Chapter 28 Quiz

. Neoclassicism marks the beginning of twentieth-century musical style, as distinct from the "long nineteenth-century."

. Which of Igor Stravinsky's pieces best displays his move to Neoclassicism?

. For Igor Stravinsky, Neoclassicism meant a return to ___________ musical mannerisms.

. The event that shattered the Romantic faith in progress was ___________.

. The Society for Private Musical Performances was created by Igor Stravinsky.

. In his Neoclassical compositions, Stravinsky sought to banish all emotive content from his music.

. Who famously declared, "If it is art it is not for everybody; if it is for everybody it is not art"?

. Who devised the twelve-tone method?

. In a twelve-tone composition, each of these is a way that the prime version of a tone row was altered except ___________.

. Which of the following is a twelve-tone composition?

. The method of composition that uses ordered tone rows is commonly called ___________.

. Alban Berg's ___________ was secretly inscribed with messages to the woman he loved.

. Which composer most prominently combined twelve-tone techniques with elements of Romanticism?

. Of the following, which composer was most interested in economy of material and symmetry of tone rows?

. All of the following describe Anton Webern's Symphony, Op. 21, except ___________.

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