Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Poème électronique

B  4’33”

C  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

D  Concerto Grosso 1985

E  Marco Polo

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Minimalism

C  Cubism

D  Expressionism

E  chance music

A  Bernstein

B  Lee

C  Chu

D  Varèse

E  Tan

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Ives

B  Zwilich

C  Cage

D  Bartök

E  Stravinsky

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

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

C  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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

E  all of these

A  Stravinsky

B  Debussy

C  Copland

D  Ravel

E  Schoenberg

A  Ives

B  Shostakovich

C  Varèse

D  Schoenberg

E  Debussy

A  all of these

B  tone clusters

C  chromatic dissonance

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  atonal music

B  polyrhythm

C  prepared piano

D  octave displacement

E  double counterpoint

A  all of these

B  eleventh chord

C  polychord

D  tone cluster

A  :100:bossa nova

B  :0:bolero

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:samba

E  :0:habanera

A  conga

B  grito

C  timpani

D  gongon

E  dondon

A  the loudspeakers of the mosque

B  a verse of the Koran

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  the call to prayer

E  the tall tower of the mosque

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  interlocking style

B  kebyar

C  ma

D  tala

E  raga

A  Gagaku

B  the gamelan

C  Klezmer

D  all of these

E  Mariachi

A  taiko

B  ma

C  shakuhachi

D  kabuki

E  noh

A  the Solomons

B  Correct!

C  Indonesia

D  Korea

E  Japan

F  Tahiti

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Muddy Waters

C  Kurt Cobain

D  Bob Dylan

E  Elvis Presley

A  piano

B  synthesizer

C  horns

D  guitar

E  drums

A  rap

B  grunge

C  all of these

D  punk rock

E  rhythm and blues

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Run DMC

A  Michael Jackson

B  James Brown

C  John Lennon

D  Ray Charles

E  Berry Gordy

A  grunge

B  doo-wop

C  rap

D  punk rock

E  New Wave

A  John Williams

B  Leonard Bernstein

C  Aaron Copland

D  Steven Sondheim

E  George Gershwin

A  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

B  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

C  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

D  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

E  Voltaire’s Candide

A  Aaron Copland

B  John Williams

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  George Gershwin

E  Steven Sondheim

A  Chicago

B  New Orleans

C  Denver

D  New York City

E  Detroit

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Smith

B  Davis

C  Joplin

D  Armstrong

E  Parker

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

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

C  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

D  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

A  symphonic jazz

B  swing

C  postmodernism

D  fusion

E  ragtime

A  chorus

B  scat

C  rhythm section

D  riff

E  break

A  Joplin

B  Gershwin

C  Armstrong

D  Ellington

E  Smith

A  Postmodern

B  Modern

C  Romantic

D  Middle Ages

E  Impressionist

A  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

E  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

A  Classic, Romantic

B  Baroque, Classic

C  Renaissance, Baroque

D  Renaissance, Impressionist

E  Romantic, Impressionist

A  Classical

B  Romantic

C  Impressionist

D  Renaissance

E  Baroque

A  Renaissance

B  Classical

C  Impressionist

D  Baroque

E  Romantic

A  syncopation

B  cadenza

C  ostinato

D  counterpoint

E  timbre

A  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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 sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

A  monophony

B  polyphony

C  strophic

D  homophony

E  harmony

A  trill

B  pizzicato

C  mute

D  color

E  glissando

A  dynamics

B  ostinato

C  texture

D  homophony

E  crescendo

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  sforzando

D  glissando

A  chromatic

B  subdominant

C  polychord

D  dominant

E  arpeggio

A  phrase

B  clef

C  consequent

D  key

E  tonic

A  rhythm

B  tempo

C  meter signature

D  measure

E  consonance

A  rhythm

B  harmony

C  syncopation

D  accent

E  meter

A  mode

B  motive

C  interval

D  tonality

E  key

A  syncopation

B  meter signature

C  downbeat

D  bar

E  phrase

A  nothing

B  pleasure and security

C  tension and anxiety

D  rhythm

E  peace and tranquility

A  rhythm

B  color

C  chromaticism

D  texture

E  harmony

A  modulation

B  timbre

C  cadence

D  canon

E  accent

A  tempo

B  allegro

C  all of these

D  beat

E  accent

A  major scale

B  chromatic scale

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  syncopation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  scale

C  modulation

A  classical music

B  tone poem

C  symphony orchestra

D  encore

E  concerto

A  movement

B  crescendo

C  chord

D  pizzicato

E  motive

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

B  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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

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