Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Marco Polo

B  4’33”

C  Poème électronique

D  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

E  Concerto Grosso 1985

A  Expressionism

B  chance music

C  twelve-tone composition

D  Minimalism

E  Cubism

A  Lee

B  Bernstein

C  Varèse

D  Chu

E  Tan

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Bartök

B  Stravinsky

C  Zwilich

D  Ives

E  Cage

A  all of these

B  pitch, dynamics, and rhythm are organized according to a predetermined and continually repeating pattern

C  the reality of an object is replaced by the emotion it generates in the artist; it emphasizes the emotional states of anxiety and fear

D  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

E  angular melody and discontinuous rhythm parallel the visual style of dislocating an object’s true form into geometrical blocks and planes

A  Schoenberg

B  Stravinsky

C  Ravel

D  Copland

E  Debussy

A  Ives

B  Schoenberg

C  Shostakovich

D  Varèse

E  Debussy

A  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

B  all of these

C  chromatic dissonance

D  tone clusters

A  double counterpoint

B  prepared piano

C  octave displacement

D  atonal music

E  polyrhythm

A  tone cluster

B  eleventh chord

C  polychord

D  all of these

A  :0:mariachi

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:samba

D  :100:bossa nova

E  :0:bolero

A  dondon

B  gongon

C  grito

D  timpani

E  conga

A  the call to prayer

B  the cantor of the mosque

C  the loudspeakers of the mosque

D  the tall tower of the mosque

E  a verse of the Koran

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  tala

B  raga

C  kebyar

D  interlocking style

E  ma

A  Mariachi

B  Klezmer

C  Gagaku

D  all of these

E  the gamelan

A  kabuki

B  ma

C  noh

D  shakuhachi

E  taiko

A  Japan

B  Tahiti

C  the Solomons

D  Correct!

E  Indonesia

F  Korea

A  Muddy Waters

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Elvis Presley

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Bob Dylan

A  synthesizer

B  guitar

C  piano

D  horns

E  drums

A  all of these

B  grunge

C  rap

D  punk rock

E  rhythm and blues

A  Run DMC

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Bob Dylan

A  James Brown

B  Michael Jackson

C  Ray Charles

D  Berry Gordy

E  John Lennon

A  doo-wop

B  grunge

C  New Wave

D  rap

E  punk rock

A  Leonard Bernstein

B  George Gershwin

C  Aaron Copland

D  John Williams

E  Steven Sondheim

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

C  Voltaire’s Candide

D  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

E  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

A  George Gershwin

B  John Williams

C  Aaron Copland

D  Steven Sondheim

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  New York City

B  Denver

C  Chicago

D  Detroit

E  New Orleans

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Davis

B  Parker

C  Armstrong

D  Joplin

E  Smith

A  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

B  a rich variety of chromatic chords provide colorful accompaniment to the mournful texts

C  originally sung by a solo voice or voice accompanied by a fiddle, dulcimer, or banjo

D  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

A  swing

B  ragtime

C  postmodernism

D  symphonic jazz

E  fusion

A  riff

B  rhythm section

C  scat

D  break

E  chorus

A  Armstrong

B  Joplin

C  Smith

D  Gershwin

E  Ellington

A  Impressionist

B  Middle Ages

C  Modern

D  Postmodern

E  Romantic

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

E  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

A  Classic, Romantic

B  Renaissance, Baroque

C  Renaissance, Impressionist

D  Baroque, Classic

E  Romantic, Impressionist

A  Romantic

B  Renaissance

C  Baroque

D  Classical

E  Impressionist

A  Romantic

B  Renaissance

C  Classical

D  Impressionist

E  Baroque

A  ostinato

B  counterpoint

C  cadenza

D  syncopation

E  timbre

A  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

B  a distinctive motive that is sung or played in turn by each voice or instrumental line

C  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

D  a chord consisting of three pitches and two intervals of a third

E  a musical tremor produced on a string instrument by repeating the same pitch with quick up and down strokes of the bow

A  homophony

B  harmony

C  monophony

D  strophic

E  polyphony

A  color

B  mute

C  pizzicato

D  trill

E  glissando

A  texture

B  crescendo

C  ostinato

D  dynamics

E  homophony

A  pizzicato

B  glissando

C  sforzando

D  mute

A  polychord

B  arpeggio

C  chromatic

D  subdominant

E  dominant

A  phrase

B  tonic

C  key

D  clef

E  consequent

A  rhythm

B  measure

C  consonance

D  tempo

E  meter signature

A  harmony

B  accent

C  syncopation

D  rhythm

E  meter

A  interval

B  mode

C  tonality

D  key

E  motive

A  syncopation

B  bar

C  downbeat

D  meter signature

E  phrase

A  pleasure and security

B  rhythm

C  tension and anxiety

D  peace and tranquility

E  nothing

A  color

B  texture

C  harmony

D  rhythm

E  chromaticism

A  accent

B  canon

C  timbre

D  cadence

E  modulation

A  allegro

B  beat

C  tempo

D  all of these

E  accent

A  chromatic scale

B  syncopation

C  major scale

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  syncopation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  scale

B  modulation

C  major scale

A  concerto

B  tone poem

C  classical music

D  symphony orchestra

E  encore

A  motive

B  chord

C  movement

D  crescendo

E  pizzicato

A  The process whereby a performer plucks the strings of an instrument rather than bowing them.

B  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

C  A large, independent section of a major instrumental work.

D  A short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.

E  The repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience.