Question 1

An important American instrumental ensemble of the nineteenth century was the:

Accepted Answer

Brass band

Question 2

The most famous eighteenth-century American band was the:

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U.S. Marine Band

Question 3

Players of brass and woodwind instruments were able to march in the late nineteenth century thanks to instrument designers such as:

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Adolphe Sax

Question 4

Which of the following does NOT describe the career of Patrick S. Gilmore?

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Earned title as \"March King\"

Question 5

America\'s most famous bandmaster was:

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John Philip Sousa

Question 6

John Philip Sousa conducted the:

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U.S. Marine Band

Question 7

John Philip Sousa composed:

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The Washington Posts, The New York Civic Band, and The U.S. Marine Band

Question 8

Which American Composer became known as the \"King of Ragtime\"?

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Joplin

Question 9

Scott Joplin became famous when:

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his maple leaf rag sold a million copies.

Question 10

Scott Joplin was awarded the pulitzer Prize for his opera

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Treemonisha

Question 11

What is the principal musical characteristic of ragtime?

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Syncopation

Question 12

In Joplin\'s rags, what is a strain?

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A section usually having sixteen measures

Question 13

True or False: Prior to the nineteenth century, the United States had no band tradition.

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False

Question 14

True or False: After the Civil War, the Union Army band was directed by Patrick S. Gilmore.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

True or False: Patrick S. Gilmore composed the popular march the stars and stripes forever.

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False

Question 16

True or False: John Philip Sousa created a sensation in both the United States and Europe

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True

Question 17

True or False: Scott Joplin introduced the maple leaf rag on a concert tour of Canada.

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False

Question 18

True or False: Ragtime was named for its ragged, highly syncopated rhythms, and melodies.

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True

Question 19

True or False: In Piano rags, the left hand plays the syncopated melody.

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False

Question 20

True or False: Some actual performances of Scott Joplin are preserved on piano rolls

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True

Question 21

Which of the following describes dissonance?

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It played a large in twentieth-century music.

Question 22

The \"Emancipation of dissonance\" refers to freeing:

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Harmony from the necessity of moving from tension to rest.

Question 23

Which early twentieth-century style dealt with the realm of the psyche?

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Expressionism

Question 24

Which of the following does NOT characterize the musical language of Expressionism?

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extended passages of consonance

Question 25

Music that rejects the framework of key is described as:

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atonal

Question 26

Which Viennese composer invented the twelve-tone method after writing in both post-romantic and atonal styles?

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Schoenberg

Question 27

Which of the following works was NOT composed by Schoenberg?

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Wozzeck

Question 28

With which period in Schoenberg\'s career is Pierrot lunaire associated?

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the atonal-Expressionist phase

Question 29

Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms. This was known as:

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Sprechstimme

Question 30

Pierrot lunaire is based on a cycle of poems written by:

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Giraud

Question 31

Each poem in Pierrot Lunaire is in___ form.

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Rondeau

Question 32

What accompanies the voice in Pierrot lunaire?

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A chamber group

Question 33

Schoenberg experimented with tone-color melody, or shifting each note of a melody to a different instrument. He called this:

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Klangfarbenmelodie

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT true of Schoenberg\'s Pierrot Lunaire?

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It is concerned with Pagan rituals

Question 35

True or False: Expressionism was inspired by French painters.

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False

Question 36

True or False: The melodies in Expressionistic music usually were conjunct

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False

Question 37

True or False: Schoenberg\'s early works exemplify post-Wagnerian Romanticism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

True or False: In Schoenberg\'s Pierrot Lunaire, the principle character is obsessed with the sunrise

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False

Question 39

True or False: Each of the poems in Schoenberg\'s Pierrot Lunaire has a different structure

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False

Question 40

True or False: In Schoenberg\'s Pierrot lunaire, no two songs have the same combination of instruments

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

Which of the following was the Paris-based Russian ballet company that commissioned Stravinsky to write several ballets?

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the Ballets Russes

Question 42

Which of the following figures was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes?

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Monet

Question 43

Who was the choreographer for the rite spring?

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Nijinsky

Question 44

The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to:

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A near riot

Question 45

Which of the following was the Russian-born composer who wrote music in post-Impressionist,primitivist, Neoclassical, and Twelve-tone styles?

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Stravinsky

Question 46

Which of the following is NOT a Stravinsky ballet?

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Daphnis and Chloe

Question 47

Stravinsky immigrated to____ at the onset of World War 2

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The United States

Question 48

The rite of Spring is characterized by:

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the percussive use of dissonance, polytonality, polyrhythms

Question 49

The somewhat static quality of Stravinsky\'s melodies and harmonies can be attributed in part to the use of:

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ostinatos

Question 50

Which of the following musical elements in The Rite Of Spring could be considered the most innovative?

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unpredictable rhythms and meters

Question 51

The introduction to Stravinsky\'s The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played on the:

Accepted Answer

bassoon

Question 52

Which of the following best describes the meter in Stravinsky\'s Dance of the Youths and Maidens, from the Rite of Spring?

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unpredictable accents set against a duple meter

Question 53

True or False: Stravinsky\'s ballets all achieved immediate popularity with their audiences.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 54

True or False: The opening-night audience of The Rite of Spring was undoubtedly startled and repelled by the pagan rites being depicted.

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True

Question 55

True or False: Stravinsky\'s ballet The Rite of Spring had a revolutionary impact on music of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

True or False: In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky quotes and imitates Russian folk melodies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

True or False: After living in France for many years, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky eventually became a U.S. citizen.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

True or False: Stravinsky tried his hand at many compositional styles throughout his career

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

True or False: Stravinsky\'s greatest contribution to the art music of the twentieth century is thought to be his development of the twelve-tone method.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 60

True or False: Because the music of The Rite Of Spring was tied to unpopular choreography, it has been seldom played since the ballet\'s premiere

Accepted Answer

False

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