MUS 101 - Test 3 Answers
What is unusual about the singer's part in the "Aria" from Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5?
The first portion is sung on "ah" and the third portion is hummed.
Minimalism is sometimes inaccurately referred to as
Trance Music
A few African musicians, especially drummers, earn their living as performers
True
A symphony by Brahms sounds very similar wherever it is performed. The same is not true of a music at folk/ethnic music.
True
An Arab instrument called the rebab is the direct ancestor to the violin
True
Because every civilization in every age has - and has had - music of some type, it very likely that in the future there will always be some type of music.
True
Both Chinese music and Indian music both have no harmony.
True
Counterpoint received more attention in twentieth-century music than it had in nineteenth-century music
True
Each act of Berg's opera Wozzeck is based a musical form or compositional technique.
True
Harmonies in twentieth-century music are generally more dissonant than in nineteenth-century music
True
Impressionistic composers, artists, and poets knew each other and had a similar viewpoint toward their works
True
Impressionistic music is often also programmatic.
True
In twentieth-century music the balanced, symmetrical phrases of Mozart and other earlier composers were largely abandoned
True
It easy for someone from one culture to miss the subtleties of the music of another culture.
True
Many new timbres can be heard in twentieth-century music, both from traditional instruments and from electronic instruments
True
Many of the mainstream works in twentieth-century music are logical expansions and extensions of nineteenth-century music.
True
Most folks songs are usually not as long as concert works of music
True
Much African music is functional in that it complements activities in daily life
True
Some twentieth century music has no tonal center
True
The "Dies irae" Britten's War Requiem uses the Latin words of traditional Requiem Mass but not the Gregorian chant melody.
True
The folk music of Central and South American is mixture of Spanish, African, and native Indian influences.
True
The melodies of Middle Eastern music are often rather highly ornamented
True
There are actually hundreds of types of African music
True
To achieve different timbres in twentieth-century music, sometimes a piano was doctored with thumb tacks, tape, and the like
True
To the people of a non-Western culture, their music is as logical and enjoyable to them as ours is to us
True
The fourth movement of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra sounds like a waltz, but one that cannot be danced to because it
changes the meter rather frequently
Indian musicians consider that ragas represent
colors of the mind
Nadia Boulanger is significant in twentieth-century music because of her
commissioning many works of new music
The Mexican song that is similar in character to the English ballad is the
corrido
The tabla are
drums played with the fingers
A feature of Stravinsky's music for "The Rite of Spring" is
effective use of irregular rhthyms
The scholars who seek to classify and preserve folk/ethnic music are called
ethnomusicologists
Most of the composers of film music could not make it in the world of art music
false
Musical comedies are humorous versions of operas.
false
The timbres used in jazz are similar to those used in wind band music
false
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is a concerto because it
features the contrast among the various sections and groups of instruments
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was originally
for a ballet
A teacher of Indian classical music is called a
guru
The music of Native Americans
has had only a limited influence on American music
Salsa is a
hot type of Latin American music
The first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony is
in sonata form
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, means music that
is neither experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing
Oral tradition
is retaining music by passing it from one person to another through hearing it
It is important to know something about folk/ethnic music because
it reflects the culture and attitudes of a society
Which is a feature of country music?
its harmony is simple
According to existentialist philosophy, a painting of a Campbell's soup can is
just a picture of something
The most important instrument in Japanese classical music is the
koto
Schoenberg and other composers who wrote tone row music were also very interested in
manipulation of timbre
The most important instruments in African music are
membranophones
Which is not true of European folk music
much ornamentation of melodies
Which scale is used in most Chinese music?
pentatonic
What type of music is the song "Cop Killer"?
rap
Musique concrète 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
Minstrel shows featured
songs, skits, and jokes
After 1950 jazz changed. It became
sophisticated
In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck
stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him
The artistic viewpoint of Expressionism focuses on
that is a combination of singing and speaking
The pattern of the pentatonic scale is the same as
the black keys in the scale
La luna está muerta, muerta" from Crumb's Night of the Four Moons concludes with
the flutist whispering words about it being reborn in the spring
"All folk music is ethnic music, but not all ethnic music is folk music." This statement is
true, because ethnic music of a culture may not be the music of the common people
A polyrhythm exists when
two or more rhythmic patterns occur at the same time
Polytonality exists when
two or more tonal centers are present at once
The tone row in a composition is the
underlying tonal structure
The inversion of a tone row is the row
upside down
Jewish religious music
varies a great deal depending on the degree of orthodoxy of the congregation
The fiddle used in country music is actually a slightly modified
violin
The parlor song
was a popular type of song sung in homes during the first half of the nineteenth century
Electronic music was originally digital, but it has now progressed to analog
False
Folk music is quite uniform within each country
False
Harmonies in twentieth-century music are more consonant than the harmonies in nineteenth-century music
False
Impressionistic artists and musicians were fond symmetry and balanced designs and forms.
False
Impressionistic composers often called for larger orchestras than those of Wagner and Brahms
False
Impressionistic music usually features vibrant rhythms.
False
Impressionistic works of art and music usually contain a deep message
False
In almost all cultures the person who first creates a song is anxious that everyone know about his or her accomplishment
False
In its 2000 years Chinese music has thrived throughout the many changes of government
False
Indian classical music sounds a lot like Japanese classical music.
False
Indian music contains very little improvisation
False
It is quite possible that music will gradually fade away in the next 100 years
False
Jazz often follow aba form.
False
Like Berlioz in his Symphonie fantastique, Bartók uses the same basic theme in each of the five movements of his Concerto for Orchestra.
False
Most of the time scholars can find out who composed a folk song
False
Music is an important part of worship in Islam
False
Native American music in North America was quite homogeneous
False
One needs to consider cultural factors more in the case of concert music than when considering folk/ethnic music.
False
Performances of African music are usually for large audiences
False
Piano ragtime pieces are rather easy to play
False
Rachmaninoff composed his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in 1934, and it marks the end of the Romantic period.
False
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Copland's Appalachian Spring are both based on essentially the same story.
False
The blues are usually sung by small choral groups
False
The form of most rock songs is the same as the traditional popular song.
False
The nation of Israel has a strong folk music tradition of its own.
False
The opera Wozzeck contains several flowing, beautiful arias
False
The reaction of the audience is important to performers of folk music
False
Throughout his life Debussy was an admirer of Wagner and his compositions reflect the influence of Wagner's music dramas
False
Twentieth-century music used many different sounds on electronic instruments, but its vocal music used only traditional singing sounds
False
Unlike many operas in the nineteenth century, Berg's opera Wozzeck has a happy ending.
False
Varèse's Poème électronique has strong metrical rhythm
False
A choral group famous for promoting African American music after the Civil War was the
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Expressionism was most fashionable during the decade
Following World War I
In which country did Impressionism develop?
France
Zwilich based her Concerto Grosso 1985 around the music of
Handel
Which statement is true about Igor Stravinsky
He composed several different musical styles
A composer who was strongly neoclassical was
Hindemith
Before emigrating to the United States, Bartók's homeland was
Hungary
The song "God Bless America" was composed by
Irving Beling
It is difficult to describe accurately the features of twentieth-century music because
It was very diverse and fragmented
Which kind of music was not traditional African American folk music?
Jazz
Who composed Short Ride in a Fast Machine?
John Adams
The main proponent of chance (aleatory) music was
John Cage
Who composed the music for Porgy and Bess
John Gershwin
The composer of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march was
John Phillip Sousa
Which composer is especially noted for his film music?
John Williams
George Crumb was motivated to compose Night of the Four Moons by the
Landing of apollo 11 on the moon
A nineteenth American pianist and composer who achieved some recognition in Europe was
Louis Moreau Gottschaulk
The plot of Miss Saigon is an updated version of Puccini's opera
Madame Butterfly
In French "Clair de lune" means
Moonlight
Some of the most advanced American music in the eighteenth century was the product of the
Moravian communities in Pennsylvania and North Carolina
An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was
Motown Records
Country music is strongly associated with
Nashville, Tennessee
In the fourth movement of his Concerto for Orchestra Bartók satirizes the
Nazis who occupied Hungary
In what style is Zwilich's Concerto Grosso 1985
Neoclassical
The plot of the musical West Side Story is an updated version of
Romeo and Juliet
The composer who developed tone row music was
Schoenberg
The most successful composer of ragtime piano music was
Scott Joplin
After World War II, the two different directions concert music seemed to take were
Serialism and chance music
Which is not a nationalistic musical work?
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
What American song did Copland include in Appalachian Spring
Simple Gifts
An example of an American song to be sung for dancing is
Skip to my Lou
An important composer of popular music in the middle of the nineteenth century was
Stephen Foster
Which composer wrote music for minstrel shows
Stephen Foster
A landmark work in primitivism was
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring
The first motion picture with sound was
The Jazz Singer
A mbria is
an African thumb piano
A fiddle is
another name for the ukulele
Serialism is
applying tone row principles to rhythm, timbres, articulations, and dynamic levels
In the song "Barbara Allen," Barbara and William
are buried next to each other in a churchyard
Occupational songs in American folk music usually
are in a ballad style
Melodies in Middle Eastern music
are often highly ornamented
The retrograde version of a tone row is the row
backwards
Over the years musical comedies have
become more realistic and serious
John Cage is reported to have said,
"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it."
Which group of instruments is not found in Chinese orchestra
brasses
A favorite topic of country songs is
broken love
A feature of form in African music is
call and response
Neoclassicism seeks to
capture the classical outlook of ancient Rome and Greece
A pioneer composer of electronic music was
Edgard Varese
Which composer wrote nationalistic America music?
Ellen Taafe Zwilch
Country music was originally influenced very much by the folk music of
England
What philosophical outlook encouraged the development of chance music?
Existentialism
After 1950 jazz groups became larger
False
Chords built in thirds (for example, C-E-G) became standard in twentieth-century music
False
"Daybreak" from Daphnis and Chloé was originally composed by Ravel for
A ballet
A ballad is
A folk song that tells a story
What is the difference between popular music and folk music? Popular music is
A largely commercial enterprise
When a singer sings much of a song on a neutral syllable like "ah," it is called
A vocalise
Folk music has influenced
All of these choices
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is often called a folk opera because
All of these choices
If you were to attend a performance of Indian classical music, you would
All of these choices
In Clair de lune Debussy
All of these choices
In what way does music contribute to a film?
All of these choices
Many melodies in twentieth-century music
All of these choices
Middle Eastern music has had a difficult time because
All of these choices
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring features
All of these choices
The first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony
All of these choices
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
All of these choices
What marks Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as Post-Romantic?
All of these choices
Which is a feature of rap music?
All of these choices
Which is an important characteristic of African music?
All of these choices
Which is true of a ballad?
All of these choices
Operatic musicals like Les Misérables are different from operas in that they
All of those choices
Ragtime music features
All of those choices
The bands during the Swing era featured
All of those choices
Why was twentieth-century music more pancultural and panhistorical than the music of earlier centuries?
All of those choices
Rhythm and blues is the music of
America's black population
The first important America women composer was
Amy Cheney Beach
Impressionism is
An artistic viewpoint
The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally
An english drinking song
Which term was sometimes applied to the Neoclassical movement?
Back to Bach
Bluegrass music was largely developed by
Bill Monroe
Which type of jazz is only played on the piano
Boogie Woogie
Which section of the orchestra became more important in twentieth-century music?
Brasses
In many parts of the world, music has been preserved over the centuries
By oral tradition
Which is a Neoclassical musical work?
Concerto Grosso 1985
The two composers most associated with Impressionism are
Debussy and Ravel
Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of
Despair over war
Which statement is true about folk music?
Usually the performers of folk music make up some of what they play or sing
The composer who is primarily responsible for serialism is
Webern
The most original America composer in America in the late eighteenth century was
William Billings
A gamelan is
a Balinese instrumental ensemble
The form of most European and American ballads is
a a a a (strophic)
Primitivism is
a fascination with non-Western and nonliterate cultures
A raga in classical Indian music is
a melodic formula that has philosophical implications
A tala is
a rhythm pattern in Indian classical music
Eclectic music is
a synthesis of different styles
A "blue note" in jazz is
a third, fifth, or seventh note of a scale that is lowered one half step while the accompanying major chord is unchanged
What is the form of blues song?
aab
What is the form of a typical march
aabbcc
Concert music in America advanced a great deal after 1920 partly because
all of these choices
In electronic music sounds can
all of these choices
Mexican music often contains
all of these choices
One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the
all of these choices
The fifth movement of Hindemith's Kleine Kammermusik contains
all of these choices
The popularity of ragtime faded because of
all of these choices
Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because
all of these choices
Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?
all of these choices
Some twentieth-century music
all of those choices
Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?
all of those choices
Which is a feature of the rhythm 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
Tone row music has no
tonal center
Neoclassical works are likely to contain
traditional forms such as sonata form
Although vaudeville shows were very popular for many years, they left no discernable body of music literature
true
Boogie-woogie is sometimes referred to as "eight to the bar" because of its ostinato bass line contains eight notes in each measure
true
Country music uses the same three chords that traditional jazz uses
true
Many of the popular songs in the first half of the nineteenth century were quite sentimental
true
Originally rock music was largely a combination of blues and country music
true
The music in Porgy and Bess contains several elements found in jazz
true
There is little time for the development of themes in film music
true
