Chapter 32 Quiz

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. The Zero Hour approach was an artistic response to World War I.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not describe Pierre Boulez's sentiments in the article "Schoenberg Is Dead"?

a) Boulez shifted focus away from Schoenberg and toward Anton Webern. correct incorrect

b) It advocated for serialist composition. correct incorrect

c) It introduced the possibility of microtones into serialist music. correct incorrect

d) Boulez argued that dodecaphonic (twelve-tone) music was only one of the many viable compositional styles available. correct incorrect

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. ___________ is a compositional approach in which most or all of the musical components are serialized.

a) Total serialism correct incorrect

b) Dogmatic composition correct incorrect

c) Aggregate harmony correct incorrect

d) Synthesized composition correct incorrect

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. A summer institution in Darmstadt was a meeting place for many young ___________ composers after World War II.

a) Populist correct incorrect

b) Communist correct incorrect

c) Serialist correct incorrect

d) Commercial correct incorrect

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. John Cage is best described as ___________.

a) An American experimentalist composer correct incorrect

b) A British serialist composer correct incorrect

c) An Australian opera composer correct incorrect

d) A German populist composer correct incorrect

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. John Cage's approach to musical composition was significantly influenced by ___________.

a) Theosophy correct incorrect

b) Eastern Orthodox Christianity correct incorrect

c) Hinduism correct incorrect

d) Zen Buddhism correct incorrect

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. Aleatoric music refers to ___________.

a) Music created by synthesizers correct incorrect

b) Total serialism achieved through mathematical calculation correct incorrect

c) Music that features chance operations or spontaneous decisions correct incorrect

d) Music that uses common household items such as pots or furniture correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which composer composed serialist pieces later in his career?

a) Igor Stravinsky correct incorrect

b) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) Paul Hindemith correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. John Cage's Bacchanale is best described as ___________.

a) A "domestic" opera consisting of only voices correct incorrect

b) A piece in which no intentional sound is played by the performer correct incorrect

c) A piece for prepared piano correct incorrect

d) A piece played using common household items correct incorrect

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. Rothko Chapel was composed by ___________.

a) John Cage correct incorrect

b) Morton Feldman correct incorrect

c) La Monte Young correct incorrect

d) Elliott Carter correct incorrect

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. Which approach aimed to reflect the sounds of the real world through fixed recorded media?

a) Elektronische Musik correct incorrect

b) Musique concrète correct incorrect

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. All of the following are electronic instruments except ___________.

a) Theremin correct incorrect

b) Synthesizer correct incorrect

c) Prepared piano correct incorrect

d) All of the above are electronic instruments. correct incorrect

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. Milton Babbitt's use of the terms "aggregate," "pitch class," and "combinatorial" was directly influenced by which discipline?

a) Mathematics correct incorrect

b) History correct incorrect

c) Sociology correct incorrect

d) Psychology correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which innovation is associated with Elliott Carter?

a) Pitch classes correct incorrect

b) Indeterminacy correct incorrect

c) Metrical modulation correct incorrect

d) Prepared piano correct incorrect

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. The twentieth-century "Polish Renaissance" refers to the increasingly experimental compositions by Polish composers after the death of Stalin.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Zero Hour approach was an artistic response to World War I.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not describe Pierre Boulez's sentiments in the article "Schoenberg Is Dead"?

a) Boulez shifted focus away from Schoenberg and toward Anton Webern. correct incorrect

b) It advocated for serialist composition. correct incorrect

c) It introduced the possibility of microtones into serialist music. correct incorrect

d) Boulez argued that dodecaphonic (twelve-tone) music was only one of the many viable compositional styles available. correct incorrect

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. ___________ is a compositional approach in which most or all of the musical components are serialized.

a) Total serialism correct incorrect

b) Dogmatic composition correct incorrect

c) Aggregate harmony correct incorrect

d) Synthesized composition correct incorrect

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. A summer institution in Darmstadt was a meeting place for many young ___________ composers after World War II.

a) Populist correct incorrect

b) Communist correct incorrect

c) Serialist correct incorrect

d) Commercial correct incorrect

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. John Cage is best described as ___________.

a) An American experimentalist composer correct incorrect

b) A British serialist composer correct incorrect

c) An Australian opera composer correct incorrect

d) A German populist composer correct incorrect

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. John Cage's approach to musical composition was significantly influenced by ___________.

a) Theosophy correct incorrect

b) Eastern Orthodox Christianity correct incorrect

c) Hinduism correct incorrect

d) Zen Buddhism correct incorrect

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. Aleatoric music refers to ___________.

a) Music created by synthesizers correct incorrect

b) Total serialism achieved through mathematical calculation correct incorrect

c) Music that features chance operations or spontaneous decisions correct incorrect

d) Music that uses common household items such as pots or furniture correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which composer composed serialist pieces later in his career?

a) Igor Stravinsky correct incorrect

b) Aaron Copland correct incorrect

c) Paul Hindemith correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. John Cage's Bacchanale is best described as ___________.

a) A "domestic" opera consisting of only voices correct incorrect

b) A piece in which no intentional sound is played by the performer correct incorrect

c) A piece for prepared piano correct incorrect

d) A piece played using common household items correct incorrect

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. Rothko Chapel was composed by ___________.

a) John Cage correct incorrect

b) Morton Feldman correct incorrect

c) La Monte Young correct incorrect

d) Elliott Carter correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which approach aimed to reflect the sounds of the real world through fixed recorded media?

a) Elektronische Musik correct incorrect

b) Musique concrète correct incorrect

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. All of the following are electronic instruments except ___________.

a) Theremin correct incorrect

b) Synthesizer correct incorrect

c) Prepared piano correct incorrect

d) All of the above are electronic instruments. correct incorrect

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. Milton Babbitt's use of the terms "aggregate," "pitch class," and "combinatorial" was directly influenced by which discipline?

a) Mathematics correct incorrect

b) History correct incorrect

c) Sociology correct incorrect

d) Psychology correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which innovation is associated with Elliott Carter?

a) Pitch classes correct incorrect

b) Indeterminacy correct incorrect

c) Metrical modulation correct incorrect

d) Prepared piano correct incorrect

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. The twentieth-century "Polish Renaissance" refers to the increasingly experimental compositions by Polish composers after the death of Stalin.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect