Musc Ch. 15 Quiz

Who among the following was NOT an ultramodernist composer?

Charles Ives

Under what composer did Henry Cowell study music in his youth?

Charles Seeger

Who wrote Hyperprism?

Edgar Varess

George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess became the twentieth century's most performed piece of American concert music.

False

In the decades between the two worlds, the composer was elevated to a standing in the classical sphere once reserved for the performer.

False

Before 1890, __________ and other conductors had established the American symphony orchestra as an ensemble grounded in European classics.

Leopold Stokowski WRONG

John Coltrane studied under Leo Ornstein.

True

Where Varèse looked to science for compositional inspiration, Rudhyar found in spiritualism a similar inspiration to create a highly dissonant, nontraditional-sounding music.

True

Which of the following conductors especially championed the music of new American composers? a.Serge Koussevitsky

Which of the following conductors especially championed the music of new American composers? a.Serge Koussevitsky

Gershwin's first hit was

a."Swanee."

In which of the following roles did Henry Cowell serve throughout his career?

composer WRONG

Henry Cowell's approach to piano composition was largely _________.

experimental

In their own time, composer Leo Ornstein was less well-known than Charles Ives.

false

Which of the following would NOT be a part of a musical modernist aesthetic?

lyricism

George Gershwin's early work was as a

song plugger

Henry Cowell was imprisoned.

true

The music of Henry Cowell drew on Chinese, Japanese, African, South Indian, Javanese, and Irish musics

true

he radio proved an important new medium to broadcast a wide variety of music.

true