Test 6

Question 1

What historic event happened in the modern era?

Answer 1

The First World War

Question 2

Futurism:

Answer 2

Alienation from established rules and a focus on twentieth century life.

Question 3

Dadaism:

Answer 3

Did not think art should be admired, absurdity.

Question 4

Surrealism:

Answer 4

Not real, dreamlike.

Question 5

Cubism:

Answer 5

Geometric Patterns

Question 6

Avant-Garde

Answer 6

art styles + music after WW1

Question 7

Serialism:

Answer 7

twelve-tone composition

Question 8

Polyrhythm:

Answer 8

simultaneous use of several patterns.

Question 9

Who created the twelve-tone method?

Answer 9

Arnold Schoenberg.

Question 10

What is sprechstimme?

Answer 10

Speechlike melody

Question 11

What is atonality?

Answer 11

Music without pulling to a center pitch

Question 12

Who was part of the Second Viennese School?

Answer 12

Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern

Question 13

What ballets did Igor Stravinski write?

Answer 13

Firebird, The rite of spring, Petrushka

Question 14

What did Igor Stravinsky explore?

Answer 14

changing meters and complex rythms

Question 15

What happened at the Rite of spring premiere?

Answer 15

People began to argue and yell, very controversial.

Question 16

What precedent did William Grant Still set?

Answer 16

He wrote the first symphony by an African American to be preformed by a major American orchestra.

Question 17

What precedent did Billie Holiday set?

Answer 17

She was the first black singer to sing in public with a white orchestra.

Question 18

Who did Billy Strayhorn collaborate with?

Answer 18

Duke Ellington

Question 19

New Orlando Jazz:

Answer 19

Improvisation, blues, ragtime, and traditional American styles.

Question 20

Mississippi Delta Blues:

Answer 20

One of the earliest styles of blues, regional variant or country blues.

Question 21

Swing:

Answer 21

style of jazz, emphasis on the off beat

Question 22

Scat:

Answer 22

vocal improvisation, nonsense syllables

Question 23

Who was George Gershwin’s brother and what did he do?

Answer 23

Ira Gershwin wrote lyrics fo George Gershwin.

Question 24

What did George Gershwin incorporate into his music?

Answer 24

Jazz and blues styles.

Question 25

Why were there controversies around Porgy and Bess?

Answer 25

Racism, a white man wrote it, only for black actors.

Question 26

What is polytonality?

Answer 26

The use of two or more keys.

Question 27

What sound did Aaron Copland use?

Answer 27

“American”

Question 28

Who did Aaron Copland collab with and why?

Answer 28

Colab with Martha Graham to choreograph the ballet Appalachian spring.