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1
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What was John cages philosophy regarding sound?

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Everything has a soul and it can be released by sound.

Sounds are to be experienced.

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What are cages three strategies to achieve his philosophy regarding sound?

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  1. Use of chance
  2. Use of interdependency
  3. Blurring boundaries between music, art, and life.
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3
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Where was John Cage from?

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Los Angeles, Ca.

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What does avant-garde mean?

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Forward thinking

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A prepared piano is

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Inserted objects between the strings of the piano to create complex percussive sounds

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What country is Penderecki from?

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Poland

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Which of the following best describes Penderecki’s avant-garde musical style?

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Use of tonal clusters and unconventional techniques to create supernatural and creepy sounding music.

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What historical event evoked the full title of Penderecki’s threnody?

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The bombing of Hiroshima

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Who inspired Penderecki to learn the violin?

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His father

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Which of the following is Not a film in which Penderecki’s music has been used?

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It HAS been used in ready player one, the shining, and the exorcist.

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What did Stockhausen study at the cologne university of music?

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Music pedagogy, piano, musicology, philosophy, and Germanic.

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Which great composer did Stockhausen study with?

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Oliver Messiaen and Darius Milhaud

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How was Stockhausen inspired by John Cage?

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Inspired by his “open form” which is open to interpretation to how each person hears the music.

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Serialism was a large principle in Stockhausens work. How did Stockhausen innovate electronic and serial music?

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Added more events like instrumentation, pitch, melodic form, intensity, and time duration.

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What level of organization was Stockhausen assumes using?

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Geometric

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16
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T/F: Laurie Anderson originally studied biology at mills college in California.

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True

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17
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Where would Anderson perform the violin as a teen?

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Chicago youth symphony

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18
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What year did Laurie Anderson perform duets on ice?

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1972

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What was the name of Laurie Anderson’s performance piece performed by a symphony of car horns?

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Automotive

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T/F: Laurie Anderson’s work represents a synthesis between the concerns of the different mediums of music, visual art, and performance and reflects the changing nature of spectatorship at the end of the 20th century.

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True

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21
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What was Henry Partchs musical advancement?

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He combined the exploration of new instrumental sounds with a new approach to pith

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What cultures inspired Harry Partch

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Chinese, Japanese, Native American, African and rural American.

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23
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What was partchs 43 tone scale solely based on?

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Intonation-which notes relate to each other through pure intervals from the harmonic series

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24
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What instrument did Partch make?

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Modified guitars, marimbas, tuned cloud-chamber bowls, gourd tree, and large string instrument like the Ancient Greek Kithara.

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25
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What is Partchs largest work?

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Oedipus

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T/F: Philip glass was a lover of avant-garde music?

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False

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27
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What did glass master in at juliiard?

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Composition

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28
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Philip glasses first opera, “Einstein on the beach” is different from traditional operas in what way?

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5 hours long with no breaks

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29
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Glass took music inspiration from what part of the world?

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India

30
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Glass’s music style would be considered as:

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Minimalistic

31
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What is Steve Reich’s clapping music?

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Creating a phrasing effect in a piece of music that needed no instrument beyond the human body

32
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Who were some of Steve Reich’s influencers?

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Perotin, J.S. Bach, Debussy, Bartók, and Stravinsky,

33
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Where was Steve Reich born and raised?

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Born in NY and raised in California.

34
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What was Steve Reich’s degree from Cornell university in?

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B.A. in philosophy and minor in music.

35
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What instrument did George crumb not okay?

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Violin

36
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T/F: George Crumb is dead

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False

37
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What instrument does The Ancient Voices of Children NOT ask to be played?

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HAS: soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano, percussion.

38
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T/F: George Crumb asked for his music to be played in conventional and unconventional ways.

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True

39
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What piece brought Sofia Gubaidulina to international prominence?

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Violin concerto Offertorium

40
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For whom did Gubaidulina compose offertorium?

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Violinist Gideon Kremer

41
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When Gubaidulina was told aaa young musician that she was on “the wrong path” who encouraged her…

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Shostakovich

42
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What was Gubaidulina’s inspiration in composing The Seven Last Words?

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Based on the sayings of Jesus on the cross.

43
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What musical technique did Gubaidulina use in Offertorium?

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Klangfarbenmelodie

44
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T/F: Peter Schickele grew up in Washington D.C. and Fargo, Nd.

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True

45
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T/F: Peter Schickele was the composer for Los Angeles High school

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True

46
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T/F: PDQ back was Schickele’s colleague and best friend.

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False

47
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Peter Schickele developed an instrument called the…

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Tromboon

48
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Peter Schickele was born in

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Ames, Iowa.

49
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At what age did John Adams begin composing?

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10

50
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Which university did John Adams study at?

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Harvard

51
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T/F: John Adams disliked John Cages experimentalism

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False

52
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Which opera of John Adams elicited the most controversy?

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The Death if Kinghoffer

53
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Who else in György, Legetis family survived the Holocaust?

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Mother

54
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Where was Ligeti born?

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Transylvania

55
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Who influenced Ligeti

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John Cage, Bele Bartók, and Kodály.

56
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Which opera did Ligeti compose?

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Le Grand Macabre

57
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Why was Ligeti arrested?

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He was Jewish living in the Nazi regime.

58
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Who did he study with?

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Ferenc Farkas and Pál Kadosa.

59
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What Stravinsky piece inspired Carter to be a Composer?

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The rite of Spring.

60
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T/F: Carter’s Cello Sonata was well received

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False

61
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What piece won Carter his first Pulitzer Prize?

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String Quarter no. 2

62
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T/F: Carter wrote over 150 Pieces

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True

63
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T/F: Bernstein was a major presence in Broadway and classical music.

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True

64
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What is Bernstein’s most successful broadway musical?

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West side Story

65
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What unusual styles did Bernstein incorporate into West side story?

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Jazz, Afro-carribean dance music, Tim pan alley melodies.

66
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How did Bernstein describe broadway

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An American form of opera

67
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T/F: west side story is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet.

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True

68
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Where was the conservatory of Arvo Part?

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Tallinn

69
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What JS Bach piece does Arvo Part quote in credo

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Prelude in C

70
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What is tintinnabulation?

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One voice moves diatonically, and one voice is chord tones.

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