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Music 103 Last Section
20th Century
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Undergraduate 1
05/03/2010

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Term

Term that avoids explicit statement, and emphasizes suggestion and atmosphere.

a. impressionism

b. primitivism

c. expressivism

Definition
a. impressionism
Term

Term that is inspired by early works of art and by 'raw' or unsophisticated cultures.

a. impressionism

b. primitivism

c. expressivism

Definition
b. primitivism
Term

Primitivism contains concepts of all except:

a. "savage" rhythms

b. syncopation

c. dissonance

d. narrow melodies

Definition
b. syncopation
Term

Highly emotional style i art that sought to express disturbed states of mind

a. impressionism

b. primitivism

c. expressivism

Definition
c. expressivism
Term

"drug music" would fit the catagory of:

a. impressionism

b. primitivism

c. expressivism

Definition
c. expressivism
Term

--- used his russian heritage for melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic inspiration

a. Arnold Shoenberg

b. Anton Webern

c. Milton Babett

d. Igor Stravinsky

Definition
d. Igor Stravinsky
Term

Igor Stravinsky wrote all but one the following:

a. The Rite of Spring

b. The Freebird

c. The Nutcracker

d. Petruska

Definition
c. The Nutcracker
Term

Which ballet caused riots in Paris, France.

a. The Rite of Spring

b. The Freebird

c. The Nutcracker

d. Petruska

Definition
a. The Rite of Spring
Term

Melody was less important in 20th century compositions

a. True

b. False

Definition
a. True
Term

Orchestras were larger in 20th century music.

a. True

b. False

Definition
b. False
Term

Combinations of unlike timbres were common in 20th century orchestral music (ex. flute, cello, and piano)

a. True

b. False

Definition
a. True
Term

Composer that follow impressionism, abandoned tonality, and used "sprechstimme"

a. Arnold Schoenberg

b. Anton Weber

c. Milton Babitt

d. Igor Stravinsky

Definition
a. Arnold Schoenberg
Term

A speech type of singing where note lengths, dynamic levels, and pitches are simply implied:

a. serialism

b. sprechstimme

c. aleatory music

d. 12-tone-row

Definition
b. sprechstimme
Term

Term where all notes in the chromatic scale are to be used before one is repeated.

a. serialism

b. sprechstimme

c. aleatory music

d. 12-tone-row

Definition
d. 12-tone-row
Term

Term where timbres, registers, rhythms, durations, dynamic levels were organized in 'rows'

a. serialism

b. sprechstimme

c. aleatory music

d. 12-tone-row

Definition
a. serialism
Term

retrograde is to be played

a. mirror-image (upside down)

b. backwards

c. backwards and mirror image

Definition
b. backwards
Term

Anton Webern, Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, and Milton Babbitt were all:

a. impressionist

b. primitivist

c. experimentalist

d. expressionist

Definition
c. experimentalist
Term

Student of Shoenberg:

a. Anton Webern

b. Charles Ives

c. Henry Cowell

d. Milton Babbitt

Definition
a. Anton Webern
Term

Used quarter tones and polytonality

a. Anton Webern

b. Charles Ives

c. Henry Cowell

d. Milton Babbitt

Definition
b. Charles Ives
Term

Used tone clusters:

a. Anton Webern

b. Charles Ives

c. Henry Cowell

d. Milton Babbitt

Definition
c. Henry Cowell
Term

Used electronic synthesizers and tape recorders with serialism:

a. Anton Webern

b. Charles Ives

c. Henry Cowell

d. Milton Babbitt

Definition
d. Milton Babbitt
Term

--- left up to chance, very  indeterminate, and was a reaction to the control of strict orders of music

a. serialism

b. sprechstimme

c. aleatory music

d. 12-tone-row

Definition
c. aleatory music
Term

--- experimented with unique and unconventional instruments, and also invented the "prepared" piano

a. Igor Strativsky

b. Robert Shoenberg

c. Anton Weber

d. Jone Cage

Definition
d. Jone Cage
Term

Other experimentalist included: Sergei Prokfiev, Aaron Copeland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Eric Whitaker

a. True

b. False

Definition
b. False
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