contemporary period assessment 2

Given the Hungarian folk music flavor of this example, which of the following is the most likely composer

Bartók

Which composer traveled the countryside recording and transcribing in great detail the music of rural and small town people

Bartók

which of the following is the composer for this piece (10:35)

Debussy

which of the following composers catapulted to the top of the 20th century avant garde after composing Firebird, Petrushka, and Le Sacre du Printemps

Igor Stravinsky

Which of the following trends in contemporary music does this excerpt exemplify (3:56-16:53)

Jazz influence

Given the atonal nature of this example, which of the following is the most likely composer(:54)

Schoenberg

Which composer wrote a ninth Symphony that Soviet leader Stalin deemed inappropriate for the occasion of celebrating the end of World War II

Shostakovich

Audiences were quick to embrace the dodecaphonic work of Arnold Schoenberg

false

according to the text, What was the significance of Debussy's work

it introduced the first viable alternative to tunal music

although ballets russes translates as Russian Ballet, the company was based in Paris, France

true