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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Twentieth Century
Neoclassicism

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Favoring clear polyphonic textures, neoclassical composers wrote
A)fugues
B)baroque dance suites
C)concerti grossi
D)all of the above
2

Neoclassical compositions are characterized by
A)forms and stylistic features of earlier periods
B)whole-tone scales
C)harsh dissonances
D)use of the twelve-tone system
3

Neoclassicism was a reaction against
A)romanticism and impressionism
B)humanism
C)classicism
D)traditional forms
4

Which of the following is not characteristic of neoclassicism?
A)emotional restraint
B)clarity
C)misty atmosphere
D)balance
5

Neoclassical composers favored
A)tonality
B)atonality
C)program music
D)large orchestras
6

A painter who went through a neoclassical phase, and who designed sets for Stravinsky's first neoclassical work, was
A)Claude Monet
B)Pablo Picasso
C)Auguste Renoir
D)Wassily Kandinsky








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