music 215 final

The ideals of which movement best describe the music of The Rite of Spring?

primitivism

Who of the following were associated with the bebop style?

thelonious monk charlie parker dizzy gillespie

The premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring took place in _____

Paris

Match each characteristic to the blues or jazz style that it describes. bebop: big-band jazz: blues: cool jazz: new orleans jazz:

two-note trademark phrase arranged and composed musuc three-line stanzas setto a repeating harmonic pattern laid back with dense harmonies small ensemble improvising

Keeping in mind the changes in rhythm, melody, harmony, and orchestration that occured during the early twentieth century, choose the musical traits that best describe this piece. (weburns, variations for orchestra)

unpredictable melodic lines, sparse, thin orchestral texture

Berg's Wozzeck, which was written in the early twentieth century: Keeping in mind the changes in rhythm, melody, harmony, and orchestration that occured during the early twentieth century, choose the musical traits that best describe this piece.

unpredictable orchestral accompaniment, disjunct, speech-like melodic line

Which describes Chorus 3? (Billies blues)

vocal solo

How does Billie Holiday sing the melody in Chorus 2?

with syncopation

Put the excerpted melodies in the order in which they first appear in the Introducion and Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

1. bassoon folk tune 2. accented string chords 3. french horn melody 4. parallel chords

Cubism

Early twentieth-century art movement begun in Paris, characterized by the fragmentation of forms into abstract or geometric patterns. (page 257)

_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

New Orleans

In jazz,________was an invented word that mimicked the two-note trademark phrase of this new style that was characterized by fast_____ and _____

bebop, tempos, and complex

Billie Holiday's first break into the music industry occurred when she recorded with which white clarinetist?

benny goodman

Duke Ellington is associated with which jazz style?

big-band

Which best describes the tempo of the music in the first three sections (Introduction, Dance of the Youths and Maidens, and Game of Abduction) of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

changes from slow to fast to frenetic

Many early twentieth-century composers explored ____ meters.

changing

Which best describes the pace of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens, heard in this excerpt?

fast with consistent pulse

Which are true of Billie's Blues?

features clarinet improvisions, features trumpet playing

In The Rite of Spring some of Stravinsky's melodies quote Russian ____ songs.

folk

Tap along with the steady beat in the bass line. Are the beats organized into groups of three (triple meter), four (quadruple meter), or six (sextuple meter)? (Billies Blues)

four

Gershwin was inspired by the goals of the

harlem renaissance

Who of the following were associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?

nijinsky, karsavina, and picasso

George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess falls between the genres of _____ and musical theater. Gershwin himself called it a _____ opera.

opera, folk

Which best describes the performing ensemble in Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

orchestra

The early twentieth-century emphasis on rhythm brought the _____ group into greater prominence, and the piano found a place in the _____ ensemble.

percussion, orchestral

Which of the following are ballets written by Stravinsky?

petrushka, firebird

Who of the following artists are famous for their Cubist-style works?

picasso, gris, and braque

Which playing technique is featured by the strings in this short passage from the Introduction?

pizzicato

Which best describes the texture of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?

polyphonic

What term describes the simultaneous use of multiple rhythmic patterns?

polyrhythm

Which of George Gershwin's works is considered a "folk opera"?

porgy and bess

Which of the following do not describe the opening of Game of Abduction?

regular and predictable accents

Which of the following were common forms of musical expression amongst African American communities in the nineteenth century?

ring shouts, work song, and spiritual

In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky evokes the rites of ancient ___

russia

What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

scenes of pagan russia

Which composer is credited with abandoning music that has a tonal center and establishing a new system?

schoenberg

The success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev.

true

The term "modernisms" describes a group of stylistic movements in the early twentieth century.

true

Which two instruments have featured solos in Billie's Blues:

trumpet, clarinet

Which best describes the next passage of music in this section, from the middle of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?

tune played by bassoons and accompanied by dissonant chords

Which best describes the next passage of music, which occurs about two and a half minutes into the piece? (rite of spring,)

tune played by trumpets w/ parallel chords in other instruments

futurism

An early twentieth-century anti-establishment artistic movement that emphasized the machine age and the dynamism of the era. (page 257)

In New _______, jazz gained momentum with the fusion of ______ and blues with other traditional, Caribbean, and Euro-American styles.

Orleans, ragtime

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Russian composer, pianist, conductor output: orchestral music, ballets, operas, other theater works, choral music, chamber music, piano music, songs musical style evolved: post-Impressionism, primitivism, controlled Classicism, twelve-tone works

Where did Stravinsky live during the last years of his life?

U.S. (new york)

Game of Abduction (rite of spring)

a. fast tempo, no established pulse, unpredictable accents b. scurrying melodic figures and horn calls, brief folk tune c. frenetic and primitive mood d. harshly dissonant, crashing chords e. dense texture, constantly changing timbres

The Rite of Spring, Introduction

a. haunting mood: awakening of the Earth in spring b. folk tune, high-range bassoon c. pizzicato ostinato in violins d. free, shifting meter

Which piece did Gershwin write during his brief stay in France?

an american in paris

Summertime, from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, is best described as which?

aria

What term describes those artists and composers who sought to explore "true creativity" by breaking with conventions and traditions?

avant-garde

Beginning with his_____, Stravinsky was a leader in the revitalization of ____ in European art music.

ballets, rhythm

Which of the following is a characteristic of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

dissonance, polytonality, large orchestra

George Gershwin studied with renowned teacher Nadia Boulanger.

false

In twentieth-century music, dissonances always resolve to consonances.

false

Louis Armstrong was a famous New Orleans pianist.

false

Stravinsky quoted the melodies of French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.

false

The form of the Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is a simple minuet form.

false

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

false

The string section remained the heart of the orchestra in the early twentieth century.

false

What best describes the ensemble heard in the introduction of Billie's Blues?

guitar, bass, piano, and drums

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which was written in the early twentieth century: Keeping in mind the changes in rhythm, melody, harmony, and orchestration that occured during the early twentieth century, choose the musical traits that best describe this piece.

harsh, dissonance block chords, changing meters with strong uneven accents

The modernist musical style was _________ in that composers sought to distinguish their approaches from both past conventions as well as competing ideas about the future. At the same time, they also had to consider the _________ styles propagated by mass culture.

individualistic, vascular

The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as which?

instrumentally conceived

What is the overall form of Billie's Blues?

introduction and six choruses

Which of the following correctly describe the chords heard at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens from The Rite of Spring?

irregularly accented, dissonant

_____ is considered to be amongst the most vibrant and original North American musics.

jazz

What best describes the ensemble in Chorus 1?

jazz combo

Which styles are incorporated in the music of early twentieth-century modernist composers from the United States?

jazz, blues, and folk

Who of the following was an artist in the Dada group?

marcel duchamp

Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?

rhythm

Which best describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

sectional, with opening section recurring several times

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. meter: texture: form

shifting and irregular accented dense and complex polyphony sectional

How many choruses does Billie's Blues have?

six

Which best describes the pace of Billie's Blues?

slow

Where is George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess set?

south carolina

Which of the following is a famous song by Billie Holiday?

strange fruit

The Rite of Spring: Collaborative Multimedia

subtitled "Scenes of Pagan Russia" embodies cult of primitivism performed later as independent concert piece

Which song opens Gershwin's Porgy and Bess?

summertime

Which correctly describe the first eighteen seconds of The Rite of Spring, heard in this excerpt?

the bassoon plays at a slow pace, the violinist play a pizzicato rhythmic figure

Match the work by Stravinsky to the style characteristic that it reflects. primitivism: post-impressionism: classicism:

the rite of spring the firebird symphony of psalms

Which best describes the very beginning of this excerpt, which occurs about two minutes into the piece? (rite of spring, dance)

tune played first by french horns and then by flutes

Which best describes the texture of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youth and Maidens?

two or more melodic ideas played simultaneously (polyphony)

While Billie Holiday had no formal ______ training, she was known for her impeccable sense of ________ and a flawless style influenced by ______ Smith and Louis ______

vocal, pitch, Bessie, Armstrong

Dance of the Youths and Maidens (rite of spring)

a. sectional form b. Russian folk-song melodies alternate with nonmelodic sound blocks c. forceful, high energy, huge orchestra d. opens with polytonal, percussive chords by strings e. constant eighth-note motion, unpredictable accents f. expanding texture, loud dynamics build to climax

Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its uppermost range?

bassoon

Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?

bassoon

The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris.

false

Twentieth-century music always uses only one rhythmic pattern at a time.

false

When presented as a concert work, The Rite of Spring was deemed as scandalous as the ballet versions.

false

Which best describes the form of a typical blues text, as heard in the first verse (chorus 2) of Billie's Blues?

three-line strophe

A "blue note" is created by melodic pitch bending.

true

Dadaists rejected the thought that art was something to be revered.

true

George Gershwin demonstrated and sold sheet music on New York's Tin Pan Alley.

true

In Billie's Blues the melodic line in the different Choruses is performed by voice, trumpet, and clarinet.

true

Jazz developed from a blending of West African music with Euro-American vernacular traditions.

true

Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of scat-singing.

true

Louis Armstrong was a tremendous influence on Billie Holiday.

true

Most modernists shared a wish to reject nineteenth-century models.

true

Salvador Dalí was a part of the surrealist movement.

true

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

true