Chapter 25 Quiz

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. Which of the following is a characteristic of "maximalism?"

a) Intensification of emotional expression and sensuality correct incorrect

b) Enlarging of performing forces and traditional forms correct incorrect

c) Expansion of tonality correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The inventor of sound recording technology was ___________.

a) Albert Einstein correct incorrect

b) Thomas Edison correct incorrect

c) Marcel Proust correct incorrect

d) Sigmund Freud correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who pioneered the field of psychoanalysis and had a major influence on Modernist culture?

a) Albert Einstein correct incorrect

b) Thomas Edison correct incorrect

c) Marcel Proust correct incorrect

d) Sigmund Freud correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who composed a set of Lieder based on folk poetry from Des Knaben Wunderhorn?

a) Gustav Mahler correct incorrect

b) Richard Strauss correct incorrect

c) Anton Bruckner correct incorrect

d) Arnold Schoenberg correct incorrect

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. Which of Gustav Mahler's works features a hunter's funeral march, to the tune of Frère Jacques?

a) Kindertotenlieder correct incorrect

b) Das Lied von der Erde correct incorrect

c) Symphony No. 1 ("Titan") correct incorrect

d) Symphony No. 8 correct incorrect

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. Which of Gustav Mahler's works include(s) voices?

a) Das Lied von der Erde correct incorrect

b) Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") correct incorrect

c) Kindertotenlieder correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Richard Strauss's Salome was based on a play by Goethe.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. In Modernist music, the seeking of pleasure for its own sake, apart from social norms, is called ___________.

a) Atonality correct incorrect

b) Maximalism correct incorrect

c) Decadence correct incorrect

d) Expressionism correct incorrect

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. ___________ is best defined as an aesthetic movement in the early twentieth century that sought to explore the disturbing desires of the unconscious.

a) Expressionism correct incorrect

b) Futurism correct incorrect

c) Impressionism correct incorrect

d) Maximalism correct incorrect

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. Atonality is best defined as music that ___________.

a) Delays harmonic resolution for extended periods of time correct incorrect

b) Does not adhere to a key or mode correct incorrect

c) Has no set meter correct incorrect

d) Uses timbre to create a "tone color melody" correct incorrect

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. Which piece features the prominent use of Sprechstimme?

a) Das Lied von der Erde correct incorrect

b) Salome correct incorrect

c) Erwartung correct incorrect

d) Pierrot lunaire correct incorrect

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. ___________ was the "basic shape" of a composition, used by Arnold Schoenberg to organize his compositions.

a) Grundgestalt correct incorrect

b) Erwartung correct incorrect

c) Klangfarbenmelodie correct incorrect

d) Harmonielehre correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes Pierrot lunaire?

a) An Expressionist opera correct incorrect

b) An Expressionist symphony correct incorrect

c) A symphonic poem telling the story of Schoenberg's childhood correct incorrect

d) A set of Expressionist miniatures featuring a chamber ensemble and vocal soloist correct incorrect

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. Each of the following is a part of the "Second Viennese School" except ___________.

a) Arnold Schoenberg correct incorrect

b) Gustav Mahler correct incorrect

c) Anton Webern correct incorrect

d) Alban Berg correct incorrect

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. Schoenberg's Erwartung is best described as ___________.

a) Opéra comique correct incorrect

b) Melodrama correct incorrect

c) Monodrama correct incorrect

d) Singspiel correct incorrect