Question 1

composers in the 20th century drew inspiration from...

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all of the above

Question 2

The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as

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atonality

Question 3

Impressionism as a movement originated in

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France

Question 4

The impressionist painters were particularly obsessed with portraying

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water

Question 5

Which of the following is not considered a symbolist poet?

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Victor Hugo

Question 6

Expressionism is an art concerned with

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social protest

Question 7

A chord made of tones only a half step or a whole step apart is known as

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a tone cluster

Question 8

twelve tone compositional techniques used to organize rhythm, dynamics, tone color, and other dimensions of music to produce totally controlled and organized music are called

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serialism

Question 9

The polyrhythms in Steve Reich\'s Sextet result from the influence of his

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studies of African music

Question 10

A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section is called

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ostinato

Question 11

One of the most important teachers of musical composition in the 20th century was

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Nadia Boulanger

Question 12

Sergei Diaghilev was the director of the

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Russian Ballet

Question 13

Debussy\'s most famous orchestral work was inspired by a poem by

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Stephane Mellarme

Question 14

The faun evoked in Debussy\'s famous composition is a

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creature who is half-man, half goat

Question 15

The poem which inspired the Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun was written by

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Stephane Mallarme

Question 16

Neoclassicism was a reaction against

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Romanticism and impressionism

Question 17

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) is an example of

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primitivism

Question 18

Schoenberg developed an unusual style of vocal performance, halfway between speaking and singing, called

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Sprechstimme

Question 19

The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as

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a polychord

Question 20

George Gershwin usually collaborated with the lyricist

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Ira Gershwin

Question 21

Harlem Renaissance was the name

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sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935

Question 22

Which of the following composers was not stimulated by the folklore of his native land?

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Anton Webern

Question 23

Charles Ive\'s father was a(n)

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bandmaster

Question 24

In addition to his musical skills, George Gershwin showed talent as a

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painter

Question 25

which of the following works is not by George Gershwin?

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The Desert Song

Question 26

George Gershwin usually collaborated with the lyricist

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Ira Gershwin

Question 27

Williaim Grant Still\'s opera dealing with the Haitian slave rebellion is

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Troubled Island

Question 28

Copland\'s name has become synonymous with American music because of his use of

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all of the above

Question 29

Copland\'s turn toward simplicity in the 1930s can be traced in part to

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the great depression

Question 30

Which of the following works was not composed by Copland?

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Concord Sonata

Question 31

in 192 copland began a three year period of study in

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France

Question 32

In addition to his compositions, Copland made valuable contributions to music in America by

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all of the above

Question 33

in 1925, and for a few years afterward, Copland\'s music showed the influence of

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jazz

Question 34

An example of Copland\'s use of serialist technique is

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Connotations for Orchestra

Question 35

Copland depicted Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-husband in Appalachian Spring through

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five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts

Question 36

During the period from about 1920 to 1951, Stravinsky drew inspiration largely from

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eighteenth-century music

Question 37

Which of the following ballets if not from Stravinsky\'s Russian period?

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Pulcinella

Question 38

Stravinsky\'s composition teacher was

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Nikilai Rimsky- Korsakov

Question 39

In the 1950s Stravinsky dramatically changed his style, this time drawing inspiration from

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Anton Webern

Question 40

The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky\'s ballet

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The Rite of Spring

Question 41

Schoenber\'s teacher was

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Schoenberg himself

Question 42

Which of the following statements is not true of Schoenberg\'s twelve-tone method of composition?

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Each tone of a row must be placed in the same register

Question 43

When Schoenberg arrived in the U.S after the Nazis seized power in Germany, he obtained a teaching postition at

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UCLA

Question 44

The text of a survivor from Warshaw

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all of the above

Question 45

A survivor from warshaw used three languages: English, German and

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Hebrew

Question 46

Putnam\'s Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a child\'s impression of

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a Fourth of July picnic

Question 47

Putnam\'s Camp, Redding, Connecticut, illustrated Ive\'s techniques of quoting snatches of familiar tunes by presenting fragments of

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both a and b

Question 48

Putnam\'s Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a movement from Ives\'s

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Three Places in New England

Question 49

Gershwin left high school at the age of fifteen to

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becoe a pianist demonstrating new songs in a publisher\'s salesroom

Question 50

The Gershwin song that became a tremendous hit in 1920 was

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Swanee

Question 51

William Grant Still\'s opera dealing with the Haitian slave rebellion is

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Troubled Island

Question 52

Each movement of William Grant Still\'s Afro-American Symphony is prefaced by lines from a poem by

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Question 53

William Grant Still\'s words in African American style, such as his Afro-American Symphony, were

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performed to critical acclaim in NY

Question 54

Porgy and Bess is an

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opera

Question 55

Rhapsody in Blue opens with

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a solo clarinet

Question 56

Appalachian Spring originate as a

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ballet score

Question 57

Copland depicted Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-husband in Appalachian Spring through

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five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts

Question 58

To create fresh sounds, twentieth-century composers used....

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All of the above

Question 59

impressionism as a movement originated in

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France

Question 60

Neoclassicism was a reaction against

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romanticism and impressionism

Question 61

Which of the following is not a characteristic of neoclassicism?

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misty atmosphere

Question 62

Expressionism is an art concerned with

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social protest

Question 63

Expressionism stressed

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intense, subjective emotion

Question 64

Shostakovich\'s Fifth Symphony has been described as

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\"a Soviety artist\'s practical creative response to just criticism\"

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