The 20th & 21st Century Era of Music

Question 1

What are the approximate dates of modern and contemporary era of music?

Answer 1

Modern and Contemporary 1890-2013
Modern	(1890–1930)
20th century	(1901–2000)
Contemporary	(1975–present)
21st century	(2001–present)

Question 2

List the top two impressionist composers.

Answer 2

1) Isaac Albéniz
2) Claude Debussy
3) Frederick Delius
4) Paul Dukas
5) Manuel de Falla
6) Maurice Ravel
7) Ottorino Respighi

Question 3

List three compositions from the impressionism era.

Answer 3

1) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) Debussy
2) Noturnes, Debussy
3) Daphnis et Chloe, Maurice Ravel
4) Prometheus, Alexander Scriabin

Question 4

Erik Satie and “Les Six”

List four of the composers of Les Six

Answer 4

1) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
2) Louis Durey (1888-1979)
3) Georges Auric (1899-1983)
4) Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
5) Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
6) Germaine Taillefen (1892-1983) [Female]
7) Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Question 5

List three Compositions by Igor Stravinsky

Answer 5

1) Firebird (1910)
2) Petrushka (1911)
3) The Rite of Spring (1913)
4) L’Histoire du Soldat (1918) The Soldier’s Tale\
5) Octet

Question 6

List three nationalistic composers.

Answer 6

1) Bela Bartok
2) Zoltan Kodaly
3) Dmitri Shostakovich
4) Serge Prokofiev
5) Antonín Dvorák
6) Jean Sibelius
7) Modest Mussorgsky
8) Ralph Vaughan Williams
9) Manuel de Falla
10) Charles Ives

Question 7

List three nationalistic compositions

Answer 7

1) Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel; Mussorgsky
2) Symphony No. 9 in E minor, nicknamed “From the New World”, Antonin Dvorak
3) The Three-Cornered Hat, Manuel de Falla
4) Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
5) Variations on America by Charles Ives
6) Carpathian Basin (then the Kingdom of Hungary)