Ch. 61 – Flashcard
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How did twentieth-century nationalism differ from its nineteenth-century counterpart?
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It approached music more scientifically
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Prokofiev and Shostakovich were prominent composers from:
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the Soviet Union
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The comparative study of musics of the world is called:
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ethnomusicology
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Bartók's compositions show the influence of eastern European folk music in:
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new concepts of melody, harmony, and rhythm
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Which of the following was a critical new technology that aided the study of folk music in the early twentieth century?
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the phonograph
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Which of the following English composers is viewed as one of the foremost twentieth-century opera composers?
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Britten
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Which Hungarian composer combined native folk music characteristics with main currents of European music?
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Bartók
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Bartók immigrated to ________ during World War II and remained there for the last few years of his life.
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New York
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Béla Bartók traveled around Hungary collecting peasant songs with the composer:
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Zoltán Kodály
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The model for Bartók's melodies can be found in:
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Hungarian folk songs
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Bartók's use of rhythm was:
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particularly innovative
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Bartók's music?
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major-minor tonality
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the Interrupted Intermezzo from Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra?
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unchanging metric patterns
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One of Bartók's most popular works is his Music for Strings, Percussion, and:
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Celesta
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Why did Bartók name his last work Concerto for Orchestra?
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because he treated single instruments in a soloistic manner
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The "interruption" section in Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo represents:
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the Nazis
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