exam 3 unit 3

Question 1

What is chance music

Answer 1

score determined by chance, and the performance is completely dictated by the score

Question 2

Indeterminate music

Answer 2

composer provides indeterminate instructions in the score, leaving decisions to the performer

Question 3

John Cage

Answer 3

Chance music is a reaction against total serialism and an exploration of non-western spiritual philosophes

Question 4

Involves cleromancy and buddhism principles, 64 hexagrams arranged in a specific order, rolling dice , complete opposite of total serialism but sounds similiar, no personal preferences

Answer 4

Music of Changes

Question 5

Protest music, protest to lynchings, told to stop singing from the war on drugs (Harry Anslanger)

Answer 5

“Strange Fruit”

Question 6

wrote “Mississippi Goddamn” One of the most influential recording artists of the 20th century

Answer 6

Nina Simone

Question 7

Premiered at the Philips Pavilion of the World’s Fair 1958

Answer 7

Poeme electronique

Question 8

type of music composition that utilizes recorded sounds as raw material and sound modifications

Answer 8

musique concrete

Question 9

How did Oklahoma? heal wartime tensions

Answer 9

Glorified American music and national character, celebrates image of rural America, dramatizes dangers of isolationism and closet fascism, edorses anti-violence, encourages community and inclusivity

Question 10

west Side Story and 1950s America

Answer 10

pushed the generic boundaries of the musical, modern score with finger snaps, thematizes concerns about gangs, dramatizes topics of immigration and racism

Question 11

Hamilton

Answer 11

Glorifies American music and national character, encourages community and inclusivity, pushes the generic boundaries of the musical, and features a modern score