FINAL EXAM! Flashcards
Which of the following describes dissonance?
It played a large role in twentieth-century music.
Which of the following does NOT characterize the musical language of Expressionism?
Extended passages of consonance
(out of hyper-expressive harmonies
Extraordinarily wide leaps in the melody
instruments in their extreme registers
Music that rejects the framework of key is described as:
Atonal
Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms. This was known as:
Sprechstimme
What accompanies the voice in Pierrot Lunaire?
A Chamber Group
Schoenberg experimented with tone-color melody, of shifting each note of a melody to a different instrument. He called this:
Klangfarbenmelodie
Klangfarbenmelodie refers to:
a style in which a vocal part is spoken rather than sung on exact pitches.
Which of the following is NOT true of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire?
It is concerned with pagan rituals.
(out of: It employs Sprechstimme
It employs Klangfarbenmelodie, or tone-color melody
It expresses mood changes, such as from guilt and depression to playfulness)
Which of the following does NOT characterize The Moonfleck from Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire?
A smooth, lyric melody
(out of : a three-voice fugue
dissonance
a musical refrain)
The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to:
A near riot
Which of the following was the Russian- born composer who wrote music in post-Impressionist, Primitivist, Neoclassical, and twelve-tone styles?
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring is characterized by:
all of the above
(The percussive use of dissonance
Polyrhythms
polytonality)
Which of the following musical elements in The Rite of Spring could be considered the most innovative?
Unpredictable rhythms and meters
(T/F) THe melodies in Expressionistic music usually were conjunct.
False
(T/F) Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring had a revolutionary impact on music of the Twentieth century.
True
(T/F) In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky quotes and imitates Russian folk melodies.
True
What is process music?
Music that changes gradually
The process whereby several copies of a recorded musical idea are looped but at different speeds is called:
Phase music
Steve Reich was influenced by polyrhythms of:
West Africa
Electric Counterpoint features the:
Electric guitar
(T/F) One reason for the success of serialism was its sense of scientific rigor.
True
(T/F) The goal of process music is to make change imperceptible.
False
(T/F) The goal of process music is to make change imperceptible.
True
(T/F) Steve Reich was influenced by both African drumming and gamelan music.
True
(T/F) The salient feature of minimalism is contrast.
False
(T/F) Repetition is an important element of minimalism.
True
George Gershwin is recognized as one of the first American composers to:
Incorporate African American blues and jazz styles into his compositions.
Which types of works did George Gershwin compose?
All the above
(Out of: Film scores
songs
musicals)
George Gershwin’s folk opera _____ was far ahead of its time.
Porgy and Bess
Which of the following does Not describe Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess?
The music combines jazz with the modern techniques of Schoenberg.
(out of: The plot deals with the life of African Americans
The music merges jazz with classical traditions
It combines elements of opera and the musical)
Gershwin’s Summertime suggests:
An African American spiritual
Copland composed Appalachian Spring for:
Martha Graham
Copland’s Appalachian Spring quotes the early American tune:
Simple Gifts
(T/F) Summertime is a lively song that suggests the excitement of summer.
False
(T/F) Copland composed music for the theater, but not for film.
False
(T/F) Appalachian Spring contains no borrowed melodies.
False
Ives’s compositional style was:
Very innovative for its time
While composing in his spare time, Charles Ives made a living as a(n):
Insurance executive
Which of the following does NOT characterize the music of Ives?
consistent use of traditional forms
(out of: Polyrhythms
dissonant cluster chords
use of American tunes)
Which of the following does NOT characterize Ives’s Country Band March?
Standard march form
(Out of: quotations of popular tunes
mostly duple meter
dissonance)
(T/F) The music of Charles Ives was very popular and was performed frequently during his lifetime.
False
(T/F) Charles Ives’s music reflects his roots in New England through his use of popular songs and American historical themes.
True
Ives’s Country Band March is strictly in duple meter with no syncopation.
True
Which of the following popular American musical styles has its roots in African American music?
All of the above
(Out of: ragtime
blues
jazz)
Which of the following music genres developed around the turn of the twentieth century and incorporates elements of African music and Western popular and art music?
jazz
How many lines are in a blues verse?
three
Which of the following best describes the form of a blues text?
A-A-B
Which region of the United States was the birth place of a unique style of blues primarily sung by males?
Mississippi Delta
Which American city is considered the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Trumpet
Billie Holiday was one of the first African American singers to:
Break the color barrier by recording and performing with white musicians.
What kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known for?
Big band
Duke Ellington’s great musical collaborator in the 1940’s was:
Billy Strayhorn
Take the A Train is a song that refers to:
a New York City subway line
Take the A Train was composed by:
Billy Strayhorn
During the 1940’S, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk developed:
Bebop
The principal exponent of cool jazz was the trumpeter:
Miles Davis
(T/F) Jazz is an art form created mainly by African Americans in the early twentieth century that blended elements from African music with traditions of the west.
True
(T/F) A typical blues text voiced the difficulties of life.
True
(T/F) Billie Holliday’s Billie’s Blues retains the standard twelve-bar structure.
True
(T/F) Big-band swing was the dominant form of American popular music in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
True
(T/F) Duke Ellington is associated with New Orleans-style jazz.
False
The twelve-tone method:
revolutionized composition in the twentieth century.
The twelve-tone method is also known as:
Serialism
In the twelve-tone method, the arrangement of the twelve tones is called a(n):
Tone row
In the twelve-tone method, which term refers to playing the pitches in reverse order?
Retrograde
In the twelve-tone method, what is an inversion?
Playing the row with the intervals in the opposite direction.
Which of the following was NOT a member of the so-called Second Viennese School of composition?
Eric Satie
(out of: Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
Alban Berg)
Which composer was a disciple of Schoenberg and is best known for his operas Wozzeck and Lulu?
Berg
Berg’s opera Wozzeck is best described as an example of:
Expressionism
Berg’s opera Wozzeck centers on:
a soldier’s obsession with unhappy love.
The final, heartbreaking scene of Berg’s Wozzeck concludes with:
the son of Marie and Wozzeck, alone.
(T/F) Serialism is another term for the twelve-tone method.
True
(T/F) Berg’s music owes much to the influence of Arnold Schoenberg.
True
(T/F) Berg incorporated into his music formal patterns from the past, such as the fugue.
True
