ch 56 (final), Music Test 2

which best describes the form of a typical blues text?

3 line stanza with the first 2 lines the same

The most commercially successful Expressionist composer in the first half of the twentieth century was ____________.

Alban Berg

Which of the following composers was a student of Arnold Schoenberg?

Anton Webern Alban Berg

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

Bassoon

Which of the following does NOT describe Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24?

Clearly in a major key

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

Lili Boulanger rejected innovative harmonic language in her work.

F

Lili was the only composer/musician in her family.

F

Scott Joplin is considered the "March King."

F

Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.

False

Lili Boulanger was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome.

T

Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive wide recognition.

T

The United States Marine Band has a history dating back to the eighteenth century.

T

Winners of the Prix de Rome are given the opportunity to study in Rome.

T

The libretto for Lili Boulanger's La Princesse Maleine is by which well-known writer?

The correct answer is: Maeterlinck

Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for _____.

Treemonisha

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

Which European composer was an early supporter of African American musical styles like the spiritual?

dovark

Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.

false

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

______ is where the fusion of ragtime, blue, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

new orleans

Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. (T/F)

true

In Wozzeck, the title character has hallucinations and is the subject of experimentation by his superiors.

true

Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method. (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 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

a "blue note" implies a slight drop in pitch on the third, fifth, or seventh tone of the scale. t/f

true

jazz developed from blending of african music with art and popular traditions of the west. t/f

true

louis armstrong is credited with the invention of scat singing. t/f

true

which instrument has a featured solo in "billie's blues"?

trumpet

When Hitler came to power, the works of the ____________________ composers were banned in Germany.

tweleve tone

The character Pierrot from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre.

False

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

False

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

False

The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form.

False

With which of her works did Lili Boulanger win the Prix de Rome?

Faust et Hélène

Not for traditional worship services

For what purpose did Lili Boulanger write Psalm 24? Catholic Church services Lutheran Church services Presbyterian worship services Not for traditional worship services

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

Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Arnold Schoenberg?

Leonard Bernstein

The work that is considered to be Scott Joplin's most famous is his _____.

Maple Leaf Rag

Which instrument did Lili Boulanger NOT learn to play as a child?

Marimba

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is considered to reflect a combination of which cultures?

Native American African American European American

Which of the following does NOT describe the style of ragtime?

No repetition in each rag

For what purpose did Lili Boulanger write Psalm 24?

Not for traditional worship services

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 Russian

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

Lili Boulanger was influenced by Impressionism.

T

Maeterlinck

The libretto for Lili Boulanger's La Princesse Maleine is by which well-known writer? Marais Humperdinck Maeterlinck Schopenhauer

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.

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

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

True

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

True

Marimba

Which instrument did Lili Boulanger NOT learn to play as a child? Marimba Harp Piano Violin

Clearly in a major key

Which of the following does NOT describe Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24? Homophonic texture Clearly in a major key Triple meter SATB chorus and tenor solo

Faust et Hélène

With which of her works did Lili Boulanger win the Prix de Rome? Faust et Hélène La Princesse Maleine Psalm 24 Clairières dans le ciel

Which of Berg's compositions premiered at the Berlin State opera in 1925?

Wozzeck

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.

accented rhythmic drive

Berg's Wozzeck was inspired by:

an experssionast play by bucher

Harry T. Burleigh worked with the European composer ___________________ while he was teaching in the United States.

antoin darvark

billie holiday sang with which of the following jazz "greats"?

benny goodman

Berg's opera Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____________ work.

expersionist

Alban Berg's use of harmony in Wozzeck is strictly atonal.

false

Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.

false

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. (T/F)

false

Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. (T/F)

false

Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States.

false

The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models

false

louis armstrong was a famous new orleans pianist. t/f

false

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group?

fisk

In what language is Berg's Wozzeck sung?

german

In Berg's opera Wozzeck, the main character's final breakdown is the result of:

having killed his lover

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

Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the:

seconded vinsee school

Another term to describe Schoenberg's twelve-tone compositional method is ____________.

serialism

Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.

strains

The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.

ternary (ABA)

Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?

the Harlem renaissance

The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around:

the childerns discovery of murder

which is not true of typical blues progression?

the number of bars in each section varies

In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____.

troubled clown

"take the A train" is characterized by frequent call and response between instruments. t/f

true

At the turn of the 1800s, camp meetings in the United States were not segregated by cultural background.

true

Berg uses Sprechstimme vocal style in his opera Wozzeck.

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