Question 1

Name three facets of Schoenberg's career besides composing.

Accepted Answer

Arnold Schoenberg, beyond his significan

Question 2

The artistic movement that came about after World War I and signified a rejection of Romantic emotionality and a return to the styles of earlier composers is:

Accepted Answer

A)  expressionism. 
B)  symbolism. 
C)  Neoclassicism. 
D)  serialism. 
A)  expressionism. 
B)  symbolism. 
C)  Neoclassicism. 
D)  serialism.

Question 3

The performing forces in "Night" consist of:

Accepted Answer

A)  voice, bass clarinet, and piano. 
B)  voice, cello, and piano. 
C)  voice, cello, bass clarinet, and piano. 
D)  voice, two violas, and piano. 
A)  voice, bass clarinet, and piano. 
B)  voice, cello, and piano. 
C)  voice, cello, bass clarinet, and piano. 
D)  voice, two violas, and piano.

Question 4

Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question is novel because of:

Accepted Answer

A)  its reflections of transcendentalism. 
B)  its three distinct, independent levels of music. 
C)  the presence of a trumpet solo. 
D)  the use of non-imitative polyphony in the woodwinds. 
A)  its reflections of transcendentalism. 
B)  its three distinct, independent levels of music. 
C)  the presence of a trumpet solo. 
D)  the use of non-imitative polyphony in the woodwinds.

Question 5

Debussy's Three Nocturnes are titled:

Accepted Answer

A)  Clouds, Festivals, and Sirens. 
B)  Clouds, Sirens, and Pierrot. 
C)  Clouds, Games, and Sirens. 
D)  Clouds, Pelléas, and Mélisande. 
A)  Clouds, Festivals, and Sirens. 
B)  Clouds, Sirens, and Pierrot. 
C)  Clouds, Games, and Sirens. 
D)  Clouds, Pelléas, and Mélisande.

Question 6

Who composed The Rite of Spring?

Accepted Answer

A)  Béla Bartók 
B)  Luciano Berio 
C)  Igor Stravinsky 
D)  Claude Debussy 
A)  Béla Bartók 
B)  Luciano Berio 
C)  Igor Stravinsky 
D)  Claude Debussy

Question 7

The performing forces in "The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting" consist of:

Accepted Answer

A)  strings, woodwinds, and piano. 
B)  strings, woodwinds, and percussion. 
C)  choir, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. 
D)  strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and piano. 
A)  strings, woodwinds, and piano. 
B)  strings, woodwinds, and percussion. 
C)  choir, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. 
D)  strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and piano.

Question 8

The Rite of Spring does not include:

Accepted Answer

A)  a tone row. 
B)  irregular, shifting meters. 
C)  Russian folk music. 
D)  use of the extreme high and low ranges of instruments. 
A)  a tone row. 
B)  irregular, shifting meters. 
C)  Russian folk music. 
D)  use of the extreme high and low ranges of instruments.

Question 9

Which texture(s)do you hear in Clouds?

Accepted Answer

A)  monophony and homophony 
B)  homophony 
C)  monophony and polyphony 
D)  homophony and polyphony 
A)  monophony and homophony 
B)  homophony 
C)  monophony and polyphony 
D)  homophony and polyphony

Question 10

The haunting,recurring English horn motive in Clouds is based on a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  tone row. 
B)  octatonic scale. 
C)  pentatonic scale. 
D)  major scale. 
A)  tone row. 
B)  octatonic scale. 
C)  pentatonic scale. 
D)  major scale.

Question 11

The composers of the Second Viennese School believed that the chromaticism of Wagner led them to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the advent of electronic music. 
B)  the advent of aleatoric music. 
C)  the breakdown of tonality. 
D)  a revival of eighteenth-century harmonic practices. 
A)  the advent of electronic music. 
B)  the advent of aleatoric music. 
C)  the breakdown of tonality. 
D)  a revival of eighteenth-century harmonic practices.

Question 12

Arnold Schoenberg invented a method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others.This method is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the twelve-tone system (serialism). 
B)  Neoclassicism. 
C)  ostinato. 
D)  Sprechstimme. 
A)  the twelve-tone system (serialism). 
B)  Neoclassicism. 
C)  ostinato. 
D)  Sprechstimme.

Question 13

What is heard at the end of the "Round Dances of Spring"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a short return of the slow introduction theme in the bassoon 
B)  a sequence of the three folk songs 
C)  a loud, rhythmic passage with irregular accents 
D)  a tender, lyrical cadenza 
A)  a short return of the slow introduction theme in the bassoon 
B)  a sequence of the three folk songs 
C)  a loud, rhythmic passage with irregular accents 
D)  a tender, lyrical cadenza

Question 14

Briefly relate the story of Wozzeck.

Accepted Answer

"Wozzeck" is an opera in three acts by A

Question 15

The cloud theme in Clouds is represented in the beginning by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a quiet series of chords by woodwinds. 
B)  a cadenza in the flute. 
C)  a diatonic scale at the end of the theme. 
D)  clear modulations throughout. 
A)  a quiet series of chords by woodwinds. 
B)  a cadenza in the flute. 
C)  a diatonic scale at the end of the theme. 
D)  clear modulations throughout.

Question 16

Define Neoclassicism and name a composer who wrote music in this style.

Accepted Answer

Neoclassicism is an artistic movement th

Question 17

In Act III,scene iv,of Wozzeck,when the orchestra plays alone after the voices stop,the compositional style changes from ________ to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fugal; homophonic 
B)  atonal; late Romantic 
C)  late Romantic; atonal 
D)  impressionist; expressionist 
A)  fugal; homophonic 
B)  atonal; late Romantic 
C)  late Romantic; atonal 
D)  impressionist; expressionist

Question 18

Schoenberg's way of imposing order on "emancipated" elements of music resulted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  atonality. 
B)  expressionism. 
C)  the twelve-tone system (serialism). 
D)  chromaticism. 
A)  atonality. 
B)  expressionism. 
C)  the twelve-tone system (serialism). 
D)  chromaticism.

Question 19

A combination of song and speech is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Singspiel. 
B)  ostinato. 
C)  impressionism. 
D)  Sprechstimme. 
A)  Singspiel. 
B)  ostinato. 
C)  impressionism. 
D)  Sprechstimme.

Question 20

The innovative vocal technique heard in Act III,scene iv,of Wozzeck is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Singspiel. 
B)  vocalise. 
C)  Sprechstimme. 
D)  isorhythm. 
A)  Singspiel. 
B)  vocalise. 
C)  Sprechstimme. 
D)  isorhythm.

Exam 21: Early Modernism

Name three facets of Schoenberg's career besides composing.

The artistic movement that came about after World War I and signified a rejection of Romantic emotionality and a return to the styles of earlier composers is:

The performing forces in "Night" consist of:

Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question is novel because of:

Debussy's Three Nocturnes are titled:

Who composed The Rite of Spring?

The performing forces in "The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting" consist of:

The Rite of Spring does not include:

Which texture(s)do you hear in Clouds?

The haunting,recurring English horn motive in Clouds is based on a(n):

The composers of the Second Viennese School believed that the chromaticism of Wagner led them to:

Arnold Schoenberg invented a method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others.This method is called:

What is heard at the end of the "Round Dances of Spring"?

Briefly relate the story of Wozzeck.

The cloud theme in Clouds is represented in the beginning by:

Define Neoclassicism and name a composer who wrote music in this style.

In Act III,scene iv,of Wozzeck,when the orchestra plays alone after the voices stop,the compositional style changes from ________ to ________.

Schoenberg's way of imposing order on "emancipated" elements of music resulted in:

A combination of song and speech is called:

The innovative vocal technique heard in Act III,scene iv,of Wozzeck is:

Rhythm, Meter, and Tempo

Pitch,Dynamics,and Tone Color

Scales and Melody

Harmony, Texture, Tonality, and Mode

Musical Form and Musical Style

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Early Baroque Period

Prelude: The Late Baroque Period

Baroque Instrumental Music

Baroque Vocal Music

Prelude: Music and the Enlightenment

The Symphony

Other Classical Genres

Beethoven

Prelude: Music after Beethoven: Romanticism

The Early Romantics

Romantic Opera

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Prelude: Music and Modernism

Modernism between the Wars

The Late Twentieth Century

Music in America: Jazz and Beyond

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