Chapter 52: MUS 110, Music Test 2
Which of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?
Dostoyevsky
Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as _____.
Expressionism
A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _____.
German
Which of the following describes Harry T. Burleigh's career?
He worked for Dvořák. He arranged spirituals for voice and piano. He became an editor for a music publisher.
Which of the following is NOT associated with Arnold Schoenberg?
Impressionism
Puccini makes reference to the music of which culture in Madame Butterfly?
Japanese usa
Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Arnold Schoenberg?
Leonard Bernstein
Which of the following does NOT describe the style of ragtime?
No repetition in each rag
Which of the following operas is considered part of the verismo tradition?
Puccini's Tosca Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci Puccini's La bohème
Which of the following is a post-Romantic composer?
Richard Strauss Giacomo Puccini Gustav Mahler
Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
Select one: a. Chromatic and with a free rhythm b. Diatonic and dancelike c. Disjunct and forceful Feedback The correct answer is: Chromatic and with a free rhythm
The German word Sprechstimme means _____.
Speech-like melody.
Adolphe Sax was a famous musical instrument inventor who positively affected bands in the United States.
T
America's vernacular traditions also included music for brass bands.
T
Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive wide recognition.
T
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.
a. chromaticism b. accented rhythmic drive c. homophonic texture d. antique cymbals IncorrectFEEDBACK: See p. 280. Difficulty - Hard Feedback The correct answer is: accented rhythmic drive
The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.
a. sonata-allegro b. rondeau c. ternary (A-B-A') d. theme and variations Feedback The correct answer is: ternary (A-B-A')
Harry T. Burleigh worked with the European composer ___________________ while he was teaching in the United States.
antoin darvark
Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its upper-most range?
bassoon
Which European composer was an early supporter of African American musical styles like the spiritual?
dovark
The nineteenth-century trend towards evoking a culture outside the composer's in opera was known as:
exotism
Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as _____.
expressionism
According to legend, a child touched by the Elfking must die.
false
Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. (T/F)
false
Most Lied composers wrote their own words for the song.
false
The character Pierrot from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre. (T/F)
false
The characteristics of post-Romanticism were not found in works from Italy.
false
The movement of verismo focused on the imaginative/fantastic.
false
The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small. (T/F)
false
The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied.
false
The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris. (T/F)
false
The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models
false
The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form. (T/F)
false
The opera Madame Butterfly is set in:
japan
What specific musical technique did Puccini borrow from Wagner in his Madame Butterfly?
leitomis
The ideals of which movement best describes the music of The Rite of Spring?
primitivism
Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?
rhythm
What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
scenes of pagan Russia
The German word Sprechstimme means _____.
speechlike melody
Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.
strains
A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as _____.
strophic form
The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.
ternary (ABA)
Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. (T/F)
true
Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha.
true
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method. (T/F)
true
The nineteenth-century trend towards realism in opera was known as:
verismo
Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period.
F
Scott Joplin is considered the "March King."
F
impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.
F
The character Pierrot from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre.
False
The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form.
False
The work that is considered to be Scott Joplin's most famous is his _____.
Maple Leaf Rag
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is considered to reflect a combination of which cultures?
Native American African American European American
The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.
T
The United States Marine Band has a history dating back to the eighteenth century.
T
The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers.
T
mpressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.
T
Which of the following describes the Fisk Jubilee Singers?
They raised enough money to construct a major building on the Fisk campus. They were a part of Fisk University. They toured in the United States. They toured in Europe.
A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form?
Through-composed form
Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for _____.
Treemonisha
In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____.
Troubled Clown
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.
True
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method.
True
Schoenberg employed Sprechstimme, or speechlike melody in his Pierrot lunaire.
True
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?
a. Pentatonic scales b. Rich orchestral color c. Unresolved dissonances d. Large-scale forms Feedback The correct answer is: Large-scale forms
The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____.
a. mythological creature in a dreamlike state b. baby deer just finding its legs c. magic ring that brings bad luck to its owner d. mythological creature who meets school-age children in war-torn Britain Feedback The correct answer is: mythological creature in a dreamlike state
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.
accented rhythmic drive
Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
chromatic and with a free rhythm
Japan's two hundred years of isolation ended when the US Navy arrived in 1854, lead by ___________.
commeddo perry
Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. (T/F)
false
Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly after visiting Tokyo and viewing a traditional play there.
false
Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature.
false
Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States.
false
Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring. (T/F)
false
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group?
fisk
Which instruments did Puccini use in Madame Butterfly to evoke the Japanese gagaku orchestra?
flute harp bells piccolo
In order to marry her American love, Cio-Cio-San, in Puccini's Madame Butterfly, renounces her role as a ________________.
geisha
Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.Which of the following is NOT associated with Arnold Schoenberg?
impressionism (atonality Sprechstimme Klangfarbenmelodie)
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?
large-scale forms
The texture of African American spirituals is best described as:
monophic
The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____.
mythical creature in a dreamlike state
Japanese folk melodies are often built on a five note or _____________ scale.
pentatonic
What scale is utilized in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?
pentatonic
Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by _____.
player pianos
Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?
the Harlem renaissance
The single melody of the solo violin at the opening of "Un bel dì" from Puccini's Madame Butterfly is evocative of:
the clear lines
In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____.
troubled clown
At the turn of the 1800s, camp meetings in the United States were not segregated by cultural background.
true
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music. (T/F)
true
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves.
true
Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly is considered exotic due to its setting and plot.
true
Schoenberg employed Sprechstimme, or speechlike melody in his Pierrot lunaire. (T/F)
true
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic. (T/F)
true
The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world. (T/F)
true
The premiere success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev. (T/F)
true
The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity
true
The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers. (T/F)
true
