FINAL- TEST 3 Flashcards
Alban Berg and Anton Webern were students of:
Arnold Schoenberg.
The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to:
a near riot.
Which of the following does NOT characterize the musical language of Expressionism?
extended passages of consonance
Music that rejects the framework of key is described as:
atonal.
Which Viennese composer invented the twelve-tone method after writing in both post-Romantic and atonal styles?
Schoenberg
Which early twentieth-century style dealt with the realm of the psyche?
Expressionism
Which painter associated with Expressionism influenced Schoenberg?
Munch
Which of the following Stravinsky works is from his primitivist period?
The Rite of Spring
Which of the following is NOT a Stravinsky ballet?
Daphnis and Chloé
Which of the following was the Russian-born composer who wrote music in post-Impressionist, primitivist, Neoclassical, and twelve-tone styles?
Stravinsky
Copland’s Appalachian Spring quotes the early American tune:
Simple Gifts.
Copland’s Billy the Kid is a(n):
ballet.
During the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk developed:
bebop.
George Gershwin’s folk opera ________ was far ahead of its time.
Porgy and Bess
In which musical style did Copland compose?
all of the above
John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes is a work for:
prepared piano.
John Williams was the music director and principal conductor of the:
Boston Pops.
Leonard Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to be appointed director of the:
New York Philharmonic.
Prokofiev and Shostakovich were prominent composers from:
the Soviet Union.
Nadia Boulanger was an extraordinarily gifted:
teacher.
The Introduction to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played on the:
bassoon.
The early twentieth-century style that sought to revive certain principles and forms of earlier music was:
neo-Classicism.
The model for Bartók’s melodies can be found in:
Hungarian folk songs.
The principal exponent of cool jazz was the trumpeter:
Miles Davis.
West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare’s:
Romeo and Juliet.
What kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known for?
big band
What was the trademark of bebop?
a two-note phrase
Which American city is considered the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
Which Hungarian composer combined native folk music characteristics with main currents of European music?
Bartók.
Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
trumpet
Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?
John Cage
Which of the following composers would NOT have been emulated during the neo-Classical era?
Wagner
Which of the following does NOT characterize John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes?
lyrical melodies
Which of the following is NOT a ballet by Copland?
Our Town
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
Which of the following musicals was NOT a collaboration by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
The Phantom of the Opera
Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument?
4’33”
Which work did Gershwin compose in France?
An American in Paris
With which contemporary movement is the composer John Cage linked?
chance music
Berg’s opera Wozzeck centers on:
a soldier’s obsession with unhappy love.
Berg’s opera Wozzeck is best described as an example of:
Expressionism.
Bernstein rose to prominence as:
all of the above.
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Bernstein’s West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between:
the Jets and the Sharks.
Louis Armstrong was also known as:
Satchmo
Louis Armstrong’s instrument-like approach to singing is called:
scat-singing.
Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms. This was known as:
Sprechstimme
The twelve-tone method is also known as:
serialism.
