MUSIC 10 : IMPRESSIONISM AND EXPRESSIONISM Flashcards
1
Q
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.
A
Claude Debussy
2
Q
- His technique in a composition is the use of a semi-tone scale.
A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg
A
D. Arnold Schoenberg
3
Q
- It is the mark of the beginning of the Contemporary Period.
A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Impressionism
D. Jazz
A
C. Impressionism
4
Q
- 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
A
D. Schoenberg
5
Q
- Schoenberg experienced Triskaidekaphobia, which is the fear of the number _.
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
A
C. 13
6
Q
- It is also known as Aleatory Music.
A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Impressionism
D. Jazz
A
A. Chance music
7
Q
- 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
A
A. Chance Music
8
Q
- It is a modern contemporary piano piece in Impressionism.
A. Claire De Lune
B. Für Elise
C. La Mer
D. Sunrise
A
A. Claire de Lune
9
Q
- It is a piece of experimental or downtown music that originated in the US.
A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Jazz
D. Minimalism
A
D. Minimalism
10
Q
- Following are characteristics of Minimalism except _________.
A. Minimal Time
B. Reiteration of Motifs
C. Slow Transformation
D. Steady Pulse
A
A. Minimal Time
11
Q
- 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
A
B. Claude Debussy
12
Q
- Alea in the word Aleatory means __________.
A. Cube
B. Dice
C. Improvise
D. Play
A
B. Dice
13
Q
- He is the Father of Modern Music.
A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg
A
B. Claude Debussy
14
Q
- 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
A
B. Claude Debussy
15
Q
- 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
A
A. Chromatic Scale
C. Semi Tone Scale