Music Final Exam (Chapter 36-69)

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?

Small orchestra with limited winds

Where is George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess set?

South Carolina

Pat Metheny.

Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint was premiered by

Through-composed form

A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form? Strophic form Modified strophic form Through-composed form Bar form

During his brief stay in France, Gershwin wrote _____.

An American in Paris

Which of the following describes the Fisk Jubilee Singers?

They raised enough money to construct a major building on the Fisk campus. They were a part of Fisk University. They toured in the United States. They toured in Europe.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote several large-scale works as well as many Lieder.

True

Gottschalk wrote piano works based on North American musical traditions.

True

Gottschalk's The Banjo anticipates the syncopated piano style of ragtime.

True

Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works.

True

In the nineteenth century Theobald Boehm improved the flute, making it metal rather than wood.

True

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called program music.

True

Liszt was an admirer of the virtuoso violinist, Niccolò Paganini.

True

accented rhythmic drive

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.

Which of the following does NOT characterize Louis Gottschalk's piano music?

Distinctly European in style

Nationalistic program music might evoke a landscape.

True

Scott Joplin is considered the "March King."

F

Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas.

False

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was enthusiastically encouraged to pursue a musical career by her family.

False

Frank Gehry's design for the Walt Disney Concert Hall is a statement against post modernism (t/f)

False

Gottschalk began playing piano late in his life.

False

Hector Berlioz invented the symphonic poem.

False

In the twenty-first century, composers do not write nationalistic works.

False

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music.

False

Once Adophe Sax developed the saxophone, it became a permanent and popular part of orchestral music.

False

Postmodernism is not found in film t/f

False

The Romantic symphony follows the exact forms and proportions of the Classical genre of Beethoven.

False

The artist Christo is known for his elaborate quilts t/f

False

The scherzo movement in nineteenth-century symphonies generally is characterized by a slow march tempo.

False

Women in nineteenth-century Europe could not receive training in music.

False

Women played a critical role in music-making activities of the nineteenth century, except as teachers.

False

Some postmodernist architecture can described as neo-eclectic t/f

True

The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical masters.

True

Which of the following describes John Tavener's work The Veil of the Temple:

It is written for several orchestras t is written for four choirs. It has a duration of at least seven hours.

Which of the following is an Abstract Expressionist painter?

Jackson P

T

Jazz developed from a blending of African music with art and popular traditions of the West.

The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.

True

The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.

True

Unlike the symphonic poem the genre of symphony is often absolute music, without a program.

True

Women in nineteenth-century Europe were expected to have refined musical skills.

True

true

Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. True False

The composer of the music for the highly successful Final Fantasy video game series in the 1990s was (last name only) ____________.

Uematsu

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is considered to reflect a combination of which cultures?

Native American African American European American

nineteenth-century

Neo-Romantic composers embraced aspects of _____ orchestral sound.

True

Neo-Romantic composers often included programmatic elements in their music.

True

Neo-Romanticism incorporates the lush harmonic language of the Romantic era.

In which American city did Louis Gottschalk grow up?

New Orleans

virtuoso violinist

Niccolò Paganini was a _____. well-known conductor prominent educator virtuoso violinist

Which of the following are operas by Adams?

Nixon in China The Death of Klinghoffer

Which of the following does NOT describe the style of ragtime?

No repetition in each rag

false

One of Henry Cowell's innovations was the "prepared piano."

Which composer nurtured Brahms's talents, going as far as taking him into his home?

Robert Schumman

false

Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature. True False

True

Salvador Dali was a part of the Surrealism movement.

Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school.

Scandinavian

Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?

Utilizing ritornello form

Trumpet

Which instrument has a featured solo in Billie's Blues?

The number of bars in each section varies.

Which is NOT true of a typical blues progression?

"Robbed" time

Which is the best definition of "tempo rubato"?

Alice Walker

Which of the following artists is NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s?

mostly atonal

Which of the following does NOT characterize Neo-Romanticism?

regular duple meter

Which of the following does NOT describe George Crumb's Caballito negro?

Gustav Holst

Which of the following is NOT a Germanic post-Romantic composer?

Large-scale forms

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?

It is in through-composed form.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Robert Schumann's In the Lovely Month of May? It is in strophic form. It is in through-composed form. The poetry was written by Heine. It is for solo voice and piano.

Thoreau

Which of the following is NOT considered a Symbolist poet?

He preferred not to write tonal music.

Which of the following is NOT true about Steve Reich's career?

New Orleans

_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

show boat

______ was a popular jerome kern musical from the 1920s with a serious plot.

Harry T. Burleigh worked with the European composer ___________________ while he was teaching in the United States.

antoin darvark

false

arnold schoenberg was a student of alban berg. t/f

second viennese school

arnold schoenberg, Balaban berg, and anton webern are known as the _____.

In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon composer Tan Dun masterfully blends Western and ____________ musical traditions.

asain

collecting the folk music of hungary

bartok and fellow composer zoltan kodaly are known for____.

false

bartok avoided classical forms. t/f

true

bela bartok collected traditional songs for hungary. t/f

Hungarian

bela bartok is associated with the _____ school.

true

berg uses sprechstimme vocal style in her opera "wozzeck". t/f

an expressionist play by buchner

berg's "wozzeck" was inspired by _______.

expressionist

berg's opera wozzeck is considered to be a(n) ____ work.

false

berg's use of harmony in wozzeck is strictly atonal. t/f

false

bernstein showed no interest in writing film music.

true

bernstein's work shows a real feeling for the new york urban scene.

aaron copland

billy the kid, rodeo, and appalachian spring are ballets by _____.

woody guthrie

bob dylan's musikal idol was the folk singer _________

true

copland collaborated with martha graham in his work appalachian spring.

false

copland did not cite an american traditional hymn in his ballet appalachian spring.

false

copland's ballet billy the kid was composed to be a portrayal of pennsylvanian life.

elements of jazz

corigilano's cycle "mr tambourine man" incorporated which of the following?

bob dylan

corigliano's prelude from "mr tambourine man" is a song cycle set to the texts of ________.

solo voice and piano

corligliano's original prelude from "mr tambourine man" was written for _______.

wind band

country band march is arranged for _______.

true

dylan's "mr tambourine man" was originally made popular by a cover version recorded by the group the Byrds. t/f

true

elaborating on an earlier composer's idea is considered a homage. t/f

In Tod Machover's Jeux Deux, the pianist soloist plays

electric piano

In Farewell from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the main melodies are played by the cello and _____________ .

erhu

Composers of historical operas strive for documentary-style accuracy.

false

Contemporary composers no longer write music for their religious communities.

false

Film music is required to mirror every emotion on the screen.

false

John Adams is considered a serialist composer.

false

John Adams's Doctor Atomic is based on a comic book hero.

false

Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States.

false

Tavener was a prominent exponent of serialism.

false

Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God is highly melismatic

false

The mariachi ensemble originated in Spain.

false

The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models

false

ballet was first featured in russian opera in the romantic era. t/f

false

the nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the romantic writer victor hugo and expanded by e.t.a. hoffman. t/f

false

George Gershwin was encouraged by Nadia Boulanger to perfect his classical training.

false, 334E

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group?

fisk

not for traditional worship services

for what purpose did lili boulanger write psalm 24?

homophonic

foster's "jeanie with light brown hair" is primarily composed in what texture?

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

foster's "my old kentucky home" was inspired by ______.

From which region of Mexico does the mariachi ensemble originate?

gaudalajara

false

germany is noted for its long- established opera traditions. t/f

What are the prominent languages used in the Eastern Christian church?

greek russian

true

guiseppi verdi viewed himself as an italian nationalist composer. t/f

Brahms wrote his Requiem mass in memory of _____.

his mother

five

how many movements make up bartoks concerto for orchestra?

7

how many songs are there in corligliano's cycle "mr tambourine man"?

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, is called the _____.

idée fixe

False

impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

true

in "wozzeck" the title character has hallucinations and is the subject of experimentation by his superiors. t/f

having killed his lover

in berg's opera "wozzeck" the main character's final breakdown is the result of _____.

In Doctor Atomic, the action takes place:

in los amos labortary

troubled clown

in schoenberg's "pierrot lunaire", pierrot is a(n)______.

radio brodcasts

in the 19th century, opera excerpts were not marketed to domestic consumers via _____.

Today in Mexico, ______________, or people of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry are the majority.

mestizos

The rhythm of Revueltas's Homage to Federico García Lorca is characteristic of:

mexiacan menzeto dance music

The orchestration in Revueltas's Son emulates the sound of:

mexican merechi ensemble

Silvestre Revueltas represented a movement that drew on the popular culture of contemporary _________.

mexico

Byzantine and Greek scales and modes differ from western scales and modes in that Byzantine and Greek scales and modes include:

microtones

Intervals smaller than half steps are called _____________.

microtones

The texture of African American spirituals is best described as:

monophic

True

mpressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.

Underscoring in film music refers to:

music coming form an unseen

false

music in 18th and early 19th century america was wildly divergent from european traditions.

The vocal music in the 2009 film Avatar is sung in:

navi

true

neo classical composers looked to eras before the romantic era for inspiration. t/f

concord sonata

one of ives best known works for piano is _______.

After her marriage, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for _____.

organizing the family Sunday salon concerts

John Adams's Doctor Atomic focuses on the conscience of:

pyhscict ropeter ophera

The concept of "river" in September: At the River by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is expressed by _____.

quick moving notes that accompany the melody

Revueltas is considered a representative of "mestizo ________ ."

realism

The movie __________ is an example of a soundtrack that uses only source music.

rear window

true

recent trends in musical theatre include shows based on dancing.

in Doctor Atomic, John Adams drew on:

sacred Hindu scripture Baudelaire the memoirs of the scientists involved government documents poetry from John Donne

true

schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve tone" method. t/f

true

schoenberg employed sprechstimme, or speechlike meoldy in his "pierrot lunaire". t/f

expressonism

schoenberg's "pierrot lunaire" is associated with the 20th century arts movement known as ______.

russian school

sergei prokofiev is associated with the _____.

The most important function of music in film is to:

set the mood

Film music can be used to:

set the mood help establish the characters create a sense of time and place

The man that Revueltas honored in Homenaje was a:

spanish poet killed by the fascists

true

stephen foster is inwon for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs.

Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.

strains

true

stravinky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic. t/f

false

stravinsky included authentic french folk songs in his ballet "the rite of spring". t/f

rhythm

stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?

The text setting of Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God is _____________ .

syllabic

The rhythm in the Act II, Scene 3, chorus "At the sight of this" from Doctor Atomic can best be described as:

syncopated

Which of the following are characteristics of mariachi music?

syncopated rhythms trumpets and violins, playing in thirds

true

the 19th century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.

false

the 21 poems used in "pierrot lunaire" are all in virealai from. t/f

Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?

the Harlem renaissance

pt barnum

the american debut tour of international singing sensation jenny lind was managed by _____.

false

the character pierrot from schoenberg's "pierrot lunaire" derives from an early japanese theatrical comedy genre. t/f

Several of John Adam's operas have been considered controversial, including:

the death of khingfloer

operetta

the european stage genre from which american musical theatre developed was _____.

the children's discovery of the murder

the final scene of "wozzeck revolves around _______.

"Running counter to the action" is a technique to supply irony in film music.

true

At the turn of the 1800s, camp meetings in the United States were not segregated by cultural background.

true

Composer John Adams was influenced by rock albums such as Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon.

true

Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves.

true

George Gershwin is known for his songs that draw on ragtime, blues, and jazz.

true

George Gershwin sold sheet music on New York's Tin Pan Alley.

true

George Gershwin's instrumental works reflect a merger of jazz elements and European concert tradition.

true

George Gershwin's social status allowed him opportunities as a white musician that black musicians could not enjoy in the 1920s.

true

In the movie Jaws, the shark is represented by a two-note oscillating motive.

true

John Adams's Doctor Atomic is the result of collaboration with a playwright/director.

true

John Tavener is an English composer.

true

Revueltas incorporated folkloric rhythms in his music.

true

Revueltas's Homenaje is for a chamber ensemble with piano, winds, strings, and percussion.

true

Source music refers to music that functions as part of the drama itself, such as a character turning on a radio

true

Strong feelings of patriotism arose in Mexico after the Revolution in 1910

true

The Greek Orthodox tradition has roots in Jewish practice.

true

The composer of the soundtrack for the end of E.T. uses music to establish a sorrowful mood.

true

The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity

true

The third movement, Son, from Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, is based on a traditional dance form.

true

ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the renaissance. t/f

true

tchaikovsky's the nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa. t/f

true

the "pas de deux" or dance for two was developed by choreographer Marius Petipa. t/f

true

Which of the following describe mariachi music?

verse/chorus structure shifting meters strong accents

true

dylan's "mr tambourine man" begins with the song's refrain. t/f

dancelike

what best describes the character of chopin's mazurka?

music drama

what did wagner call his large-scale sung theatrical works?

a medieval german epic poem

what is the basis for the story of "die walkure"?

scenes of pagan russia

what is the basis of stravinsky's "the rite of spring"?

shakespeare's romeo and juliet

what is the literary basis fro "west side story"?

false

"jeanie with the light brown hair" was the most famous of foster's songs during his lifetime.

strophic form

A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as _____. strophic form modified strophic form through-composed form bar form

A lost manuscript of music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in _____.

1989

true

19th century opera us characterized by the use of bel canto style of singing. t/f

true

19th century parlor music in the US was written to be accessible to amateurs.

film music

19th century songwriters in the US combined elements of all of the following except _________.

T

A "blue note" implies a slight drop in pitch on the third, fifth, or seventh tone of the scale.

german

A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _____. Latin French Italian German

Post modernism

A movement in the arts and literature that reacts against early modernist principles through the use of classical and traditional elements. A movement in the arts and literature that reacts against early modernist principles through the use of classical and traditional

the overall structure of both the "dance of the sugar plum fairy" and "the trepak" from tchaikovsky's nutcracker is best outlined as _____.

ABA

false

According to legend, a child touched by the Elfking must die. True False

False

African American composer William Grant Still did not study classical music.

John Williams has written music for:

Barack Obama's inauguration the Olympics film scores

Benny Goodman

Billie Holiday sang with which of the following jazz "greats"?

Which of the following were considered Mexican nationalists?

Carlos Chávez Diego Rivera José Orozco

The artist who is known for wrapping large architectural landmarks in fabric is

Christo

True

Dadaists rejected the thought that art was something to be revered.

Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society?

Conductor

Elements

Contemporary musical style featuring the repetition of short melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation. See also post-minimalism, spiritual minimalism, and process music.

Big-band jazz

During the Great Depression, which style dominated popular music?

polyrhythm.

Ewe drummers in the region of Togo, Benin, and Ghana are noted for their performance method called

False

Fauré composed his Requiem over the span of a single summer.

small chamber orchestra

Fauré's original ensemble plan for his Requiem was a(n) _____.

How many symphonies did Brahms write?

Four

Symbolist

French Romantic-era song composers were drawn to the poets of which movement?

true

George Crumb is representative of avant-garde composition in the United States.

In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River, poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included _____.

Goethe

Which of the following influences are heard in the music of Arvo Pärt?

Gregorian chant russian orthodox Eastern European folk

In his piece The Banjo, how does Gottschalk evoke, musically, the idea of the title?

He simulates banjo strumming and picking on the piano.

Which of the following describes Harry T. Burleigh's career?

He worked for Dvořák. He arranged spirituals for voice and piano. He became an editor for a music publisher.

In writing Peer Gynt, with which playwright did Grieg collaborate?

Henrik Ibsen

true

Henry Cowell is known for combining Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement that describes an aspect of George Gershwin's career?

His music was not popular at the time he composed it. (NOT He sought to integrate jazz into "cultivated" music; Some people were suspicious of his utilizing jazz style in largely European genres; He became a successful musician in his early 20s)

Which of the following did NOT make improved instruments possible in the nineteenth century?

Household electrification

In which country was Franz Liszt born?

Hungary

True

Immigrant composers were important in the history of vaudeville.

Chinese reflex balls

In blue cathedral, Higdon incorporates _____, effectively evoking an Asian soundscape.

True

In his Requiem Fauré included nonstandard versions of traditional liturgical texts.

True

In music, a "hook" is a musical characteristic that attracts the listener's attention.

False

In phase music, loops are played unaltered.

Ghana.

In the 1970s, Steve Reich spent a month playing with and listening to drummers in

False

In the nineteenth century sacred music was not an important genre in France.

Which category of program music best describes Grieg's Peer Gynt?

Incidental music

the Beatles

Jennifer Higdon credits the music of _____ for her understanding of music's communicative powers.

a tone poem.

Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral is

False

Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral utilizes the instruments from a typical Baroque orchestra.

True

Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral was inspired by her grief over her brother's death.

Which of the following composers have contributed to the spiritual minimalist movement

John Tavene Arvo Pärt Henryk Górecki

T

Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of scat singing.

F

Louis Armstrong was a famous New Orleans pianist.

Which of the following is considered the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music?

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

John Lennon's collage style in Revolution 9 is similar to the compositional technique of which composer?

Lukas F

changing

Many early twentieth-century composers exploited _____ meters.

The work that is considered to be Scott Joplin's most famous is his _____.

Maple Leaf Rag

True

Minimalism is a more developed style that is influenced by process music.

false

Most Lied composers wrote their own words for the song. True False

False

One of the prominent opponents of Neo-Romantic ideas was Samuel Barber.

Which of George Gershwin's works is considered a "folk opera"?

Porgy and Bess

True

Process music embraces the intellectual style of Schoenberg and Webern.

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____.

Program music

Tchaikovsky's music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a famous example of _____.

Program overture

False

Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period.

False

Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly after visiting Tokyo and viewing a traditional play there.

True

Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha.

True

Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly is considered exotic due to its setting and plot.

Which of the following is considered George Gershwin's first "big hit"?

Swanee

Adolphe Sax was a famous musical instrument inventor who positively affected bands in the United States.

T

America's vernacular traditions also included music for brass bands.

T

Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive wide recognition.

T

The United States Marine Band has a history dating back to the eighteenth century.

T

T

Take the A Train is characterized by frequent call-and-response between instruments.

middle class

The French Revolution signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to the _____. middle class state church

True

The French Romantic mélodie parallels the German Lied tradition.

True

The French mélodie was inspired by the songs of Schubert.

Mélodie

The French song genre that paralleled the German Lied in the nineteenth century was the _____.

True

The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.

The inspiration for Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was _____.

The actress Harriet Smithson

False

The big band phenomenon ended prior to World War II.

False

The characteristics of post-Romanticism were not found in works from Italy.

In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?

The fifth

false

The gamelan is a traditional orchestra from Japan.

true

The gamelan orchestra is made up largely of percussion instruments.

consonant.

The harmony of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint is

Stride

The insistent bass in the last movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano resembles which jazz piano style?

conductor

The large size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a _____. violinist keyboard player conductor

instrumentally conceived

The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as _____.

False

The movement of verismo focused on the imaginative/fantastic.

Verismo

The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as _____.

Japan

The opera Madame Butterfly is set in _____.

False

The orchestra grew even larger in the early twentieth century.

ternary (A-B-A')

The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.

false

The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied. True False

True

The polytonality of the Ewe singers affected Steve Reich's composition in the 1970s.

gamelan orchesta

The prepared piano required in Sonatas and Interludes simulates a:

mythological creature in a dreamlike state

The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____.

True

The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers.

false

Thea musgrave wrote the oscar winning soundtrack for the film "the red violin". t/f

street in Manhattan where music publishers had their businesses

Tin Pan Alley was a _____.

Identify the feminist artist who wrote Beloved

Tony M

Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for _____.

Treemonisha

Artists in mid-twentieth century rebelled against the principles of modernism (t/f)

True

Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven.

True

It does not cadence on the tonic.

What is unusual about the ending of the song In the Lovely Month of May? It does not cadence on the tonic. It is highly dissonant. The piano drops out.

Latin

What language did Fauré choose for the text of his Requiem?

Use of leitmotifs

What specific musical technique did Puccini borrow from Wagner in his Madame Butterfly?

Little Rock, Arkansas

Where did William Grant Still grow up?

Chromatic and with a free rhythm

Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Three-line stanza, with the first two lines the same

Which best describes the form of a typical blues text?

harry partch

Which composer invented new instruments capable of microtonality?

smaller orchestras

Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music? A. Interest in new orchestral forms B. smaller orchestras C. increased dissonance expression D. added varied tone color/timbre

Verdi's Aida

Which of the following operas is NOT considered part of the verismo tradition?

french horn

Which of the following was NOT a new instrument added to the Romantic orchestra? A. french horn B. english horn C. piccolo D. contrabasson

Marchel Duchamp

Which of the following was an artist in the Dada group?

Suite for Violin and Piano

Which of these William Grant Still works was in part inspired by the sculpture African Dancer, by Richmond Barthé?

john cage

Who is the inventor of the "prepared piano"?

federico

Whose poetry did George Crumb set in his second book of madrigals?

True

William Grant Still was a representative of the Harlem Renaissance movement.

the Harlem Renaissance

William Grant Still was an important voice for _____.

True

William Grant Still wrote film and TV music as well as operas and symphonies.

True

William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony was the first symphony by an African-American composer to be performed by a major American orchestra.

True

William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano has several musical qualities found in the blues.

true

aaron copland used early american songs in works.

true

after considerable success in dresden withe "rienzi", wagner began to choose subjects derived from germanic tales. t/f

false

after her husband's composing career began to flourish, giuseppina strepponi enjoyed continued success as an opera singer into her last years. t/f

france

after his conservatory studies, chopin spent most of his productive career in ______.

false

alban berg wrote only one opera, "wozzeck". t/f

true

america's vernacular traditions also included music fro brass bands.

which new instrument did tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

insurance salesman

charles ives made a living as a(n)_____.

The performing forces of Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God are twelve voices in two _____________.

choirs

novelist

chopin was romantically involved with george sand, the renowned french_________.

The third movement of a nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in _____ form.

dance or scherzo

Which best describes the musical characteristics of the opening theme of John Williams's Imperial March from Star Wars?

disjunct melody incessant rhythm minor tonality

true

dissonances do not always resolve to convinces in 20th century music. t/f

Which of the following describe Revueltas's Homage to Federico García Lorca?

dissonant harmony syncopated rhythm polyphonic

Which European composer was an early supporter of African American musical styles like the spiritual?

dovark

false

jenny lind was a famous 19th century composer of opera. t/f

false

john corgliano sought to reproduce the melody of dylan's "mr tambourine man" in his work prelude from "mr tambourine man" t/f

Which composer wrote the scores to the first three Harry Potter films?

john wiliams

_________________ is credited as having revived the grand symphonic film score.

john williams

n the Act II, Scene 3 chorus "At the sight of this" from Doctor Atomic, the nuclear weapon is compared to:

kernisha

A guitarrón is a:

large bass gutair

What was the language used in the Western church until the mid-1960s?

latin

In order to associate the music with a character, John Williams utilizes ______________.

leitmotifs

true

leonard bernstein achieved fame as the first american born conductor of the new york philharmonic.

singspiel

light german opera featuring spoken dialogue is called ____.

false

lili boulanger rejected innovative harmonic language in her work. t/f

true

lili boulanger was influenced by impressionism. t/f

true

lili boulanger was the first woman to win the prix de rome?

false

lili was the only composer/ musician in her family. t/f

Nadezhda von neck's relationship with tchaikovsky was that of his ____.

patron

What scale is utilized in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?

pentatonic

Which of the following describes John Tavener's early career?

piano prodigy church organist studied music in London at the Royal Academy

Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by _____.

player pianos

John Tavener was raised in which spiritual tradition?

presbytryin

false

rigoberto is an opera based on victor hugo's novel "the hunchback of notre dame". t/f

true

romantic-era piano works often had fanciful titles.

which of the following was not a famous ballet written by tchaikovsky?

romeo and juliet

When the mood of the music contradicts what is being shown on the screen, it is called:

running counter to the action

true

sondheim's musicals are typically more sophisticated than those of his predecessors.

Mexican __________ are characterized by shifting between simple triple and compound meter.

sones

Which of John Tavener's works was heard at the funeral service for Princess Diana?

song for athene

speechlike melody

the german word sprechstimme means _________.

primitivism

the ideals of which movement best describes the music of "the rite of spring"?

oboe

the instrument heard in the opening melody of the 4th movement of bartoks concerto for orchestra is a(n) _______.

maeterlinck

the libretto for lili boulnager's "la princesse maleine" is by which well known writer?

a play by victor hugo

the literary basis for verdins rigoletto is _______.

true

the music that accompanies the lyrics of "jeanie with the light brown hair" reflects foster's anglo- irish cultural heritage.

false

the orchestra that stravinsky used in "the rite of spring" was remarkably small. t/f

false

the piano changed little technically during the 19th century.

true

the piano was the most central instrument in the 19th century musical culture.

false

the premiere of "the rite of spring" was uneventful in paris. t/f

true

the premiere success of the "ballets russes" was largely due to the leadership of serge diaghilev. t/f

true

the role of the valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to valhalla on the winged horses. t/f

true

the short, lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent to the 19th century Lied.

new england

the source of inspiration for charles ives's music was rooted in the traditions of which region of america?

false

wagner employed recurring themes called "idees fixes" in his operas. t/f

true

wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas. t/f

dmitri shostakovich

which composers music does bartok quote in the fourth movement of concerto for orchestra?

string quartets

which genre is not a part of chopin's compositional output?

bassoon

which instrument begins with the moldy in the introduction to "the rite of spring" playing in its upper-most range?

marimba

which instrument did lili boulanger not learn to play as a child?

aida

which is not a verdi opera based on a shakespeare play?

jonathan larson's "rent"

which is the contemporary rock opera inspired by puccini's "la boheme"?

zoroaster

which leitmotif did wagner not use in the closing scene of act 3 in "die walkure"?

leonard bernstein

which of the following composers was not a student of arnold scheonberg?

the timbre is reminiscent of the romantic orchestral sound

which of the following does not describe bartok's "interrupted intermezzo" from his concerto for orchestra?

clearly in a major key

which of the following does not describe lili boulanger's psalm 24?

coal black rose

which of the following songs was not written by stephen foster?

minstrel show

which of the following was a type of racially charged theatrical variety show in the US in the 19th century?

impressionism

which of the following was not associated with arnold schoenberg?

dostoyevsky

which of the following was not associated with the "ballets russes of serge diaghilev?

rossini's II barbiere di siviglia

which of the se operas exhibited the high point of the singing style known as bel canto?

gesamtkunstwerk

which term refers to wagner's concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?

stephen sondheim

who wrote the lyrics to the musical "west side story"?

tchaikovsky was the first russian _____.

whose music appealed to western tastes

true

winners of the prix de rome are given the opportunity to study in rome. t/f

faust et helene

with which of her works did lili boulanger win the prix de rome?