MUSIC Q1/LESSON 2: THE MUSIC OF EXPRESSIONISM

Question 1

______ started in the early 1900s in Germany. In art, it is a modernist movement that is expressive of a subjective perspective. The main characteristic of the style is that is presents subjects with a rather distorted form to express a personal emotion. For some painters, the use of loud and intense colors carries symbolisms.

Answer 1

Expressionism

Question 2

Distorted forms, facial expressions, and movements are used to evoke moods and ideas.

Answer 2

Expressionism

Question 3

It is characterized by its intense and emotional style that the music tends to veer away from the standard elements of melody and harmony.

Answer 3

Expressionism

Question 4

He was born on 13 September 1874 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for atonal music, which includes serialism, thus creating a new method of musical composition.

Answer 4

Arnold Schoenberg

Question 5

He showed musical inclination at an early age when he began to compose short pieces for violin. From these short pieces, he then created compositions for string trios.

Answer 5

Arnold Schoenberg

Question 6

He composed “Three piano pieces, op 11”

Answer 6

Arnold Schoenberg