Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Concerto Grosso 1985

B  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

C  Marco Polo

D  4’33”

E  Poème électronique

A  Cubism

B  chance music

C  Expressionism

D  twelve-tone composition

E  Minimalism

A  Chu

B  Lee

C  Tan

D  Bernstein

E  Varèse

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Stravinsky

B  Cage

C  Bartök

D  Ives

E  Zwilich

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

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

C  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

D  all of these

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  Debussy

D  Copland

E  Ravel

A  Schoenberg

B  Shostakovich

C  Ives

D  Debussy

E  Varèse

A  chromatic dissonance

B  tone clusters

C  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

D  all of these

A  polyrhythm

B  octave displacement

C  prepared piano

D  double counterpoint

E  atonal music

A  eleventh chord

B  polychord

C  all of these

D  tone cluster

A  :0:mariachi

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:samba

D  :0:bolero

E  :100:bossa nova

A  grito

B  dondon

C  timpani

D  gongon

E  conga

A  the tall tower of the mosque

B  the cantor of the mosque

C  the loudspeakers of the mosque

D  the call to prayer

E  a verse of the Koran

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  raga

B  tala

C  interlocking style

D  kebyar

E  ma

A  Klezmer

B  Gagaku

C  all of these

D  the gamelan

E  Mariachi

A  kabuki

B  taiko

C  shakuhachi

D  ma

E  noh

A  Tahiti

B  the Solomons

C  Correct!

D  Indonesia

E  Korea

F  Japan

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  Kurt Cobain

D  Elvis Presley

E  Muddy Waters

A  drums

B  guitar

C  synthesizer

D  piano

E  horns

A  all of these

B  rhythm and blues

C  punk rock

D  rap

E  grunge

A  Bob Dylan

B  The Beatles

C  Kurt Cobain

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Run DMC

A  Berry Gordy

B  James Brown

C  Ray Charles

D  John Lennon

E  Michael Jackson

A  punk rock

B  grunge

C  New Wave

D  rap

E  doo-wop

A  George Gershwin

B  Steven Sondheim

C  John Williams

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  Aaron Copland

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Voltaire’s Candide

C  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

D  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

E  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

A  George Gershwin

B  Steven Sondheim

C  Aaron Copland

D  John Williams

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  New Orleans

B  New York City

C  Detroit

D  Chicago

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Davis

B  Joplin

C  Parker

D  Smith

E  Armstrong

A  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

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  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

A  swing

B  symphonic jazz

C  ragtime

D  fusion

E  postmodernism

A  rhythm section

B  riff

C  break

D  scat

E  chorus

A  Gershwin

B  Armstrong

C  Joplin

D  Ellington

E  Smith

A  Romantic

B  Modern

C  Middle Ages

D  Impressionist

E  Postmodern

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

A  Renaissance, Impressionist

B  Baroque, Classic

C  Romantic, Impressionist

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Classic, Romantic

A  Renaissance

B  Romantic

C  Classical

D  Impressionist

E  Baroque

A  Impressionist

B  Romantic

C  Renaissance

D  Baroque

E  Classical

A  cadenza

B  counterpoint

C  timbre

D  syncopation

E  ostinato

A  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

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

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

E  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

A  monophony

B  harmony

C  homophony

D  polyphony

E  strophic

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  glissando

D  color

E  trill

A  ostinato

B  homophony

C  crescendo

D  texture

E  dynamics

A  sforzando

B  mute

C  glissando

D  pizzicato

A  arpeggio

B  subdominant

C  polychord

D  dominant

E  chromatic

A  key

B  tonic

C  consequent

D  clef

E  phrase

A  tempo

B  rhythm

C  measure

D  consonance

E  meter signature

A  harmony

B  accent

C  rhythm

D  syncopation

E  meter

A  motive

B  mode

C  key

D  tonality

E  interval

A  meter signature

B  downbeat

C  bar

D  phrase

E  syncopation

A  peace and tranquility

B  tension and anxiety

C  nothing

D  pleasure and security

E  rhythm

A  texture

B  chromaticism

C  rhythm

D  harmony

E  color

A  modulation

B  canon

C  cadence

D  timbre

E  accent

A  accent

B  all of these

C  beat

D  tempo

E  allegro

A  chromatic scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  syncopation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  scale

B  modulation

C  major scale

A  classical music

B  symphony orchestra

C  encore

D  tone poem

E  concerto

A  pizzicato

B  crescendo

C  movement

D  motive

E  chord

A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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

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

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