Music & Civ exam 4

Which of the following is a strong feature of the rhythm used in rock music?

The strong backbeat

T/F: Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales contains recordings of the sounds made by whales

True

T/F: Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe.

True

T/F: Originally rock music was largely a combination of blues and country music

True

T/F: the wind band developed mostly in Amerca

True

Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of

despair over war

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was originally

for a ballet

The four forms of the row are the original row, and the

inversion, retrograde, and retrograde-inversion

The term "mainstream," when applied to twentieth-century music, refers to music that

is neither experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing

Musique concréte is

recordings of actual sounds that have been altered and arranged

The idea of minimalism is to

see how little can be done with music yet make it satisfying to listen to

Which of the following would not be found in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

sonata form

Sprechstimme is the term used for singing

that is a combination of singing and speaking

The artistic viewpoint of Expressionism focuses on

the dark side of human nature

What is unusual about the singer's part in the "Aria" from Villa- Lobos's Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5?

the first portion is sung on "Ah" and the third portion is hummed

T/F: All of the mainstream works in twentieth-century music are logical expansions and extensions of nineteenth-century music

False

T/F: Electronic music was originally in a digital format but has now progressed to analog format

False

T/F: Jazz often follows traditional forms found in classical music

False

T/F: Rock and Roll developed only through American Bands

False

One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the

Greatly increased number of companies selling records Change from vinyl to CDs and now to iPod and similar devices Greatly increased buying power to teenagers Increased publicity, both positive and negative, given performers

Which of the following composers would represent the neoclassical movement?

Hindemith

Who composed Short Ride in a Fast Machine?

John Adams

Which of the following composers best represents the chance music (aleatoric) movement?

John Cage

An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was

Motown Records

Ragtime music features

Much Syncopation 2/4 meter A lively tempo Major keys

Which of these is a characteristic of traditional jazz?

Much syncopation Blue notes Improvisation Certain Jazz timbres

Which city is the "birthplace" of jazz?

New Orleans

The composer who developed tone row music was

Schoenberg

The most successful composer of ragtime piano music was

Scott Joplin

Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because

Settling a new land was a consuming interest The early puritans discouraged the arts There were a few wealthy families able to support the arts Americans seems to assume that European culture was superior

In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck

Stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him

Which of the following were a part of Motown Records?

The Temptations

The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally

an English drinking song

Serialism is

applying tone row principles to rhythm, timbres, articulations, and dynamic levels

The retrograde version of a tone row is the row

backwards

What American song did Copland included in Appalachian Spring?

"Simple Gifts"

Neoclassicism seeks to

capture the classical outlook of ancient Greece

Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?

Dissonant chords Polytonality (using two different keys at the same time) Polyrhythms quotations from songs

In which style is Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales?

Eclectic

In electronic music, sounds can

Be speeded up or slowed down Have their timbres altered Be incorporated into any rhythm pattern be any dynamic level

Which type of jazz is only played on the piano

Boogie-woogie

Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Was strongly influenced by the music of J.S. Bach Was strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music Is folkloric Was composed in the 1930s

Primitivism is

a fascination with non-Western and non-literate cultures

The main characteristic of a tone row is

the use of all twelve pitches in the chromatic scale in the row

Neoclassical works are most likely to contain

traditional forms such as sonata form