Music 190W Chapter 14 Quiz Name: E-mail: Which are new demands that 20th century music makes on listeners: a. much 20th century lacks a tonal center b. melodies may have wide leaps and be less singable c. there is more dissonance than in earlier music d. pieces use a great variety of formal plans, rather than using standard forms like sonata form or theme and variations (although these are present, too) e. a very wide range of tone colors is used: standard instruments used in new ways, many more percussion sounds, taped sounds, sounds from non-Western music f. all of the above We listened to Debussy's "La Mer" (The Sea) in class. Which 19th century category does this piece fit into: a. absolute b. programmatic Which element of music is most obviously new in Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms? a. melody b. rhythm c. tone color What do we call the short melodic/rhythmic patterns heard in Symphony of Psalms? a. cadenza b. cadence c. ostinato d. staccato Like J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 140, Symphony of Psalms is a _____ work. a. secular b. sacred Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire is a group of songs that depicts: a. World War I b. Freud's theory of the unconscious c. Einstein's theory of relativity d. a lunatic clown Schoenberg's harmony in Pierrot Lunaire lacks a central "home" note. We call music like this: a. atonal b. nonmetrical c. monophonic d. Baroque The Ondes Martenot belongs to which category of musical instruments: a. percussion b. electronic c. strings The composer Bartok did field research, like an ethnomusicologist would, on the music of which country (which he incorporated into his own compositions): a. England b. Hungary c. Russia In every artistic generation, there is a group who are on the cutting edge of innovation and experimentation. This group is called the: a. reactionaries b. traditionalists c. critics d. avant garde While some 20th century composers tried to control all aspects of the performance of their pieces, others used improvisation and chance operations (like rolling dice). Which composer is most associated with chance operations: a. Pierre Boulez b. John Cage c. Igor Stravinsky Some 20th century composers continued to use the 19th century musical language. Heitor Villa-Lobos, with his piece Bachianas Brasileiras, is an example of this approach, which the textbook calls: a. traditionalist b. avant garde Recent music that takes a musical pattern or idea and repeats it over a long span of time, making gradual changes, is described with the stylistic label: a. chance music b. minimalism c. neoclassicism For questions 14-17, CD 2 of the 2 CD set must be in the CR-ROM drive. Which description fits this excerpt from Symphony of Psalms best? a. chorus enters with main theme in alto voice over constant patterns of two different ostinatos, followed by tenor and bass voices b. fast, descending oboe line c. sustained pitches in the chorus, with arpeggios (rising, leaping notes) in the trumpets d. slow, powerful dissonant chords approach the final chord Which description fits this excerpt from Symphony of Psalms best? a. chorus enters with main theme in alto voice over constant patterns of two different ostinatos, followed by tenor and bass voices b. fast, descending oboe line c. sustained pitches in the chorus, with arpeggios (rising, leaping notes) in the trumpets d. slow, powerful dissonant chords approach the final chord Which description fits this excerpt from Equatorial best? a. mainly piano and trumpets, quiet mood, disjunct and fragmented b. all brass, percussion soon enters c. percussion throughout, starts with loud, low trombones, then piano and organ, loud brass and percussion d. quiet brass soon explode with percussion, ondes martenot then piano, ends with strong brass and organ Which description fits this excerpt from Equatorial best? a. mainly piano and trumpets, quiet mood, disjunct and fragmented b. all brass, percussion soon enters c. percussion throughout, starts with loud, low trombones, then piano and organ, loud brass and percussion d. quiet brass soon explode with percussion, ondes martenot then piano, ends with strong brass and organ Questions on writing What's the problem with this sentence: Among such characteristics of 20th century music as dissonance, unpredictability, and new tone colors. a. agreement between subject and verb b. run-on c. it's a sentence fragment, not a sentence What's the problem with this sentence: At this point in time it is hard to say with complete and total accuracy which of the many 20th century composers will be regarded by history and the people who come after us as the most important composers of this century. a. sentence fragment b. too many unnecessary words c. comma splice What's the problem with this sentence: Its amazing how many different sounds 20th century musicians can produce from their electronic instruments. a. misuse of "there/their" b. sentence fragment c. misuse of "its/it's" Music 190W pageThis file was last modified on 16 May 2000.
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Among such characteristics of 20th century music as dissonance, unpredictability, and new tone colors.
a. agreement between subject and verb b. run-on c. it's a sentence fragment, not a sentence
At this point in time it is hard to say with complete and total accuracy which of the many 20th century composers will be regarded by history and the people who come after us as the most important composers of this century.
a. sentence fragment b. too many unnecessary words c. comma splice
Its amazing how many different sounds 20th century musicians can produce from their electronic instruments.
a. misuse of "there/their" b. sentence fragment c. misuse of "its/it's"
