Chapter 47 Quiz

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. John Cage's piece 4'33" features what sounds as its music?

Tones from a "prepared," or mechanically altered, piano correct incorrect

A full orchestra, but with all instruments played by members of other sections correct incorrect

The ambient noise of the listener's surroundings correct incorrect

Rigidly controlled serial tone rows correct incorrect

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. Which composer discussed in this chapter made use of whole-tone scales and modes in a piece entitled Old Buddhist Prayer?

Karl Stockhausen correct incorrect

Lili Boulanger correct incorrect

Edgar Varèse correct incorrect

Ethel Smyth correct incorrect

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. What term is used to describe Messiaen's rhythmic patterns that have the same sequence backwards and forwards?

Non-retrogradable correct incorrect

Polymetric correct incorrect

Hypersequential correct incorrect

Serialist correct incorrect

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. Live electronic music was a staple of avant-garde compositional technique as early as 1950.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. In response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, NYC resident Steve Reich composed a piece entitled WTC 9/11.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The new electronic instrument called the "ondes martenot" featured two steel wands, one of which controlled pitch and the other volume.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Poème électronique by Varèse. What sound heard here is a unifying concept throughout the piece?

The grating noise correct incorrect

The rising three-note motive correct incorrect

The siren correct incorrect

The chirping sounds correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the first movement of Zwilich's Concerto Grosso. What specific homage to the Baroque era is heard here?

It is in double aria form correct incorrect

The use of ritornello texture correct incorrect

The lead instrument is actually a viol, a precursor to the violin correct incorrect

The harpsichord is playing figured bass correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine. What instruments carry the theme and counter-subject, respectively?

The flutes and trumpets correct incorrect

The trumpets and French horns correct incorrect

The violins and synthesizer correct incorrect

The strings and brass correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No. 2. What marks the end of this first section?

A fanfare in the violins correct incorrect

A drum roll correct incorrect

The stroke of a gong correct incorrect

Glissandos on the harps correct incorrect