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When and why did Bartók emigrate to the United States? |
| | A) | He emigrated in 1927 for a series of solo recitals and appearances with various orchestras. |
| | B) | He emigrated in 1940 to avoid the political turmoil caused by Nazi Germany's designs on Hungary. |
| | C) | He emigrated in 1927 to avoid the political turmoil caused by Nazi Germany's designs on Hungary. |
| | D) | He emigrated in 1940 for a series of solo recitals and appearances with various orchestras. |
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In 1892, Bartók formed a friendship with what important musician? |
| | A) | Ernö Dohnányi, one of Hungary's most noted pianists and composers. |
| | B) | Zoltán Kodály, an Hungarian composer who also founded a method for teaching music. |
| | C) | Márta Ziegler, an Hungarian pianist |
| | D) | Ditta Pásztory, an Hungarian pianist |
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In what year did Bartók accept an appointment as a piano teacher at the Budapest Academy? |
| | A) | 1909 |
| | B) | 1923 |
| | C) | 1927 |
| | D) | 1907 |
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Which work commemorated the nationalist leader of the unsuccessful revolution of 1848? |
| | A) | Carmina Burana |
| | B) | Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta |
| | C) | Twenty Hungarian Folksongs |
| | D) | Kossuth |
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In what university did Bartók teach in the United States? |
| | A) | Columbia University in New York |
| | B) | University of Pennsylvania |
| | C) | Juilliard in New York |
| | D) | Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia |
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What is the name of the form in which the beginning and ending of the piece are related, the second and second to last sections are related, and the third and third to last sections are related? |
| | A) | Rondo form |
| | B) | ABCDC'B'A' |
| | C) | Aleatoric form |
| | D) | Arch form |
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Which work was the earliest product of the collaboration between Bartók and Kodály? |
| | A) | Kossuth |
| | B) | Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta |
| | C) | Carmina Burana |
| | D) | Twenty Hungarian Folksongs |
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Which of the following works uses a small keyboard instrument in which the hammers strike tuned metal bars? |
| | A) | La Mer |
| | B) | Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta |
| | C) | Twenty Hungarian Folksongs |
| | D) | Kossuth |
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Which musician was also active with Bartók in collecting and analyzing Hungarian folk music. |
| | A) | Zoltán Kodály, an Hungarian composer who also founded a method for teaching music. |
| | B) | Ditta Pásztory, an Hungarian pianist |
| | C) | Ernö Dohnányi, one of Hungary's most noted pianists and composers. |
| | D) | Márta Ziegler, an Hungarian pianist |
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In what year did Bartók die and what was the cause of death? |
| | A) | Bartók died in 1945 of lung cancer. |
| | B) | Bartók died in 1954 of a heart attack. |
| | C) | Bartók died in 1945 of leukemia and related complications. |
| | D) | Bartók died in 1954 of natural causes. |
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Which compositional style influenced Bartók during his concert tours of Europe? |
| | A) | Serialism |
| | B) | Neoclassicism |
| | C) | Impressionism |
| | D) | Expressionism |
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Which of the following works can be categorized as "neoclassical" because of its use of traditional devices such as fugue, canon, and sonata form? |
| | A) | Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta |
| | B) | The Rite of Spring |
| | C) | Kossuth |
| | D) | Twenty Hungarian Folksongs |
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What invention, first patented in 1877, helped Bartók to study Hungarian folk music? |
| | A) | The telephone |
| | B) | Photography |
| | C) | The light bulb |
| | D) | The phonograph |
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