MUS189 Final- Module 8
Which of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?
Dostoyevsky
Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Arnold Schoenberg?
Leonard Bernstein
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.
accented rhythmic drive
Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its upper-most range?
bassoon
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
Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as _____.
expressionism
Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. (T/F)
false
Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. (T/F)
false
Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring. (T/F)
false
The character Pierrot from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre. (T/F)
false
The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small. (T/F)
false
The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris. (T/F)
false
The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form. (T/F)
false
Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.Which of the following is NOT associated with Arnold Schoenberg?
impressionism (atonality Sprechstimme Klangfarbenmelodie)
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?
large-scale forms
The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____.
mythical creature in a dreamlike state
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 Russia
The German word Sprechstimme means _____.
speechlike melody
The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.
ternary (ABA)
In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____.
troubled clown
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music. (T/F)
true
Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. (T/F)
true
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method. (T/F)
true
Schoenberg employed Sprechstimme, or speechlike melody in his Pierrot lunaire. (T/F)
true
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic. (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 premiere success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev. (T/F)
true
The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers. (T/F)
true
