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Contemporary composers represent a wide range of stylistic approaches that include traditionalists as well as modernists. |
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| | B) | FALSE |
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Although some modern works are contemporary versions of well-established and long-appreciated music styles, the date of a composition is still the most reliable indication of a composer's stylistic ideals. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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__________ composers share the conviction that Western music should evolve in an orderly and logical manner. |
| | A) | Dadaist |
| | B) | Modernists |
| | C) | Mainstream |
| | D) | Avant-garde |
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No single composer leads a specific movement identified as the dominant style of contemporary music. |
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| | B) | FALSE |
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Modal writing and references to Gregorian chant are just two examples of a renewed interest in __________ music among some twentieth-century composers. |
| | A) | Romantic |
| | B) | Classical |
| | C) | Baroque |
| | D) | Medieval |
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Two works that illustrate the use of Medieval concepts are Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Carl Orff's |
| | A) | Carmina Burana. |
| | B) | Mathis der Maler. |
| | C) | Symphony of Psalms. |
| | D) | Kleine Kammermusik. |
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A group of French composers who embraced popular music, jazz, and theater music as an alternative to the "serious" artistic movements of the modern period were called |
| | A) | the Dadaists |
| | B) | "Les Six" |
| | C) | the Mainstream |
| | D) | the avant-garde |
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The members of "Les Six" included all of the following except |
| | A) | Arthur Honegger |
| | B) | Erik Satie |
| | C) | Carl Orff |
| | D) | Darius Milhaud |
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The light, satirical style of __________, who wrote attractive and witty compositions with absurd, surrealistic titles such as Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear, pointed the way for other French composers. |
| | A) | Erik Satie |
| | B) | Louis Durey |
| | C) | Georges Auric |
| | D) | Darius Milhaud |
| | E) | ADarius Milhaud |
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Like Webern, Milhaud lessened the effect of harsh dissonances by combining voices of unlike timbres and thereby encouraged linear rather than "chordal" listening. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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In his search for new musical material upon which to base his compositions, Milhaud traveled widely, exploring the "exotic" sounds of jazz in America and of folk music in |
| | A) | Africa. |
| | B) | Brazil. |
| | C) | France. |
| | D) | Russia. |
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Milhaud was first introduced to jazz in a Paris cafe, where he heard a traveling French jazz band perform. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Milhaud wrote a number of pieces based upon jazz; one of the most attractive is his ballet |
| | A) | Pulcinella. |
| | B) | Carmina Burana. |
| | C) | Songs of Separation. |
| | D) | La Creation du Monde. |
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Although nationalism was an important source of inspiration for Romantic composers in the late nineteenth century, in the modern era it has not been a significant factor in musical style. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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The field of __________ is the scientific study of music. |
| | A) | musicology |
| | B) | ophthalmology |
| | C) | Neoclassism |
| | D) | ethnomusicology |
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The study of music of specific cultures is the science of |
| | A) | musicology. |
| | B) | ophthalmology. |
| | C) | Neoclassism. |
| | D) | ethnomusicology. |
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For Bela Bartók, the folk music of __________ provided the most refreshing and provocative stimulus for the composition of art music. |
| | A) | Western Europe |
| | B) | Eastern Europe |
| | C) | North America |
| | D) | South America |
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In addition to his talents as a composer and scholar, Bartók was also an accomplished |
| | A) | violinist. |
| | B) | pianist. |
| | C) | music critic. |
| | D) | composition teacher. |
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Bartók's serious and scientific study of __________ music led him to become one of the first and finest ethnomusicologists. |
| | A) | poor |
| | B) | rock |
| | C) | jazz |
| | D) | folk |
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One of Bartók's early piano pieces, Allegro barbaro, has the narrow melodies, repetitive motives, and sharp, pounding rhythms associated with |
| | A) | Symbolism. |
| | B) | Primitivism. |
| | C) | Expressionism. |
| | D) | Impressionism. |
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Bartók agreed with the Romantic composers who believed that the simple folk-song melodies were accompanied by the simplest chords. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Bartók's harmonic style included all of the following except |
| | A) | tone clusters. |
| | B) | total serialism. |
| | C) | chords built on fourths. |
| | D) | complexity and dissonance. |
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It has been suggested that Bartók was a composer of such stature as to rank with the three great "B's" of Western music–Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Bartók wrote the Mikrokosmos, a set of six __________ of graded difficulty. |
| | A) | piano books |
| | B) | symphonies |
| | C) | operas |
| | D) | musicology books |
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Bartók's __________ are considered the finest since Beethoven's and are often compared with those of the late Viennese master for their strength and complexity. |
| | A) | symphonies |
| | B) | piano sonatas |
| | C) | art songs |
| | D) | string quartets |
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Like many musicians of his day, Bela Bartók was fascinated with the new popular style called jazz, which he incorporated into many of his works. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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In the early 1920s, __________ led the first generation of American composers determined to devote their professional lives to writing music. |
| | A) | Carl Orff |
| | B) | Henry Cowell |
| | C) | Aaron Copland |
| | D) | Benjamin Britten |
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An enormous influence on several generations of American composers, __________ was a gifted composition teacher who encouraged students to find their own, individual styles. |
| | A) | Lukas Foss |
| | B) | Pierre Boulez |
| | C) | Nadia Boulanger |
| | D) | Edward MacDowell |
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In the mid-1930s, Aaron Copland went through a change of style that included all of the following except |
| | A) | using American folk culture as a basis for his works. |
| | B) | trying to appeal to a wider audience. |
| | C) | incorporating jazz elements into his music. |
| | D) | basing some works on Mexican and Latin American themes. |
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In 1945, Copland won a Pulitzer Prize for his ballet, Fanfare for the Common Man, which was commissioned by the Martha Graham dance company, and eventually titled "Ballet for Martha." |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Although many of George Gershwin's popular songs have become jazz standards, Gershwin himself is not considered a jazz musician or composer. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Gershwin bridged the gap between popular and art music by writing Rhapsody in Blue, which reflected the character of jazz and yet was acceptable to a "cultured" audience. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Gershwin composed the best known opera by an American composer, |
| | A) | An American in Paris. |
| | B) | Fascinatin' Rhythm. |
| | C) | Porgy and Bess. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Although Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone music seems far removed from Gershwin's jazz-inspired works, the two composers were good friends and respected each other's work. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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The father of twentieth-century Neoclassicism is |
| | A) | Carl Orff. |
| | B) | Henry Cowell. |
| | C) | Aaron Copland. |
| | D) | Igor Stravinsky. |
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Stravinsky's ballet __________ is often cited as the first work in the Neoclassical style. |
| | A) | Pulcinella |
| | B) | Carmina Burana |
| | C) | The Rite of Spring |
| | D) | Appalachian Spring |
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During the 1950s and 1960s, Stravinsky wrote several pieces based on Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Political, social, and economic problems during the second decade of the twentieth century led many composers to increase their tendency to use elaborate staging and grandiose conceptions of late Romantic works. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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During the two decades between World Wars I and II, a renewed interest in the music of Bach and Haydn developed, resulting in __________ overshadowing all other styles. |
| | A) | mainstream |
| | B) | avant-garde |
| | C) | Neoclassism |
| | D) | gebrauchsmusik |
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Audiences were attracted to all of the following features of Neoclassical music except |
| | A) | the simplicity of melodic lines. |
| | B) | the massive sound of the expanded orchestra. |
| | C) | the familiarity of tonal harmony. |
| | D) | the clarity and logic of the form. |
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Russian composers in the communist era were encouraged to write music |
| | A) | full of experimental techniques and ideas that challenged all tradition. |
| | B) | that expressed the religious longings of the Russian Orthodox church. |
| | C) | that criticized the government's social and economic policies. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Prokofiev's Symphony no. 1, the Classical, was intended to sound as if ________ had written it in the twentieth century. |
| | A) | Bach |
| | B) | Haydn |
| | C) | Beethoven |
| | D) | Berlioz |
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__________ approached the composition of music more as a craft than as an art; he played many orchestral instruments well and therefore knew how to write effectively for them. |
| | A) | Carl Orff |
| | B) | Samuel Barber |
| | C) | Paul Hindemith |
| | D) | Igor Stravinsky |
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The German word for Hindemith's concept of functional or useful music is |
| | A) | Singspiel. |
| | B) | Nachtmusik. |
| | C) | Sprechstimme. |
| | D) | Gebrauchsmusik. |
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J. S. Bach's music is often compared with Paul Hindemith's in regard to form, since Hindemith made skillful application of the fugue, the toccata, and the concerto grosso. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Hindemith's ideas about music included all of the following except |
| | A) | atonality was the inevitable goal of Western music. |
| | B) | music had clear moral and ethical powers. |
| | C) | music should serve a useful function rather than exist for its own sake. |
| | D) | none of these. |
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Certain dissonances, a free adaptation of tonal principles, and nontraditional combinations of voices and instruments combined with an emotionally expressive style are all features of contemporary |
| | A) | serialism. |
| | B) | experimentalism. |
| | C) | Neoromanticism. |
| | D) | Neoclassicism. |
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__________, who was a singer before he became a composer, wrote songlike melody lines for his instrumental and vocal compositions, sensitive text settings, and expressive orchestration, making him one of the most appreciated contemporary composers. |
| | A) | Lukas Foss |
| | B) | Aaron Copland |
| | C) | Samuel Barber |
| | D) | Paul Hindemith |
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__________, born in Germany, inherited a natural lyricism, a rich harmonic vocabulary, and the expansive "boundaryless" approach to composition associated with the German Romantic tradition. |
| | A) | Lukas Foss |
| | B) | Elliott Carter |
| | C) | Pierre Boulez |
| | D) | Krzysztof Penderecki |
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Philip Glass has evolved a style of music which is sometimes referred to as |
| | A) | Symbolism. |
| | B) | Serialism. |
| | C) | Minimalism. |
| | D) | Primitivism. |
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Minimalism is a systematic repetition of short melodic and rhythmic phrases which gradually change over a period of time, evolving into slightly varied patterns. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Like Philip Glass, __________ is often referred to as a minimalist, but he provides exact notation and firm directions in his scores. |
| | A) | Lukas Foss |
| | B) | Steve Reich |
| | C) | Pierre Boulez |
| | D) | Elliott Carter |
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The first African American composer of Western art music to achieve significant success was |
| | A) | Dean Dixon. |
| | B) | Anthony Davis. |
| | C) | Leontyne Price. |
| | D) | William Grant Still. |
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All of the following facts are TRUE regarding William Grant Still except |
| | A) | he was accepted as a serious composer right from the beginning. |
| | B) | he became the first black American to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. |
| | C) | he was the first black American to have an opera produced by a major American company. |
| | D) | his intention was to express the black American experience in music. |
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Several of William Grant Still's works have specific Afro-American effects such as the use of the banjo in his Afro-American Symphony. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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__________ has become one of the best-known and best-loved concert and opera singers in the world. |
| | A) | Dean Dixon |
| | B) | Anthony Davis |
| | C) | Leontyne Price |
| | D) | William Grant Still |
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__________ was a violinist who was became the first black musician to conduct the New York Philharmonic. |
| | A) | Dean Dixon |
| | B) | Anthony Davis |
| | C) | Leontyne Price |
| | D) | William Grant Still |
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An opera by the black composer __________ was premiered in 1986 at the New York City Opera Company to an audience that responded with a standing ovation. |
| | A) | Dean Dixon |
| | B) | Anthony Davis |
| | C) | Leontyne Price |
| | D) | William Grant Still |
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__________, for years a leading opera singer, is now the director of the New York City Opera Company. |
| | A) | Thea Musgrave |
| | B) | Beverly Sills |
| | C) | Leontyne Price |
| | D) | Sarah Caldwell |
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The founder and conductor of the Boston Opera Company is __________, who was also the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera House. |
| | A) | Thea Musgrave |
| | B) | Beverly Sills |
| | C) | Leontyne Price |
| | D) | Sarah Caldwell |
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__________, Elisabeth Lutyens, and Thea Musgrave are among the many women recognized today as important composers. |
| | A) | Beverly Sills |
| | B) | Leontyne Price |
| | C) | Sarah Caldwell |
| | D) | Ruth Crawford Seeger |
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