Chapter 41 Quiz

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. What was the significance of Schoenberg's Second String Quartet, Op. 10?

This is the piece in which he broke decisively with tonality correct incorrect

This is the piece in which he stopped using traditional forms and structures correct incorrect

This is the piece in which he admitted that he was wrong about the end of the tonal system correct incorrect

This is the piece in which he first used rhythms from Russian folk music correct incorrect

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. Which of Stravinsky's ballets tells the story of a hapless puppet who comes to life?

The Firebird correct incorrect

The Nutcracker correct incorrect

Petrushka correct incorrect

The Rite of Spring correct incorrect

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. Which of Schoenberg's pupils wrote music that is often considered overly intellectual?

Berg correct incorrect

Stravinsky correct incorrect

Debussy correct incorrect

Webern correct incorrect

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. What two cities were the major centers of modernist composition?

Vienna and Leipzig correct incorrect

Paris and Vienna correct incorrect

Rome and New York City correct incorrect

London and Berlin correct incorrect

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. Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisandre represents a complete and absolute rejection of the music of Wagner, particularly the German composer's Tristan und Isolde.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Listen to the selection from Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy. How is this theme different from the opening theme of the piece?

It has stronger tonal associations correct incorrect

It is performed by woodwinds rather than strings correct incorrect

It is in “free” meter, with no accents or time signature denoted in the score correct incorrect

It is far more chromatic, leaving the realm of tonality entirely correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. How does Stravinsky challenge traditional concepts of form with this material?

He has the orchestra repeat a dissonant chord in unpredictable groups of beats rather than introducing and developing a theme correct incorrect

He refuses to use traditional homophony, instead crafting dense polyphony from a variety of melodic ideas presented in tandem correct incorrect

He focuses on one melody, repeated a number of times without development or variation correct incorrect

This selection demonstrates his "free" approach to rhythm, in which each phrase is loosely and ephemerally performed at tempos decided by each individual performer correct incorrect

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. Listen to the selection from the "Valse de Chopin" from Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. How does the composer demonstrate his mastery of instrumental timbre in this passage?

By exchanging the soprano and alto soloists on every other phrase correct incorrect

By allowing the bass clarinet to subtly take over the clarinet's music correct incorrect

By weaving percussion into the texture at seemingly random intervals correct incorrect

By having the strings mimic the piano's chords a fraction of a second after they are played correct incorrect