MUSIC 10 : IMPRESSIONISM AND EXPRESSIONISM

Question 1

He was the primary exponent
of the impressionist movement and the focal point for other impressionist composers. He changed the course of musical
development by dissolving traditional rules and conventions into
a new language of possibilities in harmony, rhythm, form,
texture, and color.

Answer 1

Claude Debussy

Question 2

1. His technique in a composition is the use of a semi-tone scale.
   A. Cage
   B. Debussy
   C. Glass
   D. Schoenberg

Answer 2

D. Arnold Schoenberg

Question 3

2. It is the mark of the beginning of the Contemporary Period.
   A. Chance Music
   B. Expressionism
   C. Impressionism
   D. Jazz

Answer 3

C. Impressionism

Question 4

3. This composer believes that “Because there is little sense of goal-directed motion,
   music does not seem to move from one place to another.”
   A. Cage
   B. Debussy
   C. Glass
   D. Schoenberg

Answer 4

D. Schoenberg

Question 5

4. Schoenberg experienced Triskaidekaphobia, which is the fear of the number _.
   A. 11
   B. 12
   C. 13
   D. 14

Answer 5

C. 13

Question 6

5. It is also known as Aleatory Music.
   A. Chance Music
   B. Expressionism
   C. Impressionism
   D. Jazz

Answer 6

A. Chance music

Question 7

6. It tends to make more use of dissonance and more uncommon scales such as
   the whole tone scale.
   A. Chance Music
   B. Expressionism
   C. Impressionism
   D. Jazz

Answer 7

A. Chance Music

Question 8

7. It is a modern contemporary piano piece in Impressionism.
   A. Claire De Lune
   B. Für Elise
   C. La Mer
   D. Sunrise

Answer 8

A. Claire de Lune

Question 9

8. It is a piece of experimental or downtown music that originated in the US.
   A. Chance Music
   B. Expressionism
   C. Jazz
   D. Minimalism

Answer 9

D. Minimalism

Question 10

9. Following are characteristics of Minimalism except _________.
   A. Minimal Time
   B. Reiteration of Motifs
   C. Slow Transformation
   D. Steady Pulse

Answer 10

A. Minimal Time

Question 11

10. He is known as one of the 20th-century composers with the widest array of sounds in his works.
    A. Cage
    B. Debussy
    C. Glass
    D. Schoenberg

Answer 11

B. Claude Debussy

Question 12

11. Alea in the word Aleatory means __________.
    A. Cube
    B. Dice
    C. Improvise
    D. Play

Answer 12

B. Dice

Question 13

12. He is the Father of Modern Music.
    A. Cage
    B. Debussy
    C. Glass
    D. Schoenberg

Answer 13

B. Claude Debussy

Question 14

13. He was the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and the
    focal point for other impressionist composers and the “Father of the Modern School of Composition”
    A. Cage
    B. Debussy
    C. Glass
    D. Schoenberg

Answer 14

B. Claude Debussy

Question 15

14. It is equal to a twelfth of an octave or a halftone. It is a half-step stone.
    A. Chromatic Scale
    B. Dissonant
    C. Semi Tone Scale
    D. Whole Tone Scale

Answer 15

A. Chromatic Scale
C. Semi Tone Scale

Question 16

15. Music that uses the tape recorder is called _________________.
    A. Musique concrete
    B. Music saving
    C. Record tape
    D. Save Music

Answer 16

A. Musique Concrete

Question 17

1. He is one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.
   A. Ravel
   B. Debussy
   C. Beethoven
   D. Schoenberg

Answer 17

B. Claude Debussy

Question 18

3. He was an Austrian-born American composer and a music theorist.
   A. Schoenberg
   B. Stravinsky
   C. Debussy
   D. Bartok

Answer 18

A. Arnold Schoenberg

Question 19

4. His skillful handling of material and rhythmic inventiveness went beyond anything composed by his Russian predecessors.
   A. Schoenberg
   B. Stravinsky
   C. Debussy
   D. Bartok

Answer 19

B. Igor Stravinsky

Question 20

2. He changed the course of musical development by dissolving traditional rules
   and conventions into a new language of possibilities in harmony, rhythm,
   form, texture, and color.
   A. Ravel
   B. Debussy
   C. Beethoven
   D. Schoenberg

Answer 20

A. Maurice Ravel

Question 21

5. He was acknowledged for establishing the twelve-tone system.
   A. Schoenberg
   B. Stravinsky
   C. Debussy
   D. Bartok

Answer 21

A. Arnold Schoenberg

Question 22

6. His works were met with extreme reactions, either strong hostility from the general public or enthusiastic acclaim from his supporters and the twelve tone system
   A. Schoenberg
   B. Stravinsky
   C. Debussy
   D. Bartok

Answer 22

A. Arnold Schoenberg

Question 23

7. It is a music that uses the tape recorder.
   A. Musique Concrete
   B. Cassette Disk
   C. Magnetic Tape
   D. Cassette Deck

Answer 23

A. Musique Concrete

Question 24

8. He is an “innovative French-born composer.” and the Father of the Electronic Music?
   A. Edgard Varèse
   B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
   C. John Cage
   D. Mario Davidovsky

Answer 24

A. Edgard Varèse

Question 25

9. He is the composer of Four Minutes and 33 seconds (4’33)
   A. Edgard Varèse
   B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
   C. John Cage
   D. Mario Davidovsky
10. His music was initially met with resistance due to its heavy atonal content
    with no clear melodic or rhythmic sense.
    A. Edgard Varèse
    B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
    C. John Cage
    D. Mario Davidovsky

Answer 25

C. John Cage

Question 26

10. His music was initially met with resistance due to its heavy atonal content with no clear melodic or rhythmic sense.
    A. Edgard Varèse
    B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
    C. John Cage
    D. Mario Davidovsky

Answer 26

B. Karlheinz Stockhausen