MUS 150 - 20th ce. Smartbook

Select all the traits of Knee Play I from Phillip Glass's Einstein on the Beach that are characteristic of minimalist music. Multiple layers of sound A steady beat Speaking voices Repeated melodic patterns

A steady beat Repeated melodic patterns

Select all the individuals who were notable students of Schoenberg. Igor Stravinsky Claude Debussy Alban Berg Anton Webern

Alban Berg Anton Webern

What was the first opera written specifically for television? Aida Madame Butterfly Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Which is a symphonic poem by Gershwin? An American in Paris El Salon Mexico Putnam's Camp An American in Madrid

An American in Paris

Which composer used a variety of popular musical styles in his works, including ragtime and barn dances? Burl Ives Charles Ives Edward MacDowell George Gershwin

Charles Ives

Select all the cities that founded symphony orchestras in America during the nineteenth century. San Antonio Chicago Boston Cincinnati

Chicago Boston Cincinnati

For which type of composition did Stravinksy first achieve great success? Concerto Ballet Incidental music Symphony

Ballet

Music was central to colonial life in America, so much so that the first book printed in English-speaking colonies was what book? Bay Piano Repertoire Bay's Book of Composers Bay Psalm Book Bay's Prayer Book

Bay Psalm Book

True or false: Ives sympathized with those who could not tolerate harsh dissonances. True False

False

True or false: The orchestration of the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ensures that the orchestra will play quite loudly throughout the entire piece. True False

False

In which countries was the artistic movement of expressionism largely centered? Germany and Italy Austria and Italy Germany and France Germany and Austria

Germany and Austria

Which musical technique became more prominent in twentieth century music? Glissando Pizzicato Trill Staccato

Glissando

What is the name of the first melody theme in Still's Afro-American Symphony? Hallelujah Jubilation Praise Glory

Hallelujah

What is considered to be Lili Boulanger's most important work? Her symphonies for orchestras. Her opera Pelléas et Mélisande Her opera based on Princess Maleine Her vocal compositions

Her vocal compositions

Which description explains the "emancipation of dissonance"? It eliminates the general principle that determines whether a chord is stable or not. It holds that dissonant chords indicate resolution while consonant chords demand motion. It treats all chords, regardless of their traditional definition, as dissonant. It stops composers from differentiating between chords of greater or lesser tension.

It eliminates the general principle that determines whether a chord is stable or not.

Select all the statements that apply to Boulanger's Psalm 24. The opening section is played by the timpani. It has sharp contrasts of sound and mood. It is a relatively short piece lasting less than four minutes. It features a harp and flute duet.

It is a relatively short piece lasting less than four minutes. It has sharp contrasts of sound and mood.

Which musical style offered American composers "a native product from which to explore rhythm," as stated by Aaron Copland? Jazz Hymns Cowboy music Classical music

Jazz

Who is the best-known practitioner of chance music? Arnold Schoenberg Igor Stravinsky John Cage John Adams

John Cage

Select all the composers who were known for their comprehensive use of serialism. Karlheinz Stockhausen Pierre Boulez Béla Bartók Milton Babbitt

Karlheinz Stockhausen Pierre Boulez Milton Babbitt

In the primitivism, what did composers deliberately attempt to evoke by using harsh dissonances, percussive sounds, and repetitive rhythms? Patriotic feelings Postmodern thoughts Pastoral images Primitive power

Primitive power

Igor Stravinsky was born in ______. Russia France the United States Poland

Russia

Select all the statements about Lili Boulanger. She is best known for her opera based on Princess Maleine. She was often ill and died young. She came from a family of musicians. As a child, she audited classes at the Paris Conservatory.

She came from a family of musicians. She was often ill and died young. As a child, she audited classes at the Paris Conservatory.

Which American folk tune did Copland use in his ballet, Appalachian Spring? Simple Gifts Amazing Grace America the Beautiful Turkey in the Straw

Simple Gifts

Beginning around 1908, Schoenberg began to write ______ music, or music without a key. atonal posttonal nontonal bitonal

atonal

Which group performed many thousands of concerts between 1864 and 1888, introducing many Americans to orchestra music? The Stephen Foster Orchestra The John Philip Sousa Orchestra The Theodore Thomas Orchestra The John Strauss Orchestra

The Theodore Thomas Orchestra

The name of the musical style that allows composers to randomly select the ordering of musical materials is called ______ music. pop indiscriminate chance accidental

chance

What had been abandoned in most music by the early twentieth century? Polychords and fourth chords The use of individual tone colors that can be clearly heard Scales that cannot be classified as either major or minor The traditional distinction between consonance and dissonance

The traditional distinction between consonance and dissonance

What is the name of the opera William Grant Still wrote about a Haitian slave rebellion? Paradise Island Freedom Rings Forbidden Island Troubled Island

Troubled Island

Select all the statements that describe recordings made early in the twentieth century. They were of poor quality. They had multichannel recording. They could hold about 75 minutes of music. They had a short playing capacity.

They were of poor quality. They had a short playing capacity.

For what did Charles Ives receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1947? Appalachian Concerto Third Piano Sonata Concord Sonata Third Symphony

Third Symphony

What orchestral work by Ives that is meant to evoke American life and history is? Three Midwestern Scenes Three Places in New England Rhapsody in Blue Three Places in California

Three Places in New England

Select all the ways people experienced music prior to the twentieth century. Through live concerts By singing In films On the radio

Through live concerts By singing

True or false: Although the methods employed in serialism result in controlled and organized music, the music may still sound random and chaotic. True False

True

True or false: Rhapsody in Blue is full of syncopations, which was a trademark of Gershwin's style. True False

True

Aaron Copland based his musical style on one of the most important American contributions to music, namely ______. dissonance samba jazz rock

jazz

American composers of the 1920s and 1930s, such as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and William Grant Still, were able to create music that was recognizably American by incorporating rhythms and other musical idioms from ______ music. electronica rock hip hop jazz

jazz

How did Charles Ives make his living outside of music? Manufacturing records Selling vacuum cleaners Working in insurance Selling cars

Working in insurance

The combination of two chords being played at the same time is called a ______. polychord tritone dissonance consonant

polychord

One of the most striking characteristics of twentieth-century music is the way ______ is manipulated and organized. rhythm basso continuo dynamics prose

rhythm

Twentieth-century music often uses ______ to generate power, drive, and excitement. rhythm lack of meter shouting basic triads

rhythm

Before the twentieth century, western music generally satisfied the listeners' expectations that a dominant triad would resolve to a(n) ______ chord. augmented tonic diminished

tonic

Before the twentieth century, western music generally satisfied the listeners' expectations that a dominant triad would resolve to a(n) ______ chord. tonic diminished augmented

tonic

A Survivor of Warsaw opens with a rather shrill and unusual reveille by a ______. Nazi drum trumpet flute

trumpet

A Survivor of Warsaw opens with a rather shrill and unusual reveille by a ______. Nazi flute drum trumpet

trumpet

A Survivor from Warsaw employs Schoenberg's composition method known as the ______ system. polytonal twelve-tone eight-tone chromatic

twelve-tone

The systematic method developed by Arnold Schoenberg in order to organize atonal music is known as the ______ system. whole-tone Doppler twelve-tone systematic

twelve-tone

Expressionism in music grew out of the angst found in the works of which romantic composers? Wagner and Mahler Mahler and Berlioz Berlioz and Liszt Wagner and Berlioz

Wagner and Mahler

What did the Introduction to Part I of the Rite of Spring represent to Stravinsky? "An opening of the heart" "A return to archaism" "The awakening of nature" "The first look of love"

"The awakening of nature"

Which Czech composer suggested that the foundation for "the future music of this country" should be Black American and Native Indian melodies? Anton Weber Antonin Dvořák Biedrich Smetena Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Antonin Dvořák

When did primitivism have a significant impact on composition? Between 1920 and 1945 After 1945 Between 1910 and 1915 Prior to 1900

Between 1910 and 1915

How did Varèse achieve unique spatial effects for his performance of Poème électronique (Electronic Poem) at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair? By playing inside a room with 52 windows through which the sound was allowed to filter to the audience By projecting the performance through 425 loudspeakers placed all around the interior surfaces of the pavilion By projecting the performance through a single loudspeaker placed at the back of the pavilion By playing on a pavilion surrounded by specially tuned pools of water

By projecting the performance through 425 loudspeakers placed all around the interior surfaces of the pavilion

Select all the musical elements composers commonly incorporated into their works in the twentieth century. Consonant chords only Church modes Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chords The fourth chord

Church modes Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chords The fourth chord

Which French composer is closely identified with the style known as impressionism? Claude Debussy Hector Berlioz Pierre Boulez Charles Ives

Claude Debussy

Select all the elements that were particularly important for impressionist artists. Color Atmosphere Clarity Light

Color Atmosphere Light

Which statement accurately compares twentieth-century music with music from the classical era? Compared to twentieth-century music, classical music relies more heavily on melodies that are easy to remember. Compared to classical music, twentieth-century music is more likely to contain regular rhythms and meters. Compared to twentieth-century music, classical music is more likely to have no tonal center. Compared to classical music, twentieth-century melodies are more closely tied to major and minor keys.

Compared to twentieth-century music, classical music relies more heavily on melodies that are easy to remember.

Select all the statements that describe electronic music. Composers of electronic music use traditional instruments with amplification. In general, electronic instruments all imitate specific types of conventional instruments. With electronic music, a composer is responsible for subtle variations in rhythm and dynamics that a performer would otherwise create. Composers "humanize" electronic music by synthesizing the human voice.

Composers of electronic music use traditional instruments with amplification. With electronic music, a composer is responsible for subtle variations in rhythm and dynamics that a performer would otherwise create.

George Gershwin often collaborated with his brother ______. Louis Ira John Jacob

Ira

Select all the elements that can be found in Stravinsky's compositions. Unclear tone colors Ostinatos Abrupt shifts Irregular meters

Irregular meters Ostinatos Abrupt shifts

Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was inspired by the poem of the same name by ______. Pushkin Mallarmé Goethe Cervantes

Mallarmé

Appalachian Spring was written as ballet music at the request of which famous dancer? Martha Graham Merce Cunningham Twyla Tharp Jerome Robbins

Martha Graham

Which singer made innovative use of MTV videos in the 1980s? Bjork Janet Jackson Vanilla Ice Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Select all the ways that composer Edward MacDowell's music reflected American life, even though he did not consider himself a musical nationalist. New England Idylls brings to mind an American landscape. Bamboula incorporates Black American, Cuban, and Puerto Rican melodies. Indian Suite incorporates American folk material. Woodland Sketches suggests Native American drumming.

New England Idylls brings to mind an American landscape. Indian Suite incorporates American folk material. Woodland Sketches suggests Native American drumming.

Select all the instruments that were emphasized in jazz-band music in the early twentieth century. Percussion instruments Violins Brass Woodwinds Electronic keyboards

Percussion instruments Brass Woodwinds

Which section of the orchestra grew expansively in the twentieth century, reflecting composers' interest in unusual rhythms and tone colors? Brass section String section Percussion section Woodwind section

Percussion section

Which two composers are known as minimalists? Philip Glass and John Adams Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Tania Léon Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen Charles Ives and Charlie Parker

Philip Glass and John Adams

Which is a famous orchestral tone poem by Debussy? Harold in Italy Short Ride in a Fast Machine Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Romeo and Juliet

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Select all the disparate genres that Charles Ives employed in his music. Ragtime Revival hymns Patriotic songs Operatic tunes

Ragtime Revival hymns Patriotic songs

Select all of the painters that are associated with the beginnings of French impressionistic art. Pissarro Picasso Renoir Monet

Renoir Monet Pissarro

Which work by Copland was inspired by American folklore? A Lincoln Portrait Rodeo Piano Variations Connotations

Rodeo

Select all the unconventional features of American music that inspired Ives's music. Musicians playing slightly ahead of the beat Slightly out-of-tune musicians A church organist holding a chord too long while the choir sings another Folk music and melodies from other countries

Slightly out-of-tune musicians A church organist holding a chord too long while the choir sings another

What event caused Schoenberg to immigrate to the United States in 1933? The closure of the school where he was teaching The Nazi rise to power in Germany A riot cause by his new music system His acquisition of a prestigious musical post

The Nazi rise to power in Germany

Inspired by Anton Webern, what style of music did Stravinsky adopt in the 1950s? The twelve-tone system The minor system The fugal system The modal system

The twelve-tone system

Select all the statements about twentieth-century melodies. They may not have a tonal center. They are often unpredictable. They almost always use a major scale. They often use a wide variety of scales.

They may not have a tonal center. They often use a wide variety of scales. They are often unpredictable.

What term is used to refer to the ordering of the twelve chromatic pitches in an atonal composition? Raga Eight-tone scale Twelve-tone row Duodecadron

Twelve-tone row

Who was the first American-born composer to write original choral music? Chester Billings William Billings Paul Williams Chester Williams

William Billings

Who was the first American-born composer to write original choral music? Chester Williams Chester Billings William Billings Paul Williams

William Billings

Select all the alternatives to the traditional chord that came into use after 1900. Triads Tone clusters Fourth chords Polychords

clusters Polychords Fourth chords

The development of the tape studio and synthesizers after World War II ushered in the age of ______ music. expressionist minimalist jazz electronic

electronic

Select all the statements about music in colonial America. The first publication of original choral music written by an American-born composer included a song that became a patriotic anthem. In colonial America, singing psalms was a primary social activity in the Protestant churches. "Singing schools" were opened by ministers in the hopes of raising the quality of singing in churches. In colonial America, almost every village had a bandstand and band to perform at dances, picnics, and other events.

he first publication of original choral music written by an American-born composer included a song that became a patriotic anthem. In colonial America, singing psalms was a primary social activity in the Protestant churches. "Singing schools" were opened by ministers in the hopes of raising the quality of singing in churches.