Exam 3: Listening quiz 3

Question 1

piano banging to begin with, dissonance, four voices

Answer 1

John Cage, Music of Changes, Book 1 (1951)

Question 2

Woman singing, southern accent

Answer 2

Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1939)

Question 3

Church bells, clicking, random noises, voice and syllables

Answer 3

Edgard Varese Poeme electronique (1957-58)

Question 4

chorus, singing about a marriage, brand new state, praire

Answer 4

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 2, “Oklahoma” from Oklahoma! (1943)

Question 5

Tango, men and women singing about American and New Yotk

Answer 5

Leonard Bernstein, “America” from West Side Story (1957)

Question 6

Any sound, interpretation is up to performer

Answer 6

Cornelius, Cardew Treatise (1963-67)