Chapter 55 - Listening Guide Quiz 47: Berg: Wozzeck, Act III, scene 4

Which best describes the pace of the music in this excerpt? Berg, Wozzeck1:05

changing paces

Which best describes the performers in this excerpt from Wozzeck?

low man's voice and orchestra

Listen to the excerpts from Berg's Wozzeck and drag them to the correct location on the music chart, below.

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What phrase best describes the melodic movement in this excerpt? Berg, Wozzeck0:28

√Correct choicesmooth and connected, moving by small steps

Which of the following statements correctly describe Berg's Wozzeck?

Correct Answer(s) The title character is a baritone. It uses both tonal and atonal harmonic language. Incorrect Answer(s) The title character is a tenor. It is completely atonal and uses twelve-tone technique throughout.

Match the description with each excerpt from Berg's Wozzeck

Correct label: ascending chromatic scales in the orchestra and a dialogue between two characters Mir graut's0:18 Correct label: Sprechstimme and celeste in orchestra Aber der Mond0:15 Correct label: a character singing about the rising red moon, with harps and muted strings

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Act III, scene 4 of Berg's Wozzeck. Berg, Wozzeck4:43

harmony Correct label: tonal and atonal vocal melody Correct label: disjunct meter Correct label: alternates between metric and free-flowing

Which best describes the singing style heard here? Berg, Wozzeck0:25

speechlike and disjunct

The following excerpt from Berg's Wozzeck could be described as a mixture of tonal and atonal. Berg, Wozzeck0:25

true

The following excerpt from Berg's Wozzeck, which begins about three minutes into scene 4, features the Captain and the Doctor.

true