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Chapter 9 Quiz 1
Isms for Orchestra
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Which of the following is a distinctive feature of serialism?
Composers using small "micromotifs" to develop pieces over long periods of time
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Performers using dice rolls or audience suggestions to determine the course of a performance
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Performers using nontraditional methods to play their instruments, such as "col legno" or Sprechstimme
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Composers referring to a matrix of pitches based on a unique arrangement of all twelve chromatic pitches
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Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "The term 'impressionism' in music refers to French composers who made use of a variety of means, including non-Western scales and Church modes, as alternatives to traditional major/minor key structures."
The statement is true.
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The statement is false because most impressionists were American.
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The statement is false because impressionists considered Church modes too traditional.
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The statement is false because it was the expressionists who looked to non-Western scales and Church modes.
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Which composer is connected to neither of the two "Viennese Schools"?
Alban Berg
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Felix Mendelssohn
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Which two "isms" represent distinctly different reactions against the expressionist style of composition?
Impressionism, minimalism
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Neoclassicism, serialism
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Neoromanticism, nationalism
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Minimalism, neoclassicism
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Which painter listed below was particularly influential to Debussy and Ravel?
Degas
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Kandinsky
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Mallame
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Rembrandt
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With which style of composition is Igor Stravinsky most closely identified?
Serialism
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Impressionism
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Neoclassicism
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Neoromanticism
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Russian composers Prokofiev and Shostakovich shared what common struggle?
Both were consistently in and out of favor with the Soviet government.
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Both struggled to bring about a fusion of expressionism with Russian nationalism.
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Both contracted tuberculosis in their early thirties.
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Neither was able to gain respect as a performer.
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of expressionistic music?
Abandonment of tonal centers
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Dissonant sounds that take longer than normal to resolve to consonance
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Exaggeration and distortion of traditional musical elements
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Abrupt dynamic changes
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Which of the following is considered both a leading impressionist composer and the most important French composer of his lifetime?
Claude Debussy
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Darius Milhaud
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Anton Webern
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Frederic Chopin
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Which composer below is NOT considered an exception to the general disuse of the symphony among 20th century composers?
Charles Ives
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Maurice Ravel
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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Which "ism" originated in Vienna in the early 20th century?
Expressionism
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Impressionism
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Minimalism
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Neo-Classicism
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Which of the following is a typical trait of minimalism that is depicted in Adams's
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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The programmatic elements that suggest surrounding traffic
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The overall lack of a tonal center throughout the piece
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The liberal use of crescendos, decrescendos, and sudden dynamic changes
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The repetitive rhythmic "ostinatos" that generate a constantly building excitement
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Which piece was commissioned by a performing ensemble, rather than requested by a government entity or written as an independent exercise?
Shoenberg's
Pierrot Lunaire
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Larsen's
Symphony No. 5
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Berg's
Wozzeck
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Debussy's Prelude to
Afternoon of a Faun
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Which of the following is a typical element of minimalistic music?
Quickly changing rhythmic patterns
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The use of droning sounds
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Lack of tonal centers
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Melodic improvisation over repeated harmonic progressions
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Which statement about Debussy's life and works is NOT true?
He used woodwind instruments liberally in order to create specific moods and atmospheres.
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Both the whole-tone and diatonic scales feature prominently in his works.
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He wrote in a broad range of genres, including orchestral works, piano miniatures, solo voice songs, and opera.
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His music is often described as "floating" due to the lack of a strong pulse of rhythmic accents.
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