The Unanswered Question - Charles Ives - Ch.46

The first performance of The Unanswered Question took place how long after its completion?

Almost 40 years

_________ contrast symbolizes struggle between old and new

Harmonic

In The Unanswered Question, which instrument asks the question?

Trumpet

Has _______ instrumental groups that are common

contrasting

Ives was able to compose radical music because __________

he made his living as a businessman

Three blocks of sound move ________ of one another

independently

Ives became wealthy through ________, composing in spare time

insurance

Solo trumpet?

interjects the "question"

At Ives death, recognized as?

modernist pioneer

Charles Ives rebelled against?

musical tradition

Unanswered epitomizes struggle between ____ and ____

old and new

The Unanswered Question

1908

Where did Ives grow up?

Connecticut

__________ gives the sense that something has not quite been finished or resolved

Dissonance

If we extend the symbolism of Ives's The Unanswered Question to debates over Modernist music, the audience might be considered the __________

Druids

In The Unanswered Question by Ives, the woodwind ensemble can be said to represent __________

Mocking Answerers

Which instrument(s) play(s) tonal music in The Unanswered Question?

Strings

Three contrasting instrumental groups?

Strings, Solo trumpet, Wind quartet

What are the strings in The Unanswered Question supposed to symbolize?

The Silence of the Druids

What instrument plays a solo part?

Trumpet

Strings?

play continuously

Wing quartet?

provides "answers"

What two instruments play atonal fragments?

solo trumpet and winds

The multiple layers of unanswered include?

strings carrying on and trumpet and winds in dialogue

Unanswered has a layered _______

texture

The contrasts between the different instrument groups could also represent __________

the conflict between old and new music

Although they sound rhythmically irregular, the trumpet and winds in The Unanswered Question are linked by rhythmic groups of __________

three

What fashion are the strings played in?

tonal

Unanswered combines _______ and ______ harmony

tonal and atonal

Which of the following instruments are included in The Unanswered Question?

trumpet, clarinet, viola