MU 120 ch. 61-64 – Flashcards
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The early twentieth-century style that sought to revive certain principles and forms of earlier music was:
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neo-Classicism
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Which of the following composers would NOT have been emulated during the neo-Classical era?
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Wagner
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Which of the following genres was NOT favored by the neo-Classicists of the early twentieth century?
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the symphonic poem
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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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The comparative study of musics of the world is called:
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ethnomusicology
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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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Prokofiev and Shostakovich were prominent composers from:
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the Soviet Union
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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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Béla Bartók traveled around Hungary collecting peasant songs with the composer:
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Zoltán Kodály
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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 City
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Bartók found that eastern European folk music was based on:
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ancient modes, unfamiliar scales, and non symmetrical rhythms (all of the above)
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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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The model for Bartók's melodies can be found in
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Hungarian folk songs
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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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Bartók's use of rhythm was:
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particularly innovative
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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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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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The "interruption" section in Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo represents:
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the Nazis
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Which of the following American composers was NOT greatly influenced by the philosophy of the Far East?
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Aaron Copland
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Which innovative composer first explored tone clusters at the piano?
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Henry Cowell
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Which of the following composers combined Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles and experimented with exotic scales?
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Harry Partch
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Which innovative composer constructed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave and built instruments with this tuning?
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Harry Partch
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Harry Partch experimented with a ________ tuning system
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microtonal
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Which of the following musical concepts is NOT associated with John Cage?
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serial music
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Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument?
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4'33"
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Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?
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John Cage
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John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes evoke the sounds of the:
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Javanese gamelan
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John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes is a work for:
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prepared piano
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Which of the following does NOT characterize John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes?
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lyrical melodies
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Sonata V, from John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes, is in ________ form.
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binary
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the music of George Crumb?
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emotional detachment
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Which of the following was NOT composed by George Crumb?
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Fontana Mix
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The music of George Crumb includes many settings of the poetry of:
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Federico García Lorca
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Crumb's Caballito negro is included in a book of:
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madrigals
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The performing forces of Crumb's Caballito negro include all of the following EXCEPT:
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piano
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The ensemble known as the gamelan comes from:
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Java
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Gamelan instruments are made of:
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metal
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Composers influenced by gamelan music include:
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Cage, Cowell, and Harrison (all of the above)
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Which of the following is considered America's unique contribution to theater?
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the musical
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Which of the following composers did NOT write operettas?
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Richard Wagner
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Victor Herbert revamped operetta to suit American tastes with works such as:
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Babes in Toyland
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Which of the following American composers did NOT write musicals?
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Aaron Copland
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Which of the following musicals was NOT a collaboration by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Which of the following is an established, living American composer of musicals?
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Stephen Sondheim
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Which of the following is a musical by the British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber?
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Which of the following is an example of a rock musical?
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Rent
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Which of the following operas was the inspiration for Jonathan Larson's rock opera Rent?
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La bohème
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Bernstein rose to prominence as:
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a conductor, a pianist, and a composer (all of the above)
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Leonard Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to be appointed director of the
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New York Philharmonic
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Which of the following was NOT composed by Leonard Bernstein?
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An American in Paris
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West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare's:
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Romeo and Juliet
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Which of the following wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?
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Stephen Sondheim
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Bernstein's West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between:
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the Jets and the Sharks
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Which of the following is NOT true of Bernstein's West Side Story?
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it has a happy ending
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What are the ethnic origins of the mambo?
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Afro-Cuban
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Which musical was the first to be based on a tragedy?
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West Side Story
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What is process music?
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music that changes gradually
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Which of the following composers is NOT a minimalist?
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George Crumb
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The process whereby several copies of a recorded musical idea are looped but at different speeds is called:
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phase music
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Which of the following was an influence on the music of Steve Reich?
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Ewe drumming, gamelan music, and Judaism (all of the above)
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Which of the following is NOT a composition by Steve Reich?
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Sonatas and Interludes
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Steve Reich was influenced by polyrhythms of:
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West Africa
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Steve Reich eventually embraced a more developed process-influenced style called:
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minimalism
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Electric Counterpoint features the:
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electric guitar
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How many movements are in Electric Counterpoint?
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three
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Electric Counterpoint?
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goal-oriented harmony
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Electric Counterpoint is intended for a live performer and ________ prerecorded tracks.
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fourteen
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The melody drums of a royal drum ensemble from Uganda are tuned to a ________ scale
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pentatonic scale
