Music and Civ Test 4

What is unusual about the singer's part in the "Aria" from Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5?

The first portion is sung on "ah" and the third portion is hummed

Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of

despair over war

In which style is Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales?

eclectic

All of the mainstream works in twentieth-century music are logical expansions and extensions of nineteenth-century music. (TF)

false

Electronic music was originally in a digital format but has now progressed to an analog format (TF)

false

Jazz often follows traditional forms found in classical music (TF)

false

Rock and roll developed only through American bands (TF)

false

Stravinsky (Rite of Spring) was originally

for a ballet

The four forms of the row are the original row, and the

inversion, retrograde, and retrograde- inversion

The term "mainstream," when applied to twentieth-century music, refers to music that

is neither experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing

Which of the following genres of music developed out of music that was played during funeral processions?

jazz

Musique Concrete is

recordings of actual sounds that have been altered and arranged

The idea of minimalism is to

see how little can be done with music and yet make it satisfying to listen to

Which of the following would not be found in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

sonata form

In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck

stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him

Sprechstimme is the term used for singing

that is a combination of speaking and singing

The artistic viewpoint of Expressionism focuses on

the dark side of human nature

Which of the following composers would represent the neoclassical movement?

Hindemith

Who composed Short Ride in a Fast Machine?

John Adams

Which of the following composers best represents the chance music (aleatoric) movement?

John Cage

An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was

Motown records

Which city is the "birthplace" of jazz?

New Orleans

The composer who developed tone row music was

Schoenberg

Which of the following composers best represents the 12-tone (tone row) style of composition?

Schoenberg, Variations for Orchestra

The most successful composer of ragtime piano was

Scott Joplin

What American song did Copland include in Appalachian Spring?

Simple Gifts

Which of the following composers did not belong the Second Viennese School, the place where tone-row music was developed?

Stravinsky

The melody to which we sing "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally

The English drinking song

Which of the following were a part of the Motown Records?

The Temptations

Serialism is

applying tone row principles to rhythm, timbres, articulations, and dynamic levels

The retrograde version of a tone row is the row

backwards

Neoclassicism seeks to

capture the classical outlook of ancient Greece

Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?

All of these choices

Which type of jazz is only played on the piano?

Boogie Woogie

Which of the following composers was known for being a successful insurance salesman that composed for their own personal pleasure?

Charles Ives

Which of the following pieces is most associated with American nationalism?

Copland, Appalachian Spring

Primitivism is

a fascination with non-Western and non-literate cultures

In electronic music, sounds can

all of these choices

One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the

all of these choices

Ragtime music features

all of these choices

Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because

all of these choices

Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

all of these choices

Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?

all of these choices

which of the following is a strong feature of the rhythm used in rock music?

the strong backbeat

The main characteristic of a tone row is

the use of all twelve pitches in the chromatic scale in the row

Neoclassical works are most likely to contain

traditional forms such as sonata form

Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales contains recordings of the sounds made by whales (TF)

true

Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe. (TF)

true

Originally rock music was largely a combination of blues and country music (TF)

true

The wind band developed mostly in America (TF)

true