism symbolism and Dadaism

futurism and Dadaism

From which phase of Schoenberg's compositional output does Pierrot lunaire originate? his early works, post-Wagnerian Romanticism his second period, atonal-Expressionism his third period, twelve-tone technique his last, American phase

his second period, atonal-Expressionism

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's wrapping of large architectural landmarks in fabric is an example of neo-Classicism. pop art. earthworks. installation art.

installation art.

The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as small in range. instrumentally conceived. structurally symmetrical. consonant.

instrumentally conceived.

When did the first wave of modernist attitudes take hold? just before the Civil War just before World War I after World War II mid-nineteenth century

just before World War I

The Rite of Spring can be described as all of the following EXCEPT: avant-garde. neo-Classical. modernist. primitivist.

neo-Classical.

In which discipline of the arts did Expressionism originate? painting music dance literature

painting

In The Dance of Youths and Maidens, which musical elements do NOT contribute to the primeval sound of the orchestra? pizzicato and successive down-bow strokes in the strings unpredictable accents parallel chords, floating harmonies dissonant, violent chords

parallel chords, floating harmonies

Stacked chords of six or seven notes eventually led to polyharmony. polymeter. polyphony. polyrhythm.

polyharmony.

Two or more streams of harmony against each other creates consonance. tonicism. polychords. polyharmony.

polyharmony.

Simultaneous use of several rhythmic patterns is referred to as changing meters. mixed meters. polyrhythm. atonal rhythm.

polyrhythm.

Which artistic trend drew upon commercial photography and urban life for inspiration? abstract expressionism Impressionism pop art Dadism

pop art

What is NOT an example of an early twentieth-century modernism? Expressionism surrealism Cubism post-Romanticism

post-Romanticism

The ideals of which movement describes the music of The Rite of Spring? Expressionism Impressionism primitivism Dadaism

primitivism

What powerful cultural phenomenon did modern musicians often grapple with? prominence of sound recordings of vernacular traditions acceptance of nineteenth-century models prominence of the Catholic Church in everyday life complete rejection of mass culture

prominence of sound recordings of vernacular traditions

Which does NOT apply to Irving Berlin's legacy? most successful Tin Pan Alley composer received the Congressional Medal of Honor first hit song helped catapult ragtime to worldwide craze composer of Alexander's Ragtime Band and White Christmas

received the Congressional Medal of Honor

Which Baroque-era compositional technique is NOT used in The Moonfleck? strict canon in diminution three-voice fugue ritornello form strict canon in retrograde

ritornello form

Which describes the melodic material in The Rite of Spring? balanced, 4-bar phrases lyrical and tuneful, reminiscent of Classical style short fragments, limited ranges, extended repetition All possible answers.

short fragments, limited ranges, extended repetition

Which of the following does NOT describe modernist composers' use of rhythm? nonsymmetrical patterns single meter prevailing for an entire movement consistently shifting meters simultaneous use of several rhythmic patterns

single meter prevailing for an entire movement

The German word Sprechstimme means high-pitched melody. speechlike melody. broken melody. opera melody.

speechlike melody.

MUSICAL MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES Tin Pan Alley was a street in Manhattan where music publishers had their businesses. street where composers of ragtime lived. jazz club in Queens. percussion manufacturing plant.

street in Manhattan where music publishers had their businesses.

Which of the following does NOT characterize postmodernism? expression beyond principles of modernism violent experimentation with new media, new materials, and new techniques several departures from tradition strict adherence to serial techniques

strict adherence to serial techniques

Which does not apply to early-twentieth century orchestration? attention on woodwind family emphasis on rhythm, percussion strings continue to be the heart of the orchestra the piano joined the orchestra

strings continue to be the heart of the orchestra

Postmodernists broke away from the modernist stance that dissonance was necessary. that only one compositional technique was preferable. that mass media was incompatible with art. that mass media was compatible with art.

that mass media was incompatible with art.

In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) opera singer. fortune-teller. medieval knight and hero. troubled clown.

troubled clown.

Which does NOT describe the goal of early twentieth-century modernists? self-conscious attempts to make art progressive expressing their creative visions concerned with "making art new" unity of expression, one modernism

unity of expression, one modernism

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring? dissonance polytonality use of chamber orchestra polyrhythms

use of chamber orchestra

Which musical element is NOT heard in Game of Abduction? velvety flute solo in the lower register seemingly random accents horn calls scurrying melodic figures

velvety flute solo in the lower register