Chapter 56. American Intersections: Jazz and Blues Traditions, Chapter 55. War Is Hell: Berg and Expressionist Opera, Chapter 54. Still Sacred: Boulanger and Religious Music in the Twentieth Century, Chapter 53. Calculated Shock: Stravinsky and Moder...

Match the work by Stravinsky to the style characteristic that it reflects.

1.primitivism-The Rite of Spring 2.post-Impressionism-The Firebird 3.Classicism-Symphony of Psalms

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 of the following composers were students of Arnold Schoenberg?

Anton Webern Alban Berg

Billie Holiday sang with which of the following jazz "greats"?

Benny Goodman Louis Armstrong

Which of the following composers won the Prix de Rome?

Claude Debussy Hector Berlioz Georges Bizet

Which of the following is associated with Arnold Schoenberg?

Expressionism atonality Sprechstimme

________________ painting, such as the works of Edvard Munch, influenced composers and writers.

Expressionist

Which of the following ensembles are classified as "West Coast jazz"?

Gerry Mulligan Quartet Dave Brubeck Quartet

_________________ is a technique in which each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument

Klangfarbenmelodie

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

Picasso Nijinsky Tchaikovsky

Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?

University of California at Los Angeles University of Southern California

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

Wozzeck

Berg's Wozzeck was inspired by:

an experssionast play by bucher

The system in music composition in which all twelve tones of the chromatic scale are equally important is known as ______________________.

atonal

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

basson

Duke Ellington is associated with which jazz style?

big band

Which of the following are characteristics of big-band jazz?

ensemble that includes brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments large ensemble

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

expersionist

Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as:

expressionism

Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.

false

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

false

Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.

false

Lili Boulanger rejected innovative harmonic language in her work.

false

Lili Boulanger was the only composer/musician in her family.

false

Louis Armstrong was a famous New Orleans pianist.

false

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

false

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

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 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?

fauste et helene

Which verse of Billie's Blues has a typical blues text?

first

The text of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24 is written in:

french

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

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

jazz

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

maeterlink

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

new orleans

For what purpose did Lili Boulanger write Psalm 24?

not for traditional worship services

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

paris

Which of the following characteristics are found in Schoenberg's The Moonfleck from Pierrot lunaire?

polyphonic texture dissonant harmony disjunct melody

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

primitivsm

Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element

rhythm

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

ring shouts work song spritiual

What is Pierrot attempting to do in The Moonfleck?

rub a spot of moonligtht in his jacket

In the creation of The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky worked with other artists from his native country of ___________________.

russia

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

scenes of pagan Russia

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

Strayhorn's Take the A Train is in 32-bar ___________ form.

song

Schoenberg's composition Pierrot lunaire is a(n):

song cycle

The German word Sprechstimme means:

speech like melody

Nadia Boulanger is best known for being an outstanding _______________.

teacher

What is the form of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24?

ternary

The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around:

the childerns discovery of murder

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

the untied states

Which is true of a typical blues progression?

they are twelve or sixteen bars in length the harmonies are standard

The coveted Prix de Rome was open to young artists and musicians under the age of _________________.

thirty

Which best describes the form of a typical blues text?

three line stanza

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

troubled down

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

true

Berg uses Sprechstimme vocal style in his opera Wozzeck.

true

Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.

true

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

true

Jazz developed from a blending of African music with art and popular traditions of the West.

true

Lili Boulanger was influenced by Impressionism.

true

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

true

Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of scat singing.

true

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

true

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

true

Take the A Train is characterized by frequent call-and-response between instruments.

true

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

true

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

true

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

trumpet clarinet

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

tweleve tone

Which instruments did Lili Boulanger learn to play as a child?

violin harp paino

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

woman