Music - Exam 3 (3/4) chopin, berlioz, bizet-puccini
This title of this work is: (0:51) (Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire) "Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire Symphonie fantastique / Fantastic Symphony Poème électronique / Electronic Poem Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
"Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire
Which of the following was first to use a baton in the 19th century? Robert Schumann Johannes Brahms Felix Mendelssohn Richard Wagner
Felix Mendelssohn
This composer's work influenced which of the following popular musicians? (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) Bob Dylan Alice Cooper Frank Zappa David Bowie
Frank Zappa
Identify the composer of this work. (1:00) (Mazurka No. 17) Frédéric Chopin Ludwig van Beethoven Claude Debussy Franz Schubert
Frédéric Chopin
This work was composed by: (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen) Giacomo Puccini Georges Bizet Hector Berlioz Claude Debussy
Georges Bizet
This work was composed by: (1:01) (Dovunque al mondo / Throughout the World from Madama Butterfly) Claude Debussy Giacomo Puccini Hector Berlioz Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Identify the title of this work. (1:00) Seguidilla from Carmen Toreador Song from Carmen Habanera from Carmen Avec la garde montante from Carmen
Habanera from Carmen
Why was Stéphane Mallarme initially unenthusiastic about this work? (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) He believed that his poem was musical enough. He did not like music. He did not like music by this composer. He preferred operas to orchestral music.
He believed that his poem was musical enough.
Which statement about this composer's life is NOT true? (1:00) a) He had a 10-year affair with Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin. b) He pursued a career as a public concert pianist only late in life, after already living in Paris for over a decade. c) He was a favorite presence at the salons held in the residences of French aristocrat. d) His friends included artists from a variety of fields, including painters and authors.
He pursued a career as a public concert pianist only late in life, after already living in Paris for over a decade
Identify the composer of this work. (1:04) (Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5) Claude Debussy Hector Berlioz Franz Schubert Frédéric Chopin
Hector Berlioz
This work was composed by: (1:11) (Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring) Arnold Schoenberg John Cage Henry Cowell Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
This work was set in which country? (1:01) (Dovunque al mondo / Throughout the World from Madama Butterfly) China Italy Japan India
Japan
The composer was inspired, in part, by music from which country? (0:57) (John Cage) (Sonata no. 5) Java South Africa Japan Indonesia
Java
Identify the composer of this work. (0:57) (Sonata no. 5) Arnold Schoenberg Claude Debussy John Cage Edgard Varèse
John Cage
This composer invented a technique in which the notes of a melody are split among instruments in the ensemble. What is the name of this technique? Sprechstimme col legno Klangfarbenmelodie scordatura
Klangfarbenmelodie
This composer invented a technique in which the vocalist speaks words on specified notes. What is the name of this technique? (0:51) Klangfarbenmelodie col legno scordatura Sprechstimme
Klangfarbenmelodie
This composer collaborated with which of the following while creating this work? (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) Walter Gropius Le Corbusier Louis Sullivan Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Le Corbusier
This title of this work is: (1:11) Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring Symphonie fantastique / Fantastic Symphony Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Poème électronique / Electronic Poem
Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring
Having lost his teaching position in 1933 because of the Nazi movement, this composer left Vienna and moved to: Los Angeles Paris New York London
Los Angeles
This composer emigrated to the United States, settling in which city? Chicago Los Angeles Miami New York
Los Angeles
Identify the title of this work. (1:00) Piano Concerto no. 17 Mazurka no. 17 Piano Concerto no. 23 Piano Sonata no. 14
Mazurka no. 17
This work was composed during the ______ Era. (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) Baroque Romantic Modern Classical
Modern
This work was composed during the _______ Era. (0:57) (Sonata no. 5) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
Modern
The two cities which served as centers to music of this era include: (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Vienna and Leipzig Berlin and Rome London and New York City Paris and Vienna
Paris and Vienna
his work was commissioned to showcase recent advancements in sound engineering in speakers manufactured by which company? General Electric RCA Philips Sony
Philips
Identify the title of this work. (1:14) Der Erlkönig / The Erl King Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Poème électronique / Electronic Poem Symphonie fantastique / Fantastic Symphony, mvt. 5
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Which of the following Romantic composers complimented the composer of this work by referring to him as a poet? Franz Liszt Johannes Brahms Hector Berlioz Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
This work was composed during the ________ Era. (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
Romantic
This work was composed during the ________ Era. (1:01) (Dovunque al mondo / Throughout the World from Madama Butterfly) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
Romantic
Identify the title of this work. (0:57) Nocturne, op. 22 Mazurka #17 Sonata no. 5 Piano Concerto no. 23
Sonata no. 5
This composer based this work on a work from which of the following movements? (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Aesthetic Movement Cubism Symbolism Barbizon School
Symbolism
Identify the title of this work. (1:04) Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 4 Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5 Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Piano Concerto no. 23, mvt. 1
Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5
This work was loosely based on which of the following mythological characters? (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Galatea and Acis Phaedra and Hippolytus Orpheus and Euridice Syrinx and Pan
Syrinx and Pan
Why was this composer's op. 10 String Quartet (1908) significant? This is the piece in which he stopped using traditional forms and structures. This is the piece in which he broke decisively with tonality. This is the piece in which he admitted that he was wrong about the end of the tonal system. This is the piece in which he first used rhythms from Russian folk music.
This is the piece in which he broke decisively with tonality.
Identify the title of this work. (1:01) Habanera from Carmen Seguidilla from Carmen Dovunque al mondo / Throughout the World from Madama Butterfly Un bel di / One Fine Day from Madama Butterfly
Un bel di / One Fine Day from Madama Butterfly
Which of the following choreographed this work? (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Carlo Blasis Jules Perrot Vaclav Nijinsky August Bournonville
Vaclav Nijinsky
While this composer was born in _______, he spent most of his professional career in _______. (1:00) Vienna / Venice Leipzig / London Warsaw / Paris Rome / St. Petersburg
Warsaw / Paris
What unusual instrumental timbre is heard at the beginning of this work? (1:11) (Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring) using a piccolo trumpet fluttering tonguing in the bass clarinet using the alto flute a bassoon straining in its top register
a bassoon straining in its top register
In this excerpt, the composer is mocking: academic counterpoint as taught by the Paris Conservatory the moral dogma of Catholicism the country of England, as he uses the English national anthem in the fugue the idea of "true love"
academic counterpoint as taught by the Paris Conservatory
This composer's philosophy of music was based on the precept that chance was the central operation of nature. Musically, he referred to this approach as __________. minimalist aleatory organic improvisatory
aleatory
This work was composed to accompany which of the following? (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) a play a painting architecture a novel
architecture
This is an example of a/an: (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen) aria from a cantata aria from an opera aria from an oratorio concert aria
aria from an opera
This is an example of a/an: (1:01) ria from a cantata aria from an opera aria from an oratorio concert aria
aria from opera
This is an example of a/an: (0:51) ( opera aria mazurka sonata art song
art song
This is an example of a/an: (1:11) (Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring) ballet mazurka art song opera aria
ballet
This work was initially successful as a/an: (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) orchestral work work for string sextet work for piano for 4 hands ballet
ballet
This work is an example of ______ form. (0:57) (Sonata no. 5) binary sonata rondo rounded binary
binary
This work includes a passage where the violinists use the wood of the bow on the strings. This technique is called: sostenuto col legno una corda pizzicato
col legno
Which of the following terms best describes the first few measures of this excerpt? counterpoint contrary motion inverted retrograde terraced dynamics
contrary motion
Which of the following arts did NOT accompany the premiere of this work? (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) photographs film dance lights
dance
This work "text paints" the difference between Eastern and Western culture, as Western culture is heard in ________ and Eastern culture is heard in _________. (1:01) diatonic scales / pentatonic scales modes / chromatic scales chromatic scales / pentatonic scales pentatonic scales / diatonic scales
diatonic scales / pentatonic scales
As a youth, this composer received musical instruction from his uncle, a professor at the Paris Conservatory.
false
Live electronic music was a staple of avant-garde compositional technique as early as 1950.
false
The ondes martenot, a revolutionary electronic musical instrument heard here, is played by two steel wands: one controls pitch while the other controls volume. (1:05)
false
What is the term for the unifying melodic device used in this work? (1:04) idée fixe leit motif motive ritornello
idée fixe
This is an example of a/an: (1:00) (Chopin: Mazurka) waltz nocturne polonaise mazurka
mazurka
This was composed during the _________ Era. (01:11) (Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
modern
This was composed during the _________ Era. (0:51) (Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
modern
This work was composed during the _______ Era. (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
modern
This composer continued to follow one facet of Romanticism, which was: (1:11) Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring exoticism fantastic, diabolical topics nationalism interest in contemporaneous events
nationalism
This composer's experimental work, 4'33", features what sounds? a) tones from a "prepared," or mechanically altered, piano b) rigidly controlled serial tone rows c) a full orchestra, but with all instruments played by members of other sections d) no sound whatsoever: focusing on the ambient noise of the listener's surroundings
no sound whatsoever: focusing on the ambient noise of the listener's surroundings
This work was setting of a ______ by ______________. (1:01) (Dovunque al mondo / Throughout the World from Madama Butterfly) poem / Jean Cocteau play / Pierre-François Beauvallet novel / Prosper Mérimée novel / Pierre Loti
novel / Pierre Loti
This work was setting of a ______ by ______________. (1:00) (Habanera) poem / Jean Cocteau play / Pierre-François Beauvallet novel / Prosper Mérimée novel / Charles Baudelaire
novel / Prosper Mérimée
This work is based on a/an: (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen) sequence ostinato cantus firmus chaconne
ostinato
In addition to music, in what other art form was this composer actively involved? (0:51) (Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire) plays poetry painting ballet
painting
To what do the terms "damper," "sostenuto," and " una corda" refer? a) pedals on the piano b) performance traditions used in different types of venues in the 19th century c) different types of strings used on pianos in the 19th century d) Romantic terms for types of character pieces
pedals on the piano
Identify the instrument(s) heard in this work. (0:57) (Sonata no. 5) African thumb piano xylophone and drums harpsichord prepared piano
prepared piano
This is an example of a/an: (1:04) (Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5) concerto program symphony opera overture tone poem
program symphony
This was composed during the ________ Era. (1:04) (Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
romantic
This work was composed during the ______ Era. (1:00) (Mazurka no. 17) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
romantic
This work was composed during the ________ Era. (0:57) (Erl King) Baroque Classical Romantic Modern
romantic
What musical idea serves as the unifying concept throughout this work? (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) the siren the grating sound the chirping sounds the ascending 3-note motive
the ascending 3-note motive
This is an example of a/an: (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) rhapsody sonata program symphony tone poem
tone poem
In the hands of this composer, the art of scoring music for an orchestra gained recognition as a particular skill in its own right.
true
This first part of this work is more rhythmically even than the second part. (0:57) (Sonata no. 5)
true
This work is in binary form, with the A section based on a chromatic scale and the B section based on a diatonic scale. (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen)
true
This work explores octaves which are divided into equal steps. Identify the scale below. (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) pentatonic whole tone chromatic octatonic
whole tone
This work was commissioned for the _______ World Exposition held in ________. 1906 / Milan 1939 / New York 1958 / Brussels 1898 / Paris
1958 / Brussels
While this composer composed his first opera at age ____, his first successful opera was composed when he was ______ years of age. (1:01) 15 / 23 24 / 35 32 / 55 45 / 60
24 / 35
While the typical nineteenth-century symphony contained ____ movements, this work contains _____ movements. 3 / 2 5 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 5 4 / 3
4/5
This composer had a famous affair with George Sand, which was a pseudonym for Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin Mary Shelley Emily Brontë Jane Austen
Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin
Identify the composer of this work. (0:51) (Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire) John Cage Igor Stravinsky Edgard Varèse Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
This work was composed by: (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) John Cage Claude Debussy Edgard Varèse Igor Stravinsky
Claude Debussy
This composer was considered a musical impressionist, analogous to the artistic style originated by which artist? (1:14) (Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Stéphane Mallarmé Paul Verlaine Claude Monet Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
The first center for electronic music in the United States was founded on which university campus? MIT UCLA Columbia University USC
Columbia University
This work was based on folk dance from which country? (1:00) (Habanera from Carmen) Spain Mexico Cuba France
Cuba
This work is in binary form, with the A section in _________ and the B section in _________. (1:00) D major / D minor D minor / D major A major / D minor A major / A minor
D minor / D major
Which part of the plot does this excerpt accompany? (1:11) ((Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring)) Dance of the Youths and Maidens The Adoration of the Earth The Adoration of the Chosen One Procession of the Wise Elder
Dance of the Youths and Maidens
This work quotes a medieval hymn, entitled: (1:04) (Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5) Veni sancte spiritus Dies irae Stabat mater Vexilla regis
Dies irae
This work was composed by: (1:05) (Poeme Electronique) Arnold Schoenberg Harry Partch Edgard Varèse John Cage
Edgard Varèse
Which of the following movements was this composer most closely aligned? (0:51) (Der Mondfleck / Moonfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire Expressionism Impressionism Fauvism Cubism
Expressionism
