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1
Three or more adjacent tones sounding simultaneously is called a
A)chord.
B)tone cluster.
C)tone row.
D)tonal center.
2
An artistic style derived from the philosophy and practice of a group of French painters toward the end of the nineteenth century is called
A)impressionism.
B)avant-garde.
C)serialism.
D)modernism.
3
A twentieth-century composer who created new music by merging baroque and classical forms with jazz and ragtime rhythms was
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
4
Compositions based on the twelve tones of the chromatic scale arranged in a certain order are described as
A)neoclassical.
B)minimalistic.
C)serial.
D)impressionistic.
5
A twentieth-century technique involving the manipulation of tape-recorded sounds from existing natural sources is
A)musique concrete.
B)avant-garde.
C)impressionism.
D)serialism.
6
Poème électronique was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Varèse.
D)Bartók.
7
MIDI stands for
A)Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
B)Music Industry Digital Interface.
C)Modern Impressionist Digital Industry.
D)Musical Impressionist Digital Interface.
8
Impressionistic music is generally
A)angular and disjunct.
B)atonal.
C)sensuous, beautiful, and seldom harsh.
D)minimalistic and modal.
9
Impressionistic music is best typified in the music of
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
10
Deliberate absence of a tonal center is called
A)chromaticism.
B)continuo.
C)atonality.
D)polytonality.
11
Avant-garde refers to music that is
A)in front of the orchestra.
B)in the forefront of experimentation.
C)in a French nationalistic style.
D)electronic.
12
La Mer was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Varèse.
D)Bartók.
13
Symphony of Psalms was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
14
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
15
Atonality was an important compositional technique used by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
16
Folk music was an important compositional influence on
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
17
Bartók was a native of
A)Austria.
B)Germany.
C)Hungary.
D)Yugoslavia.
18
Debussy was a native of
A)France.
B)Germany.
C)England.
D)Brazil.
19
Which composer became an American citizen?
A)Stravinsky
B)Schoenberg
C)Bartók
D)all of the above
20
Music of the twentieth century generally placed more emphasis on
A)texture and timbre than on melody and harmony.
B)melody and harmony than on texture and timbre.
C)texture and harmony than on timbre and rhythm.
D)melody and timbre than on harmony and rhythm.





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