Exam 20: Prelude: Music and Modernism

All of the following are characteristic of a modernist approach to melody except:

The chief composers associated with the early phase of modernism-Debussy,Stravinsky,and Schoenberg-were members of the:

The composers Stravinsky and Bartók were associated with ________ and sometimes suggested ________ in their works.

Which artistic movement took its inspiration from Wagner's leitmotivs?

Atonal music is music in which no ________ can be found.

With which nineteenth-century composer were symbolist poets fascinated? Why? Which technique of this composer intrigued them most?

Around 1900,some conservative composers referred to melody,harmony,and tonality as:

The scale in which the octave is divided into six equal intervals is the ________ scale.

Which composer is sometimes called an impressionist and sometimes a symbolist?

With which movement in the visual arts is Debussy most often associated? Explain.Name the other artistic movement with which he is also sometimes associated and explain why.

Music where no tonal center can be found is:

Discuss the concepts in the visual arts,literature,and music that were questioned by modernists in the early twentieth century.

Were all modernist composers members of the avant-garde? Describe the variety of music that can be called modernist.

The scale in which eight pitches are made to fit into the octave by alternating whole steps and half steps is the ________ scale.

In the early twentieth century,harmony: