Chapter 29 Quiz

. Which of the following is characteristic of jazz?

a) Syncopation

b) Blue notes

c) Improvisation

d) All of the above

. What three chords are most associated with the harmonic structure of a blues form?

a) IV, V, X

b) I, II, III

c) I, IV, V

d) I, III, VI

. In jazz, a note that is flattened or "bent" for expressive purposes is called ___________.

a) A blue note

b) A syncopation

c) A collage

d) A defamiliarization

. In the 1920s, ___________ was a destination city for many American composers who sought to develop an "American" school of composition.

a) Berlin

b) Paris

c) St. Petersburg

d) Warsaw

. George Gershwin first found success ___________.

a) In Paris, as a result of studying with Nadia Boulanger

b) Composing timely operas in Berlin

c) On the composition faculty at Princeton University

d) Composing songs for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway

. ___________ was a term coined to describe an art work that juxtaposes ordinary scenes to show the magic of everyday life.

a) Impressionism

b) Symbolism

c) Futurism

d) Surrealism

. In music, collage refers to ___________.

a) Pasting together or juxtaposing disparate styles

b) Shifting stressed rhythms to the offbeat

c) The spontaneous creation of music, "on the spot"

d) A composition that evokes a sense of improvisation

. Which of the following was not true of the group of composers called Les Six?

a) They were French.

b) They incorporated American popular music styles.

c) They sought to restore art to its Romantic ideals of emotionalism and spirituality.

d) They were influenced by Erik Satie.

. ___________ was the systematic use of multiple key areas simultaneously, practiced by Darius Milhaud.

a) Polyrhythm

b) Polytonality

c) Aggregate harmony

d) Blue notes

. Four Saints in Three Acts is best described as ___________.

a) A Surrealist opera

b) A Zeitoper

c) A Tin Pan Alley song

d) A musical

. Wozzeck is best described as ___________.

a) A Zeitoper by Ernst Krenek

b) A musical by George Gershwin

c) A Surrealist opera by Virgil Thomson

d) An Expressionist opera by Alban Berg

. Which of the following describes the basic plot of Wozzeck?

a) In poverty-stricken London, a gang leader and his scoundrel father-in-law engage in a fight over Polly Peachum.

b) A dim-witted soldier's psychological degeneration in response to the unfaithfulness of his common-law wife

c) A marriage party takes a picture at the base of the Eiffel Tower.

d) A young, rich scoundrel abandons love for revelry, leading to his material and moral decline.

. Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera was modeled on The Beggar's Opera by John Gay.

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

. Of the following, who was an opera composer who later turned to composing music for Hollywood films?

a) Igor Stravinsky

b) Darius Milhaud

c) Erik Satie

d) Erich Wolfgang Korngold

. All of the following describe literate music in the "Roaring Twenties," except ___________.

a) It was influenced by American popular music.

b) Composers referred to ordinary scenes and objects in their art.

c) Composers avoided writing dramatic music such as opera and musicals.

d) Composers experimented with collage and polytonality.

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