Music and Civ Test 4
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
Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of
despair over war
In which style is Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales?
eclectic
All of the mainstream works in twentieth-century music are logical expansions and extensions of nineteenth-century music. (TF)
false
Electronic music was originally in a digital format but has now progressed to an analog format (TF)
false
Jazz often follows traditional forms found in classical music (TF)
false
Rock and roll developed only through American bands (TF)
false
Stravinsky (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
Which of the following genres of music developed out of music that was played during funeral processions?
jazz
Musique Concrete 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 and yet make it satisfying to listen to
Which of the following would not be found in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
sonata form
In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck
stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him
Sprechstimme is the term used for singing
that is a combination of speaking and singing
The artistic viewpoint of Expressionism focuses on
the dark side of human nature
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
Which city is the "birthplace" of jazz?
New Orleans
The composer who developed tone row music was
Schoenberg
Which of the following composers best represents the 12-tone (tone row) style of composition?
Schoenberg, Variations for Orchestra
The most successful composer of ragtime piano was
Scott Joplin
What American song did Copland include in Appalachian Spring?
Simple Gifts
Which of the following composers did not belong the Second Viennese School, the place where tone-row music was developed?
Stravinsky
The melody to which we sing "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally
The English drinking song
Which of the following were a part of the Motown Records?
The Temptations
Serialism is
applying tone row principles to rhythm, timbres, articulations, and dynamic levels
The retrograde version of a tone row is the row
backwards
Neoclassicism seeks to
capture the classical outlook of ancient Greece
Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?
All of these choices
Which type of jazz is only played on the piano?
Boogie Woogie
Which of the following composers was known for being a successful insurance salesman that composed for their own personal pleasure?
Charles Ives
Which of the following pieces is most associated with American nationalism?
Copland, Appalachian Spring
Primitivism is
a fascination with non-Western and non-literate cultures
In electronic music, sounds can
all of these choices
One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the
all of these choices
Ragtime music features
all of these choices
Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because
all of these choices
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
all of these choices
Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?
all of these choices
which of the following is a strong feature of the rhythm used in rock music?
the strong backbeat
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
Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales contains recordings of the sounds made by whales (TF)
true
Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe. (TF)
true
Originally rock music was largely a combination of blues and country music (TF)
true
The wind band developed mostly in America (TF)
true
