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
