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MUS 121 FINAL EXAM
UNR
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/16/2009

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Igor Stavinsky's "Rite of Spring" is scored for what kind of musical ensemble?
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unusually large orchestra
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What is the genre of "Rite of Spring?"
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ballet
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The 20th-century artistic movement that stressed intense, subjective emotion and used distorted sounds was called
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20th-century classical music
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Expressionism in music was largely centered in what 2 countries?
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Austria and Germany
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Was Schoenberg self-taught?
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yes
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What university did Schoenberg obtain a teaching position at after he arrived in the U.S?
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UCLA
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Schoenberg developed an unusual style of vocal performance halfway between speaking and singing, called
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sprechstimme (speech-song)
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What elements of American music are contained in Ive's music?
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polyrhythm, aleateric music, quarter tones
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Was George Gerschwin mostly self-taught?
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yes
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Aaron Copland's "Appalacian Spring" was originally written for what genre?
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ballet
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What does the "front line" of the Dixieland jazz band play, melody or harmony? What are the instruments in the front line?
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Melody; trumpet, trombone, clarinet
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when did cool jazz emerge?
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early 1950s
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during the 1960s, was the popular music scene of rock and roll was alive and well in the U.S. even before the English form of rock and roll was introduced?
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Yes, Rock and Roll originated in the United States in the late 1940’s
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Which composer originated serialism?
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Arnold Schoenberg
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what is impressionism in music?
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Stress is placed on tone color and fluidity. No sudden shifts in dynamic level. Ambiguous tonality is achieved through the use of parallel chord movement, whole-tone and pentatonic scales, and chromaticism.
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Know something about dissonance. What is it? Why were composers interested in dissonance in the 20th century? Why wasn’t dissonance immediately accepted by the public
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In music, dissonance is the quality of sounds which seems "unstable", and has an aural "need" to "resolve" to a "stable" consonance.
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What is the most important feature of atonal music?
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Music that stresses harsh dissonance, fragmentation, unusual instrumental effects, and extreme registers.
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What is Expressionism in music?
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stressed intense, subjective emotion and attempted to explore the inner feelings and workings of the mind rather than outward appearances
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What is Minimalism?
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characterized by a steady beat, clear tonality, insistent repetition of short melodic patterns. Minimalist musical works develop and change slowly, gradually, and almost imperceptibly over time.
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What is improvisation?
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Stress is placed on tone color and fluidity. No sudden shifts in dynamic level. Ambiguous tonality is achieved through the use of parallel chord movement, whole-tone and pentatonic scales, and chromaticism.
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What is call and response?
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A succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or response to the first
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In the Soviet Union, the most famous composer to suffer state oppression was
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Shostakovich
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Which composer died the same year as Stalin?
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Which Russian composer wrote the film score for Alexander Nevsky 1938?
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Sergei Prokofiev
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The composer of Poeme electronique is
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Edgard Varèse
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Does Poeme electronique include any live instruments?
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No? Snare drum?
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The composer of Black Angels is
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George Crumb
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Which family of the orchestra underwent the most growth and innovation in the postwar era?
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percussion
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Name the two artists featured in “If you Ever Been Down Blues”
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Louis Armstrong and Sippie Wallace
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The composer of Conga Brava is
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Ellington
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What is the style of Out of Nowhere
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Classic Crooner
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What soloists are featured in Bitches Brew and what are their instruments?
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Miles Davis, trumpet, Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
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The composer of West Side Story is
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Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Soundheim
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. Name the new instrument that George Harrison used in Norwegian Wood
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guitar
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Was Rock and Roll a strong genre in the U.S. before the British invasion in 1964?
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no
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The leading composer of Ragtime in the early 1900’s was
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scott joplin
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Where did Jazz get its start?
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new orleans
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The earliest recordings of jazz, lasting only three minutes each, were referred to by people in the recording business as:…
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race records
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Conga Brava includes a dance rhythm of __________ origin.
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Afro-cuban
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Was Duke Ellington recognized as one of America’s most important composers during his lifetime?
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yes
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Out of Nowhere is characterized as what jazz style?
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instrumental/bebop?
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Fusion is a combination of what two styles of music?
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jazz and rock
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One of the main sources of American popular music in the form of musical theater around 1900 was located where?
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new york
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Who played the instrumentals for Motown?
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funk brothers
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What does Motown mean and where did it originate?
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motor city, detroit
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Who is the father of soul music?
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ray charles
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Who is the father of funk?
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james brown
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