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Composers in the twentieth century drew inspiration from.... A) folk and popular music from all cultures B) European art music from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century C) the music of Asia and Africa D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as.... A) polytonality B) bitonality C) a tone cluster D) a polychord

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D) a polychord

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Among the unusual playing techniques that are widely used during the twentieth century is the ____________, a rapid slide up or down a scale. A) buzz B) glissando C) slip D) ostinato

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B) glissando

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Which of the following composers was not stimulated by the folklore of his native land? A) Igor Stravinsky B) Anton Webern C) Béla Bartók D) Charles Ives

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B) Anton Webern

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A chord made of tones only a half step or a whole step apart is known as A) polytonality B) a polychord C) bitonality D) a tone cluster

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D) a tone cluster

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The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as A) polytonality B) ostinato C) a tone cluster D) atonality

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D) atonality

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To create fresh sounds, twentieth-century composers used.... A) scales borrowed from nonwestern cultures B) scales they themselves invented C) ancient church modes D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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The use of two or more keys at one time is known as A) polytonality B) a tone cluster C) atonality D) the twelve-tone system

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A) polytonality

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A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section is called A) polytonality B) glissando C) ostinato D) atonality

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C) ostinato

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In twentieth-century music A) string players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows B) percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous C) dissonance has been emancipated D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Radio broadcasts of live and recorded music began to reach large audiences during the A) 1900s B) 1920s C) 1940s D) 1960s

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B) 1920s

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The first opera created for television was Gian-Carlo Menotti's A) Turandot B) Amahl and the Night Visitors C) Trouble in Tahiti D) The Telephone

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B) Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Recordings of much lesser-known music multiplied in 1948 through A) the appearance of long-playing disks B) audience insistence for new works C) government grants D) demand created by radio stations

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A) the appearance of long-playing disks

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The most influential organization sponsoring new music after World War I was A) the New York Philharmonic Orchestra B) the National Broadcasting Company and its orchestra C) the International Society for Contemporary Music D) the United Federation of Musicians

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C) the International Society for Contemporary Music

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The best-known American ensemble created in the 1930s by a radio network to broadcast live music was the A) NBC Symphony Orchestra B) Lawrence Welk Orchestra C) New York Philharmonic Orchestra D) CBS Symphony Orchestra

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A) NBC Symphony Orchestra

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One of the most important teachers of musical composition in the twentieth century was A) Amy Beach B) Nadia Boulanger C) Sergei Diaghilev D) Igor Stravinsky

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B) Nadia Boulanger

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Impressionism as a movement originated in A) France B) Italy C) Germany D) England

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A) France

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Which of the following is not considered a symbolist poet? A) Stéphane Mallarmé B) Paul Verlaine C) Victor Hugo D) Arthur Rimbaud

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C) Victor Hugo

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When viewed closely, impressionist paintings are made up of A) fine lines B) large bands of color C) tiny black dots D) tiny colored patches

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D) tiny colored patches

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The impressionist painters were particularly obsessed with portraying A) water B) religious scenes C) scenes of ancient glories D) battle scenes

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A) water

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Debussy's most famous orchestral work was inspired by a poem by A) Stéphane Mallarmé B) Paul Verlaine C) Jean-Paul Sartre D) Arthur Rimbaud

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A) Stéphane Mallarmé

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Debussy's music tends to A) sound free and almost improvisational B) affirm the key very noticeably C) have a strong rhythmic pulse D) use the full orchestra for massive effects

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A) sound free and almost improvisational

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The faun evoked in Debussy's famous composition is a A) baby deer B) creature who is half man, half goat C) beautiful young maiden D) sensitive musician

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B) creature who is half man, half goat

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As a result of his summer sojourns away from France during his teens, Debussy developed a lifelong interest in the music of A) Italy B) Hungary C) England D) Russia

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D) Russia

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Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande is an almost word-for-word setting of the symbolist play by A) Paul Verlaine B) Arthur Rimbaud C) Maurice Maeterlinck D) Stéphane Mallarmé

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C) Maurice Maeterlinck

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At the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 Debussy was strongly influenced by the A) advantages of modern technology B) performances of the music of J. S. Bach C) Eiffel Tower D) performances of Asian music

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D) performances of Asian music

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In which of the following areas did Debussy not create masterpieces? A) symphonies B) art songs C) chamber music D) piano music

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A) symphonies

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The poem which inspired the Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun was written by A) Paul Verlaine B) Arthur Rimbaud C) Maurice Maeterlinck D) Stéphane Mallarmé

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D) Stéphane Mallarmé

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In order to drown the sense of tonality, Debussy A) turned to the medieval church modes B) borrowed pentatonic scales from Javanese music C) developed the whole-tone scale D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of Ravel? A) He was a brilliant orchestrator. B) He composed a large number of works in all genres. C) He was a master craftsman. D) He had a taste for exotic musical idioms.

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B) He composed a large number of works in all genres.

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Ravel's Bolero originated as a(n) A) piano composition commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein B) ballet commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubinstein C) entrance composition for the Prix de Rome D) student exercise in modulation and key relationships

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B) ballet commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubinstein

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While some of Ravel's music has the fluid, misty, atmospheric quality associated with impressionism, he does not fit neatly into any stylistic category because his A) music is too clearly defined in form and tonality B) melodies are more closely related to nineteenth-century French composers C) music is too classically balanced in phrase structure D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Which of the following works is not by Maurice Ravel? A) La Valse B) Rhapsody espagnole C) Voiles D) Daphnis et Chloé

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C) Voiles

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Bolero reflects Ravel's fascination with A) Spanish music B) obsessive rhythmic repetition C) tone color D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Favoring clear polyphonic textures, neoclassical composers wrote A) fugues B) baroque dance suites C) concerti grossi D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Neoclassical compositions are characterized by A) forms and stylistic features of earlier periods B) whole-tone scales C) harsh dissonances D) use of the twelve-tone system

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A) forms and stylistic features of earlier periods

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Neoclassicism was a reaction against A) romanticism and impressionism B) humanism C) classicism D) traditional forms

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A) romanticism and impressionism

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Which of the following is not characteristic of neoclassicism? A) emotional restraint B) clarity C) misty atmosphere D) balance

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C) misty atmosphere

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Neoclassical composers favored A) tonality B) atonality C) program music D) large orchestras

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A) tonality

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A painter who went through a neoclassical phase, and who designed sets for Stravinsky's first neoclassical work, was A) Claude Monet B) Pablo Picasso C) Auguste Renoir D) Wassily Kandinsky

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B) Pablo Picasso

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During the period from about 1920 to 1951, Stravinsky drew inspiration largely from A) eighteenth-century music B) Webern's serial technique C) Russian folklore D) African sculpture

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A) eighteenth-century music

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Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) is an example of A) neoclassicism B) primitivism C) serialism D) romanticism

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B) primitivism

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Sergei Diaghilev was the director of the A) Moscow Conservatory B) Leningrad Philharmonic C) Russian Ballet D) Orchestre de Paris

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C) Russian Ballet

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Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is scored for A) a small chamber group B) vocal soloists and orchestra C) an enormous orchestra D) a wind ensemble

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C) an enormous orchestra

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Which of the following ballets is not from Stravinsky's Russian period? A) The Rite of Spring B) The Firebird C) Pulcinella D) Petrushka

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C) Pulcinella

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Stravinsky's composition teacher was A) Sergei Diaghilev B) Modest Mussorgsky C) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov D) Claude Debussy

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C) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Stravinsky's second phase is generally known as A) neoclassical B) primitive C) serial D) postromantic

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A) neoclassical

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In the 1950s Stravinsky dramatically changed his style, this time drawing inspiration from A) Claude Debussy B) Richard Wagner C) Anton Webern D) Russian folk music

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C) Anton Webern

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The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky's ballet A) Pulcinella B) The Fairy's Kiss C) Agon D) The Rite of Spring

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D) The Rite of Spring

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Stravinsky's enormous influence on twentieth-century music is due to his innovations in A) rhythm B) harmony C) tone color D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Expressionism is an art concerned with A) depicting the beauties of nature B) emotional restraint, clarity, and balance C) social protest D) all of the above

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C) social protest

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The expressionist movement flourished in the years A) 1890-1914 B) 1905-1925 C) 1914-1941 D) 1920-1950

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B) 1905-1925

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The expressionist movement was largely centered in A) France B) Great Britain C) Germany and Austria D) Russia

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C) Germany and Austria

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Twentieth-century musical expressionism grew out of the emotional turbulence in the works of late romantics such as A) Richard Wagner B) Richard Strauss C) Gustav Mahler D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Expressionist music stresses A) harsh dissonance B) fragmentation C) unusual instrumental effects D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Edvard Munch was an expressionist A) poet B) painter C) musician D) playwright

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B) painter

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The expressionists rejected A) conventional prettiness B) reality C) imagination D) morality

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A) conventional prettiness

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Expressionism stressed A) subtle feeling B) intense, subjective emotion C) reticence D) surface beauty

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B) intense, subjective emotion

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Expressionist painters, writers, and composers used _________ to assault and shock their audience. A) pastel colors B) deliberate distortions C) clearly defined forms D) vague nature scenes

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B) deliberate distortions

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Expressionist composers A) contributed many patriotic songs to the war effort B) avoided tonality and traditional chord progressions C) tried to capture atmosphere with rich, sensuous harmonies and pleasant subjects D) all of the above

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B) avoided tonality and traditional chord progressions

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Schoenberg's teacher was A) Johannes Brahms B) Richard Wagner C) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov D) Schoenberg himself

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D) Schoenberg himself

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When Schoenberg arrived in the United States after the Nazis seized power in Germany, he obtained a teaching position at A) Harvard B) Yale C) UCLA D) Columbia

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C) UCLA

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The text of A Survivor from Warsaw A) was written by Schoenberg B) is partly based on a direct report of a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto C) is set to a kind of speech-singing D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Alban Berg and Anton Webern were Schoenberg's A) teachers B) students C) predecessors D) jealous rivals

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B) students

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In addition to being a composer, Schoenberg showed skill as a A) chemist B) painter C) music critic D) economist

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B) painter

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A Survivor from Warsaw used three languages: English, German, and A) Italian B) French C) Hebrew D) Russian

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C) Hebrew

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Schoenberg developed an unusual style of vocal performance, halfway between speaking and singing, called A) Klangfarbenmelodie B) Sprechstimme C) atonality D) serialism

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B) Sprechstimme

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Which of the following statements is not true of Schoenberg's twelve-tone method of composition? A) The tones of a row may be presented at the same time to form chords. B) Each tone of a row must be placed in the same register. C) The tones of a row may be placed one after another to form a melody. D) A tone row may be shifted to any pitch level.

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B) Each tone of a row must be placed in the same register.

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Which of the following terms is not used to describe the special ordering of the twelve chromatic tones in twelve-tone composition? A) polychord B) set C) tone row D) series

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A) polychord

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Georg Büchner's play Wozzeck was written in the A) 1830s B) 1890s C) 1920s D) 1940s

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A) 1830s

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The vocal lines in Wozzeck include A) distorted folk songs B) speaking C) Sprechstimme D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Which musical form provides the basis for the last act of Wozzeck? A) variations B) military march C) passacaglia D) lullaby

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A) variations

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Which of the following statements regarding Berg is untrue? A) He composed a great quantity of music in all forms. B) He synthesized traditional and twentieth-century elements. C) Like Wagner, he created a continuous musical flow within each act of Wozzeck. D) He first attracted international attention with his opera Wozzeck.

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A) He composed a great quantity of music in all forms.

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Webern's melodic lines are A) atomized into two- or three-note fragments B) reinforced by frequent tutti unison passages C) folklike, with narrow ranges and frequent repetitions D) basically in major and minor keys

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A) atomized into two- or three-note fragments

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Webern's twelve-tone works contain many examples of A) long singing melodies B) melodic and harmonic repetition C) strict polyphonic imitation D) homophonic texture

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C) strict polyphonic imitation

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The least important element in Webern's music is A) texture B) tone color C) dynamic level D) tonality

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D) tonality

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Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra are scored for A) a chamber orchestra of eighteen soloists B) solo voice, chorus, and orchestra C) the traditional large romantic orchestra D) mandolin, harmonium, and strings

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A) a chamber orchestra of eighteen soloists

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Webern A) had little formal musical training B) taught himself piano and cello C) earned a doctorate in music history from the University of Vienna D) enjoyed frequent performances of his own music

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C) earned a doctorate in music history from the University of Vienna

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Bartók's principal performing medium was A) conducting B) piano C) violin D) flute

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B) piano

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Bartók evolved a completely individual style that fused folk elements with A) changes of meter and a powerful beat B) twentieth-century sounds C) classical forms D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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The melodies Bartók used in most of his works are A) authentic folk melodies gathered in his research B) original themes that have a folk flavor C) reminiscent of nineteenth-century symmetrical themes D) exclusively Hungarian and Rumanian folk tunes

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B) original themes that have a folk flavor

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Bartók's six string quartets are widely thought to be the finest since those of A) Dmitri Shostakovich B) Ludwig van Beethoven C) Joseph Haydn D) Igor Stravinsky

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B) Ludwig van Beethoven

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While remaining within the framework of a tonal center, Bartók often used _______________ in his music. A) harsh dissonances B) polychords C) tone clusters D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra A) is his most popular work B) received its title because it was written for an orchestra of virtuosi C) is romantic in spirit because of its emotional intensity and memorable themes D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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As a Soviet composer, Shostakovich was required to A) follow the dictates of the Communist Party B) write music that was accessible and melodic C) reject modernism D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Shostakovich is best known as a composer of A) symphonic works B) an enormous quantity of music in almost every genre C) songs and piano works D) chamber music

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A) symphonic works

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Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony A) is one of the composer's least known works B) portrays violence and sexually explicit material in musical form C) is accessible in style and allowed the composer to regain official favor with the Communist party D) is dissonant and "modernistic"

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C) is accessible in style and allowed the composer to regain official favor with the Communist party

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Shostakovich's opera Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District A) established the composer as a major figure in twentieth-century music B) caused the composer to be expelled from the Soviet Union C) met with unanimous approval from Stalin and the Communist Party D) followed the Communist Party's dictates of an accessible musical style

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A) established the composer as a major figure in twentieth-century music

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Babi Yar, a poem by the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about Jews massacred by the Nazis in Kiev, A) was used by Shostakovich as a text of the opening movement of his Thirteenth Symphony B) was applauded and embraced by the communist authorities C) was spurned by Shostakovich as a text for his Thirteenth Symphony because it would be rejected by the Communist authorities D) was used for the Communist Party's official anthem

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A) was used by Shostakovich as a text of the opening movement of his Thirteenth Symphony

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Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony has been described as A) "a blatant example of all that is wrong with twentieth-century music" B) "a sinister combination of evil intent and discordant harmonies" C) "a ridiculous parody of eighteenth-century form" D) "a Soviety artist's practical creative response to just criticism"

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D) "a Soviety artist's practical creative response to just criticism"

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Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a child's impression of A) a summer at camp B) a Fourth of July picnic C) a fishing trip D) army life in the war

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B) a Fourth of July picnic

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Charles Ives's father was a(n) A) insurance salesman B) physician C) professional athlete D) bandmaster

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D) bandmaster

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After graduating from Yale, Ives A) went into the insurance business B) began teaching C) began playing the trumpet professionally D) went into professional athletics

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A) went into the insurance business

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During most of his lifetime, Ives's musical compositions A) were enthusiastically received in public performances B) were quickly published by a major firm C) accumulated in the barn of his Connecticut farm D) were sought after by musicians eager to perform them in public

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C) accumulated in the barn of his Connecticut farm

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Ives's music contains elements of A) revival hymns and ragtime B) patriotic songs and barn dances C) village bands and church choirs D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, illustrates Ives's technique of quoting snatches of familiar tunes by presenting fragments of A) Yankee Doodle B) The British Grenadiers C) both a and b D) neither a nor b

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C) both a and b

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Ives's large and varied output includes works in many genres, but not A) symphonies B) operas C) songs D) chamber music

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B) operas

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Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, is a movement from Ives's A) Three Places in New England B) Essays before a Sonata C) Concord Sonata D) The Unanswered Question

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A) Three Places in New England

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Gershwin left high school at the age of fifteen to A) become a pianist demonstrating new songs in a publisher's salesroom B) study theory and composition in Paris C) work in his father's store D) develop his athletic talents

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A) become a pianist demonstrating new songs in a publisher's salesroom

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The Gershwin song that became a tremendous hit in 1920 was A) La, La, Lucille B) I Got Rhythm C) Swanee D) Embraceable You

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C) Swanee

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Porgy and Bess is a(n) A) Broadway musical B) opera C) rhapsody for piano D) popular song

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B) opera

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In addition to his musical skills, George Gershwin showed talent as a A) lyricist B) clarinetist C) sculptor D) painter

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D) painter

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George Gershwin usually collaborated with the lyricist A) Jerome Kern B) Irving Berlin C) Paul Whiteman D) Ira Gershwin

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D) Ira Gershwin

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Which of the following works is not by George Gershwin? A) Of Thee I Sing B) Porgy and Bess C) The Desert Song D) An American in Paris

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C) The Desert Song

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Rhapsody in Blue opens with A) a solo flute B) the full orchestra C) a muted trumpet D) a solo clarinet

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D) a solo clarinet

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"Harlem Renaissance" was the name A) sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935 B) given to a housing project in New York City's Harlem C) of a city in Holland D) of a symphony by William Grant Still

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A) sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935

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William Grant Still's opera dealing with the Haitian slave rebellion is A) Trouble in Tahiti B) Troubled Island C) Emperor Jones D) Once on this Island

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B) Troubled Island

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As a result of his studies in composition with composers from two opposing musical camps, the conservative George Whitefield Chadwick and the modernist Edgard Varèse, Still A) composed in a very conservative style B) composed in a highly dissonant style. C) composed in a mixture of conservative and avant-garde styles D) turned away from avant-garde styles and wrote compositions with a uniquely African American flavor.

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D) turned away from avant-garde styles and wrote compositions with a uniquely African American flavor.

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Each movement of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony is prefaced by lines from a poem by A) Paul Laurence Dunbar B) Zora Neale Hurston C) W. E. B. DuBois D) James Weldon Johnson

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A) Paul Laurence Dunbar

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William Grant Still's works in African American style, such as his Afro-American Symphony, were A) never performed during his lifetime B) severely criticized by audiences and critics C) panned by critics, but popular with audiences D) performed to critical acclaim in New York

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D) performed to critical acclaim in New York

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After serving in the navy and a brief return to studies at Oberlin College, William Grant Still moved to New York where he A) made band arrangements and played in the orchestras of all-black musical shows B) practiced medicine C) served as a navy recruiter D) composed full time to satisfy his many commissions

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A) made band arrangements and played in the orchestras of all-black musical shows

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Copland's name has become synonymous with American music because of his use of A) revival hymns, cowboy songs, and other folk tunes B) jazz, blues, and ragtime elements C) subjects from American folklore D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Copland's turn toward simplicity in the 1930s can be traced in part to A) the great depression B) dissatisfaction with his own style C) the influence of Schoenberg D) the influence of religion

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A) the great depression

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In 1921 Copland began a three-year period of study in A) Germany B) Austria C) Italy D) France

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D) France

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Which of the following works was not composed by Copland? A) Concord Sonata B) Rodeo C) Billy the Kid D) Music for the Theater

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A) Concord Sonata

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In addition to his compositions, Copland made valuable contributions to music in America by A) directing composer's groups B) writing books and magazine articles C) organizing concerts of American music D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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In 1925, and for a few years afterward, Copland's music showed the influence of A) impressionism B) jazz C) neobaroque styles D) expressionism

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B) jazz

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An example of Copland's use of serialist technique is A) Music for the Theater B) Connotations for Orchestra C) Fanfare for the Common Man D) Appalachian Spring

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B) Connotations for Orchestra

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Appalachian Spring originated as a A) program symphony B) song cycle C) ballet score D) chamber opera

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C) ballet score

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Copland depicted Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-husband in Appalachian Spring through A) five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts B) intensely dissonant passages and humorous offbeat accents C) strings softly singing a hymnlike melody D) a joyful dance tune that is American in flavor

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A) five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts

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Minimalist music is characterized by A) the development of musical materials through random methods B) rapidly changing dynamics and textures C) a steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns D) the use of twelve-tone techniques to organize the dimensions of music

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C) a steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns

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Many composers since the mid-1960s have made extensive use of quotations from earlier music as an attempt to A) simplify writing original compositions B) improve communication between the composer and the listener C) capitalize on the popularity of earlier works D) continue and develop serialist techniques

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B) improve communication between the composer and the listener

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A major composer associated with the serialist movement is A) Philip Glass B) Milton Babbitt C) George Crumb D) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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B) Milton Babbitt

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All of the following are major developments in music since 1950 except the A) spread of chance music B) increased use of the twelve-tone system C) continued composition of symphonies in the classical style D) composition in which timbre, texture, dynamics, and rhythm are as important as pitch

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C) continued composition of symphonies in the classical style

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Intervals smaller than the half step are called A) quartertones B) tone clusters C) macrotones D) microtones

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D) microtones

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Twelve-tone compositional techniques used to organize rhythm, dynamics, tone color, and other dimensions of music to produce totally controlled and organized music are called A) chance music B) minimalism C) serialism D) Klangfarbenmelodie

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C) serialism

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In chance or aleatoric music, the composer A) writes a rhythmic pattern but leaves it to the performer to determine the actual pitches B) takes a chance on which performers will perform the work C) chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random methods D) writes the music in a traditional manner, but allows the recording engineer to make changes

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C) chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random methods

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The polyrhythms in Steve Reich's Sextet result from the influence of his A) studies at Cornell University B) participation in marching bands C) studies of African music D) early childhood family environment

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C) studies of African music

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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition A) String Quartet B) Double Quartet for Strings C) Symphony No. 1 D) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

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C) Symphony No. 1

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Jonathan Harvey's Ritual Melodies A) is based on melodies that contain long sustained tones and rapid decorative figures B) evokes the atmosphere of a far eastern religious ceremony C) contains computer simulations of a Tibetan temple bell and other eastern instruments D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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Steve Reich's Sextet is written for A) six percussionists playing many instruments B) four percussionists and two keyboard players C) two violins, two violas, and two cellos D) woodwind quintet and piano

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B) four percussionists and two keyboard players

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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Concerto Grosso 1985 is an example of A) total serialism B) quotation music C) minimalism D) chance music

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B) quotation music

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A gamelan is A) a Japanese koto ensemble B) an Indonesian orchestra of bronze gongs, chimes, and xylophones C) an African percussion ensemble D) an Indian plucked string instrument

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B) an Indonesian orchestra of bronze gongs, chimes, and xylophones

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The computer music in Jonathan Harvey's Ritual Melodies A) was composed on a keyboard and then transferred to computer B) was generated and manipulated by computer C) was prepared on a computer and then printed as sheet music for the performers' use D) uses electronically modified real life sounds

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B) was generated and manipulated by computer

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