Chapter 31 Quiz

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. American composers in the 1930s and 1940s rejected experimental and ultra-Modernist styles of composition.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Tides of Manaunaun is best described as ___________.

a) An oratorio by Benjamin Britten, based partly on the poetry of Wilfred Owen correct incorrect

b) An experimental piano piece incorporating extended techniques such as forearm playing correct incorrect

c) An American ballet telling the story of a Robin Hood figure in the "Wild West" correct incorrect

d) An opera about a socially ostracized British fisherman correct incorrect

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. ___________ was an Italian aesthetic movement that advocated for an "Art of Noises."

a) Futurism correct incorrect

b) Symbolism correct incorrect

c) Surrealism correct incorrect

d) Popular Front correct incorrect

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. Who of the following can be considered an American ultra-Modernist?

a) Henry Cowell correct incorrect

b) Ruth Crawford Seeger correct incorrect

c) Edgar Varèse correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. A microtone is best defined as ___________.

a) One of the earliest musical computers correct incorrect

b) A record player in the 1930s that used new, smaller discs correct incorrect

c) A pitch difference smaller than a half step correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Popular Front was associated with the American ___________ Party.

a) Communist correct incorrect

b) Republican correct incorrect

c) Democrat correct incorrect

d) Fascist correct incorrect

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. In the 1930s, Aaron Copland wrote populist works associated with the political left.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Appalachian Spring is best described as ___________.

a) An American microtonal piece by Harry Partch correct incorrect

b) A populist ballet based on American folklore by Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) An orchestral overture on Soviet themes by Charles Ives correct incorrect

d) A propagandistic film produced by the American Communist Party correct incorrect

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. ___________ was an influential twentieth-century American choreographer.

a) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

b) Harry Partch correct incorrect

c) Martha Graham correct incorrect

d) Yvonne Loriod correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who was not considered a "Great American Symphonist" of the 1930s and 1940s?

a) Harry Partch correct incorrect

b) Roy Harris correct incorrect

c) Howard Hanson correct incorrect

d) William Schuman correct incorrect

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. ___________ made the greatest contributions to English-language opera in the first half of the twentieth century.

a) Sergey Rachmaninov correct incorrect

b) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) Charles Ives correct incorrect

d) Benjamin Britten correct incorrect

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. The War Requiem is best described as ___________.

a) Oratorio by Benjamin Britten, based partly on the poetry of Wilfred Owen correct incorrect

b) American ballet commissioned and choreographed by Martha Graham correct incorrect

c) American ballet telling the story of a Robin Hood figure in the "Wild West" correct incorrect

d) Opera about a socially ostracized British fisherman correct incorrect

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. At the end of Peter Grimes, Peter reconciles with his community, finally being allowed to marry Ellen Orford.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Which piece was written and premiered in a German prisoner-of-war camp and refers to the Apocalypse?

a) Appalachian Spring correct incorrect

b) Quartet for the End of Time correct incorrect

c) Turangalîla-symphonie correct incorrect

d) Peter Grimes correct incorrect

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. ___________ was Olivier Messaien's term for a rhythmic palindrome.

a) Mode of limited transposition correct incorrect

b) Polyrhythm correct incorrect

c) Nonretrogradable rhythm correct incorrect

d) Tone cluster correct incorrect

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. American composers in the 1930s and 1940s rejected experimental and ultra-Modernist styles of composition.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Tides of Manaunaun is best described as ___________.

a) An oratorio by Benjamin Britten, based partly on the poetry of Wilfred Owen correct incorrect

b) An experimental piano piece incorporating extended techniques such as forearm playing correct incorrect

c) An American ballet telling the story of a Robin Hood figure in the "Wild West" correct incorrect

d) An opera about a socially ostracized British fisherman correct incorrect

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. ___________ was an Italian aesthetic movement that advocated for an "Art of Noises."

a) Futurism correct incorrect

b) Symbolism correct incorrect

c) Surrealism correct incorrect

d) Popular Front correct incorrect

* not completed

. Who of the following can be considered an American ultra-Modernist?

a) Henry Cowell correct incorrect

b) Ruth Crawford Seeger correct incorrect

c) Edgar Varèse correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. A microtone is best defined as ___________.

a) One of the earliest musical computers correct incorrect

b) A record player in the 1930s that used new, smaller discs correct incorrect

c) A pitch difference smaller than a half step correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Popular Front was associated with the American ___________ Party.

a) Communist correct incorrect

b) Republican correct incorrect

c) Democrat correct incorrect

d) Fascist correct incorrect

* not completed

. In the 1930s, Aaron Copland wrote populist works associated with the political left.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. Appalachian Spring is best described as ___________.

a) An American microtonal piece by Harry Partch correct incorrect

b) A populist ballet based on American folklore by Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) An orchestral overture on Soviet themes by Charles Ives correct incorrect

d) A propagandistic film produced by the American Communist Party correct incorrect

* not completed

. ___________ was an influential twentieth-century American choreographer.

a) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

b) Harry Partch correct incorrect

c) Martha Graham correct incorrect

d) Yvonne Loriod correct incorrect

* not completed

. Of the following, who was not considered a "Great American Symphonist" of the 1930s and 1940s?

a) Harry Partch correct incorrect

b) Roy Harris correct incorrect

c) Howard Hanson correct incorrect

d) William Schuman correct incorrect

* not completed

. ___________ made the greatest contributions to English-language opera in the first half of the twentieth century.

a) Sergey Rachmaninov correct incorrect

b) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) Charles Ives correct incorrect

d) Benjamin Britten correct incorrect

* not completed

. The War Requiem is best described as ___________.

a) Oratorio by Benjamin Britten, based partly on the poetry of Wilfred Owen correct incorrect

b) American ballet commissioned and choreographed by Martha Graham correct incorrect

c) American ballet telling the story of a Robin Hood figure in the "Wild West" correct incorrect

d) Opera about a socially ostracized British fisherman correct incorrect

* not completed

. At the end of Peter Grimes, Peter reconciles with his community, finally being allowed to marry Ellen Orford.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which piece was written and premiered in a German prisoner-of-war camp and refers to the Apocalypse?

a) Appalachian Spring correct incorrect

b) Quartet for the End of Time correct incorrect

c) Turangalîla-symphonie correct incorrect

d) Peter Grimes correct incorrect

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. ___________ was Olivier Messaien's term for a rhythmic palindrome.

a) Mode of limited transposition correct incorrect

b) Polyrhythm correct incorrect

c) Nonretrogradable rhythm correct incorrect

d) Tone cluster correct incorrect