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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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| 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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| Was Schoenberg self-taught? |
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| What university did Schoenberg obtain a teaching position at after he arrived in the U.S? |
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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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| Aaron Copland's "Appalacian Spring" was originally written for what genre? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Which composer died the same year as Stalin? |
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| Which Russian composer wrote the film score for Alexander Nevsky 1938? |
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| The composer of Poeme electronique is |
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| Does Poeme electronique include any live instruments? |
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| The composer of Black Angels is |
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| Which family of the orchestra underwent the most growth and innovation in the postwar era? |
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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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| What is the style of Out of Nowhere |
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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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| Was Rock and Roll a strong genre in the U.S. before the British invasion in 1964? |
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| The leading composer of Ragtime in the early 1900’s was |
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| Where did Jazz get its start? |
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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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| Conga Brava includes a dance rhythm of __________ origin. |
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| Was Duke Ellington recognized as one of America’s most important composers during his lifetime? |
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| Out of Nowhere is characterized as what jazz style? |
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| Fusion is a combination of what two styles of music? |
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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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| Who played the instrumentals for Motown? |
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| What does Motown mean and where did it originate? |
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| Who is the father of soul music? |
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| Who is the father of funk? |
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