Final - Avant-Garde etc.

Question 1

Clouds, from Three Nocturnes for orchestra

Answer 1

Claude Debussy, Impressionism

Question 2

The Rite of Spring

Answer 2

Igor Stravinsky, Primitivism, a. Introduction - Before the curtain rises, an orchestral introduction resembles, according to Stravinsky, “a swarm of spring pipes” b. Dance of the Adolescents - Young girls arrive from the river, in single file. They begin the “Dance of the Abduction”. c. Round Dances of Spring - The people break into a passionate dance, sanctifying and becoming one with the earth.

Question 3

Pierrot Lunaire

Answer 3

Arnold Schoenberg, Expressionism, a. Night - Giant black butterflies fly around, being creepy b. The Moonfleck - A speck of moonlight is on Pierrot’s jacket, he tries to rub it off but he can’t, is upset

Question 4

Wozzeck

Answer 4

Alban Berg, Expressionism, Act III, Scene II - Wozzeck stabs Marie because he can’t have her, Act II, Scene III - Wozzeck goes to a dance covered in blood, everyone freaks out

Question 5

Five Orchestral Pieces Op. 10

Answer 5

Anton Webern, Serialism, Piece no. 3, and no. 4

Question 6

Lux aeterna

Answer 6

Gyorgy Ligeti, Postwar Avant-Garde, text taken from Requiem Mass - serve as lament for dead

Question 7

Poeme Electronique

Answer 7

Edgar Varese, Postwar Avant-Garde

Question 8

Conga Brava

Answer 8

Duke Ellington, Big Band Jazz

Question 9

Out of Nowhere

Answer 9

Charlie Parker, Avant-Garde Jazz

Question 10

Bitches Brew

Answer 10

Miles Davis, Fusion Jazz

Question 11

Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

Answer 11

John Cage, Indeterminacy, Sonatas V and VI

Question 12

Kontakte

Answer 12

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Serialism, Structure I, beginning

Question 13

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

Answer 13

Kryzstof Penderecki, Postwar Avantegarde

Question 14

Sinfonia

Answer 14

Luciano Berio, Postmodernism, 2nd movement “O King” and 3rd Movement