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