Chapter 42 Quiz

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. Which neoclassical composer suggested that Romantic composers had "overfed" their audiences with orchestral music that was too rich?

Ravel correct incorrect

Stravinsky correct incorrect

Copland correct incorrect

Prokofiev correct incorrect

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. For which instrument did Bartók NOT compose a concerto?

Viola correct incorrect

Piano correct incorrect

Violin correct incorrect

Trumpet correct incorrect

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. Avant-garde music thrived in the Soviet Union, as the nation's leadership deemed the advancement of new and non-traditional sounds to be a reflection of their new vision for the nation's politics.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Both Stravinsky and Prokofiev wrote scores for Diaghilev's ballet company.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, the beginning of the recapitulation section. What is distinctive about Prokofiev's approach to this part of traditional sonata form?

It actually takes place in a mini-sonata form itself, commonly referred to as a "nesting sonata" correct incorrect

It features no stringed instruments whatsoever correct incorrect

The composer leaves two of the three main themes behind and only focuses on one correct incorrect

It begins in the "wrong" key, only later returning to tonic correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the second movement of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Many listeners believe that Stravinsky is offering an homage to which earlier composer in the writing style of this section?

Schoenberg correct incorrect

Bach correct incorrect

Mozart correct incorrect

Hildegard of Bingen correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Bartók's Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta. What section of the piece is this?

One of the interludes correct incorrect

The first A section correct incorrect

The second B section correct incorrect

The C section correct incorrect