20th Century

Question 1

Impressionistic

Answer 1

Music that is pleasing to the ears, relaxed, almost dreamlike

Question 2

Serialism/12-tone system

Answer 2

A strict musical formula that is difficult to play
All 12 notes of the octave have equal importance and are played in a specific order (tone row or tone series)
-music that feels anxious and unresolved

Question 3

Neoclassical

Answer 3

A hardening back to 18th century music

• Stravinsky was a fan
• less emphasis on tonality

Question 4

Jazz

Answer 4

Originated from early African-American styles

• improv
• harmonic progressions
• syncopated rhythms

Question 5

Concert music

Answer 5

Combination of jazz elements with other styles such as classical and blues
-FUSION

Question 6

Chance music

Answer 6

Aleatoric/indeterminate

• popularized by John Cage
• musician is given the freedom to interpret the music
• philosophy meets music

Question 7

Electronic music

Answer 7

Experimenting with technology

-how it affects melody and rhythm

Question 8

New Romanticism

Answer 8

Desire for music that was expressive, haunting, mysterious (like the music of the past)

Question 9

Minimalism

Answer 9

No $ to spare because of all these wars

-simple, patterns, steady beat

Question 10

Phillip Glass

Answer 10

Funky Phase Shift Dude

• Einstein on the beach
• Glass Works
• v minimalist
• v experimental

Question 11

Duke Elllington

Answer 11

jAZZ INTENSIFIES

• ragtime
• A train
• it don’t mean a thing

Question 12

Gershwin

Answer 12

Lyricist was his brother Ira

• Porgy and Bess
• Rhapsody in Blue
• Russian
• prof piano pal
• jazz, opera, stage and screen