ch 21 listening quiz

What can be heard in this excerpt from Ives's "The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting"?

A church hymn emerges from cacophony.

What can be heard in the last line Wozzeck sings in this excerpt?

He sings the same rhythm as the piano at the end of the excerpt.

In what style is the soprano singing in this excerpt of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire?

Sprechstimme

Schoenberg called "Night" a passacaglia, referring to

a type of ostinato piece from the Baroque period.

What instruments play the main motive in this excerpt of The Rite of Spring?

bassoons and contrabassoons

What musical device is Berg using in this excerpt from Wozzeck?

crescendo

Which term describes the repeated chord that begins this passage from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

dissonant

Stravinsky derives the main motive in this excerpt of The Rite of Spring from the folk music of what country?

Russia

What do you hear in this excerpt from Ives's "The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting"?

The strings play a fragment of a tune that is interrupted by the brass section. Then the woodwinds play the same fragment but are also interrupted.

Which describes the piano music that begins this excerpt of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire?

dissonant and atonal

What creates the irregular rhythm of this passage from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

heavy accents on unexpected beats

The piano music in this excerpt from Berg's Wozzeck is reminiscent of what style of American music?

ragtime

What musical instrument family dominates this excerpt from Debussy's Clouds?

woodwinds