Music & Civ exam 4
Which of the following is a strong feature of the rhythm used in rock music?
The strong backbeat
T/F: Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales contains recordings of the sounds made by whales
True
T/F: Many of the melodies for American patriotic songs came from Europe.
True
T/F: Originally rock music was largely a combination of blues and country music
True
T/F: the wind band developed mostly in Amerca
True
Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of
despair over war
Stravinsky's 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
Musique concréte 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 yet make it satisfying to listen to
Which of the following would not be found in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
sonata form
Sprechstimme is the term used for singing
that is a combination of singing and speaking
The artistic viewpoint of Expressionism focuses on
the dark side of human nature
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
T/F: All of the mainstream works in twentieth-century music are logical expansions and extensions of nineteenth-century music
False
T/F: Electronic music was originally in a digital format but has now progressed to analog format
False
T/F: Jazz often follows traditional forms found in classical music
False
T/F: Rock and Roll developed only through American Bands
False
One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the
Greatly increased number of companies selling records Change from vinyl to CDs and now to iPod and similar devices Greatly increased buying power to teenagers Increased publicity, both positive and negative, given performers
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
Ragtime music features
Much Syncopation 2/4 meter A lively tempo Major keys
Which of these is a characteristic of traditional jazz?
Much syncopation Blue notes Improvisation Certain Jazz timbres
Which city is the "birthplace" of jazz?
New Orleans
The composer who developed tone row music was
Schoenberg
The most successful composer of ragtime piano music was
Scott Joplin
Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because
Settling a new land was a consuming interest The early puritans discouraged the arts There were a few wealthy families able to support the arts Americans seems to assume that European culture was superior
In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck
Stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him
Which of the following were a part of Motown Records?
The Temptations
The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally
an English drinking song
Serialism is
applying tone row principles to rhythm, timbres, articulations, and dynamic levels
The retrograde version of a tone row is the row
backwards
What American song did Copland included in Appalachian Spring?
"Simple Gifts"
Neoclassicism seeks to
capture the classical outlook of ancient Greece
Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?
Dissonant chords Polytonality (using two different keys at the same time) Polyrhythms quotations from songs
In which style is Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales?
Eclectic
In electronic music, sounds can
Be speeded up or slowed down Have their timbres altered Be incorporated into any rhythm pattern be any dynamic level
Which type of jazz is only played on the piano
Boogie-woogie
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Was strongly influenced by the music of J.S. Bach Was strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music Is folkloric Was composed in the 1930s
Primitivism is
a fascination with non-Western and non-literate cultures
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
