Music and Civ Chapter 31-38 – Flashcards
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When a singer sings much of a song on a neutral syllable like "ah," it is called a(n)
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vocalise
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Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is a concerto in that it contrasts
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sections and instruments of the orchestra
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In the fourth movement of his Concerto for Orchestra, Bartók satirizes the
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Nazis who had occupied Hungary
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an interest in the music of nonliterate societies
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Primitivism
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In Berg's opera Wozzeck, Wozzeck
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stabs Marie because she had been unfaithful to him
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In many ways Expressionism is similar to
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pessimism
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Expressionism was most fashionable during the decade
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following World War I
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Sprechstimme is
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a speaking style of singing
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The music of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring contains
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dissonance, much variation of short melodies, some unusual writing for orchestral instruments,
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A landmark work in primitivism was
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Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring
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Who was the leader in the Neoclassical movement?
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Stravinsky
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Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra features
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NOT imitation among sections of the orchestra, long crescendos and descrescendos, flowing melodies, polyrhythms
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The retrograde version of a tone row is the row
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backwards
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Tone row music has no
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tonal center
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Neoclassicism seeks to
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capture the classical outlook of ancient Rome and Greece
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The first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony
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uses a smaller orchestra, contains neat and precise themes, follows a traditional form, is quite short
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Eclectic music is
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a synthesis of several different styles
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The main proponent of chance (aleatory) music was
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John Cage
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What philosophical outlook encouraged the development of chance music?
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existentialism
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John Cage is reported to have said
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"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it."
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A pioneer composer of electronic music was
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Edgard Varèse
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And God Created Great Whales by Hovhaness features
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recordings of whales' sounds
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According to existentialist philosophy, a painting of a Campbell's soup can is
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just a picture of something
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After World War II, the two different directions concert music seemed to take were
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serialism and chance music
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The most original America composer in America in the late eighteenth century was
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William Billings
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Some of the most advanced American music in the eighteenth century was the product of the
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Moravian communities in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
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The song "God Bless America" was composed by
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Irving Berlin
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The first important America women composer in the early part of the twentieth century was
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Amy Cheney Beach
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A nineteenth-century American pianist and composer who achieved some recognition in Europe was
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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The composer of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march was
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John Philip Sousa
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Until the twentieth century, the arts in America were largely derived from Europe because
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Americans seems to assume that European culture was superior, the early Puritans discouraged the arts, settling a new land was a consuming interest, there were few wealthy families able to support the arts
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The wind band is an especially American musical tradition
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true
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The melody to which we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally
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an English drinking song
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Which compositional technique did Charles Ives employ in his music?
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polyrhythms, quotations from songs, polytonality, dissonant chords
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Which is NOT a nationalistic musical work?
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Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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Zwilich based her Concerto Grosso 1985 on the music of
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Handel
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Minimalism is sometimes inaccurately referred to as
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"trance music."
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Who composed Short Ride in a Fast Machine?
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John Adams
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Which is a Neoclassical musical work?
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Concerto Grosso 1985
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Which composer composed nationalistic America music for orchestra?
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Aaron Copland
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Concert music in America advanced a great deal after 1920 partly because
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of the promotion of the arts by the National Endowment for the Arts and other agencies, the quality of music training in the United States improved greatly, many prominent musicians fled Europe and came to America, America was physically unscathed by war.
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Nationalism in America music flourished during the years
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1930-1955
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Minimalism is a style of music in which the composer
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uses as few musical ideas as possible
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What American song did Copland include in Appalachian Spring?
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"Simple Gifts"
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A "blue note" in jazz is
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a third, fifth, or seventh note of a scale that is lowered one half step while the accompanying chord is unchanged
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Which type of jazz is played ONLY on the piano?
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boogie-woogie
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The parlor song
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was a popular type of song sung in homes during the first half of the nineteenth century
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The bands during the swing era featured
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ad lib solos, 15 to 19 players, carefully prepared arrangements, all of these choice, some virtuoso performers
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The most successful composer of popular songs in the nineteenth century was
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Stephen Foster
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Which is the form of a blues song?
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aab
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What is the difference between popular music and folk music? Popular music is
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a largely commercial enterprise
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Country music is strongly associated with
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Rhythm and blues is the music of
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America's black population
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The term salsa in Latin American music refers to a
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"hot," fast style
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An important composer/performer of modern jazz was
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Dave Brubeck
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One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is
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the greatly increased number of companies selling recordings, the greatly increased buying power of teenagers, all of these choices, the change from vinyl to CDs and now to iPod and similar devices, the increased publicity, both positive and negative, given performers
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A favorite topic of country songs is
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broken love
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The fiddle used in country music is actually a slightly modified
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violin
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Which is a feature of the rhythm in rock music?
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backbeat
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An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was
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Motown Records
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Which is a feature of rap music?
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strong, persistent rhythm, all of these choices, popularity after 1990, half-spoken words, violent messages
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