CH 53 music quiz

What is the subtitle of The Rite of Spring?

Scenes of Pagan Russia"

Which ballets did Diaghilev commission from the composer Igor Stravinsky?

The Rite of Spring Petrushka The Firebird

Which genre describes The Rite of Spring?

ballet

Which musical element is NOT heard in Game of Abduction?

velvety flute solo in the lower register

Serge Diaghilev was impresario for which Paris-based dance company?

Ballets Russes

Who of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

_____ designed the experimental stage design for The Rite of Spring.

Nicholas Roerich

Some of Stravinsky's melodies quote

Russian folk tunes

Which describes the premiere of The Rite of Spring?

Shouts from the audience disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show.

Where did Stravinsky live in the last years of his life?

USA

Which instrument, playing in its highest register, begins The Rite of Spring? Correct!

bassoon

Who were Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina?

dancers with the Ballets Russes

The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small.

false

The Rite of Spring can be described as all of the following EXCEPT

neo classical

In The Dance of Youths and Maidens, which musical elements do NOT contribute to the primeval sound of the orchestra?

parallel chords, floating harmonies

Which of the following does Stravinsky use to minimize harmonic changes?

pedal points melodic repetition ostinatos

The ideals of which movement describes the music of The Rite of Spring?

primitivism

Where was Stravinsky born?

russia

Which describes the melodic material in The Rite of Spring?

short fragments, limited ranges, extended repetition

Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.

true

The Rite of Spring can be performed as a concert work.

true

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

use of chamber orchestra

What did Stravinsky achieve through his ballet scores?

He became a leader in the revitalization of rhythm in European art music.

What was groundbreaking about Nijinsky's choreography for The Rite of Spring?

The dancers jumped up and down in place The dancers formed rotating geometric patterns onstage. The dancers made jerky and irregular movements with individual limbs.

Stravinsky revitalized rhythm by

using polyrhythms using changing meters increasing its complexity