MUSIC

Question 1

The early __th century music is described as a time of revolt and change

Answer 1

20th

Question 2

It is a french movement in the late 19th and early 20th century

Answer 2

impressionism

Question 3

he was the prime exponent of the impressionist movement and focal point for other impressionist composers

Answer 3

Claude Debussy

Question 4

his style demands considerable technical virtuosity from the performer which is the character, ability, or skill of a virtuoso. Mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of harmonic treatment

Answer 4

Maurice Ravel

Question 5

Pavane for a dead princess & jeux d’Eau is ______ work

Answer 5

Maurice Ravel

Question 6

A musical style that used atonal and the twelve note scales, lacking stables and conventional harmonies.


Answer 6

Expressionism

Question 7

His tonal preference gradually turned to the dissonant and atonal, as he explored the use of chromatic harmonies His music is extremely complex. Creating heavy demands on the listener.

Answer 7

Arnold Schoenberg

Question 8

Musical output approximates 127 works, including concerti, orchestral music, instrumental music, operas, ballets, solo vocal and choral music (Petrouchka)

Answer 8

Igor Stravinsky

Question 9

as a neo classical primitivist, and nationalist composer, ______ used hungarian folk themes and rhythms (Duet for pipes)

Answer 9

Bela Bartok

Question 9

Use of freer seven-note diatonic scale, a moderating factor between the emotional excesses of the romantic period and the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism

Answer 9

neo-classicism

Question 10

“Concerto for orchestra” is _____ Work

Answer 10

Bela bartok

Question 11

Is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technuiqe, pulsating rhythms, melodic directness, and a resolving dissonance. (Concerto in c major)

Answer 11

Sergei Prokofieff

Question 12

Was a successful composer for piano, voice, and choral music (perpetual motion no.1)



Answer 12

Francis Poulenc

Question 13

Was associated with electronic music and dealt with the parameters or dimensions of sound in space.

Answer 13

Avant-Garde Music

Question 14

“Summertime” by ________


Answer 14

George Gershwin

Question 15

(WEST SIDE STORY 1957) (TONIGHT)

Answer 15

Leonard Bernstein

Question 16

“Music in Fifths” is created by __________

Answer 16

Philip Glass

Question 17

A looser form of 20th century music development focused on nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine modern techniques with folk materials


Answer 17

Modern Nationalism

Question 18

is a music that uses the capacity of electronic machines to create different sounds and technology in production

Answer 18

Electronic Music

Question 19

A kind of electronic music that records different sounds that are heard on the environment

Answer 19

Musique concrete

Question 20

He is known as the “Father of Electronic Music” description of him as “The stratospheric colossus of sound” (Poeme Electronique)

Answer 20

Edgar Varese

Question 21

Refers to a style in 2/c the piece sounds different at every performance because of the random techniques of production including the use of ring modulators or “natural element”.

(MOST OF THE SOUNDS EMANATE FROM THE SURROUNDINGS BOTH NATURAL & MAN-MADE

Answer 21

CHANCE MUSIC

Question 22

He experimented with what came to be known as “chance music” (Four minutes and 33 seconds) (4’33”)

Answer 22

JOHN CAGE

Question 23

Experimented with electronic music and musique concrete

Answer 23

Karlheinz Stockhausen