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Chapter 33 Quiz
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The sixties was a time of radical change, most prominently driven by ___________.
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b) Politicians
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c) Students and other youth
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d) Educational reformers
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Which style was marketed specifically to youth?
a) Rock 'n' roll
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b) Rhythm and blues
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c) Rock
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d) All of the above
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Of the following, which performer/group garnered the most attention from classical musicians for his/their "serious" musical experiments?
a) Elvis Presley
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b) The Beatles
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c) Chuck Berry
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d) The Kingston Trio
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The "counterculture" reached its strongest point during ___________.
a) The Great Depression
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b) World War II
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c) The 1960s
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d) The 1980s
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An album on which the songs are coordinated like individual songs in a song cycle is called ___________.
a) An aleatoric album
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b) A phasing album
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c) A concept album
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d) A progressive fusion album
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Third Stream music combined elements of ___________.
a) Experimental and literate music
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b) Western art music and jazz music
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c) Computer and acoustic instruments
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d) Aleatoric and serialist music
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___________ is commonly thought of as the "founder" of musical minimalism.
a) John Cage
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b) La Monte Young
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c) Philip Glass
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d) Gunther Schuller
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Terry Riley's In C is best described as ___________.
a) A minimalist piece
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b) A critical and popular success at its premiere
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c) A piece playable with a variety of musical ensembles
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d) All of the above
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Steve Reich's It's Gonna Rain and Come Out use a process called ___________.
a) Combinatorial permutation
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b) Collage
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c) Phasing
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d) Pastiche
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All of the following composers are closely associated with minimalism except ___________.
a) Gunther Schuller
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b) Steve Reich
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c) Philip Glass
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d) Terry Riley
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Philip Glass is associated with a minimalist process called "additive structure."
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b) FALSE
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Einstein on the Beach is best described as ___________.
a) A tape composition
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b) A minimalist opera
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c) A synthesizer piece
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d) A minimalist symphony
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Which composer was especially influenced by the sound of bells of the Russian Orthodox Church?
a) Steve Reich
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b) Philip Glass
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c.)Terry Riley
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d) Arvo Pärt
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Minimalism blurred the line between high and low genres of music.
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b) FALSE
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Arvo Pärt is ___________.
a) Polish
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b) Russian
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c) Estonian
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d) German
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