Chapter 52: MUS 110 – Flashcards
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Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.
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True
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In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____.
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Troubled Clown
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Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method.
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True
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Schoenberg employed Sprechstimme, or speechlike melody in his Pierrot lunaire.
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True
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Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as _____.
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Expressionism
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The German word Sprechstimme means _____.
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Speech-like melody.
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The character Pierrot from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre.
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False
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The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form.
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False
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Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Arnold Schoenberg?
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Leonard Bernstein
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Which of the following is NOT associated with Arnold Schoenberg?
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Impressionism
