MUS 111 Chapter 21 – Flashcards
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Who composed Clouds?
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Claude Debussy
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What instrument introduces a "haunting" motive that occurs many times throughout Clouds?
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English horn
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The performing forces in Clouds consist of:
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strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
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What mood is created by the clarinets' and bassoons' descending chords of Clouds?
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dreamy and vague
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The cloud theme in Clouds is represented in the beginning by:
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a quiet series of chords by woodwinds
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Which texture(s) do you hear in Clouds?
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monophony and homophony
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Which musical element is the clearest in Clouds?
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tone color of solos
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Who composed The Rite of Spring?
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Igor Stravinsky
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The Rite of Spring is a(n):
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ballet.
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The opening theme of The Rite of Spring is played by the:
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bassoon, in the highest part of its range.
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The performing forces in The Rite of Spring consist of:
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strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
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What instruments seem to dominate the first minute of The Rite of Spring?
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woodwinds
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The rhythms and tempo of "The Game of Abduction" in The Rite of Spring seem to create a mood that is:
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violent, surging, and frantic.
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What do you hear at various times in the "Round Dances of Spring" of The Rite of Spring?
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fragmented folk songs
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What is heard at the end of the "Round Dances of Spring" of The Rite of Spring?
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a short return of the slow introduction theme in the bassoon
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Who composed Pierrot lunaire?
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Arnold Schoenberg
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The performing forces in "Night" in Pierrot lunaire consist of:
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voice, cello, bass clarinet, and piano
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"Night" in Pierrot lunaire is:
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atonal.
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In "Night" in Pierrot lunaire, the image of "giant black butterflies" from the poem is evoked by the:
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lowest instruments of the ensemble.
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The vocal technique heard in "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire is:
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Sprechstimme
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The performing forces in "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire consist of:
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voice, piano, woodwinds, and strings
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The texture of "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire is:
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polyphony.
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The first phase of avant-garde music emerged in:
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Paris and Vienna
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The first phase of avant-garde music lasted from:
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1890 to 1914.
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Three of the leading first-phase modernist composers were:
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Stravinsky, Debussy, and Schoenberg.
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Which statement about Debussy is false?
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His orchestral sound was very similar to Mahler's.
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What characterizes Debussy's use of tone color?
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subtle, blended, mysterious shades of tone colors
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What characterizes Debussy's treatment of melody?
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fragmented themes and motives based on exotic scales
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The nationality of the composer of three Nocturnes is:
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French.
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Debussy's three Nocturnes are titled:
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Clouds, Festivals, and Sirens
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The haunting, recurring English horn motive in Clouds is based on a(n):
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octatonic scale.
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Debussy's approach to musical form in Clouds is:
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to shrink from clear formal outlines.
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The first ballet by Stravinsky was:
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The Firebird.
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Two nonmusical influences on Debussy's style were:
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symbolist poetry and impressionist painting.
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Debussy's enduring contributions to twentieth-century music were in the areas of:
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piano music and orchestration.
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Debussy wrote music criticism. In it, his ________ views concerning ________music were clear.
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negative; German
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The premier of The Rite of Spring was famous for:
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the riot by the audience.
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The events in The Rite of Spring involve:
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primitive fertility rites.
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One of the devices used by the composer in The Rite of Spring is:
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ostinato.
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A repeating figure that serves to unify works by composers such as Stravinsky and Debussy is called a(n):
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ostinato.
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Which statement about The Rite of Spring is false?
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It was based on a symbolist poem.
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The Rite of Spring does not include:
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a tone row
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Stravinsky was influenced early in his career by:
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
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The major works of Stravinsky's early period were:
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ballets.
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Which American musical style caught Stravinsky's ear?
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jazz
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The artistic movement that came about after World War I and that signified a rejection of Romantic emotionality and a return to the styles of earlier composers was:
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Neoclassicism.
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For a time Stravinsky composed in the ________ style.
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Neoclassical
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Toward the end of his career, Stravinsky wrote music in the ________ style.
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serialist
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The expressionist musical style took root mainly in:
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Germany and Austria.
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The leading expressionist composer was:
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Arnold Schoenberg.
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The main contribution of expressionist composers was:
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the breakdown of tonality.
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Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg are often referred to as:
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the Second Viennese School.
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Which statement about Pierrot lunaire is true?
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It features Sprechstimme
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A combination of song and speech is called:
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Sprechstimme.
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In what genre is Pierrot lunaire?
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song cycle
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Arnold Schoenberg was a very creative composer who also expressed himself through:
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painting.
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Which statement about Schoenberg is false?
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He was the first impressionist composer.
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The two famous pupils of Schoenberg were:
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Anton Webern and Alban Berg.
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Arnold Schoenberg invented a method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others. This method is called:
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the twelve-tone system (serialism).
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Schoenberg's way of imposing order on "emancipated" elements of music resulted in________.
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the twelve-tone system (serialism)
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The composers of the Second Viennese School believed that the chromaticism of Wagner had led them to:
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the breakdown of tonality.
