Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  4’33”

B  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

C  Concerto Grosso 1985

D  Marco Polo

E  Poème électronique

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Expressionism

C  chance music

D  Minimalism

E  Cubism

A  Bernstein

B  Tan

C  Chu

D  Lee

E  Varèse

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Bartök

B  Stravinsky

C  Ives

D  Zwilich

E  Cage

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

D  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

E  all of these

A  Debussy

B  Schoenberg

C  Copland

D  Ravel

E  Stravinsky

A  Ives

B  Shostakovich

C  Schoenberg

D  Varèse

E  Debussy

A  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

B  chromatic dissonance

C  all of these

D  tone clusters

A  double counterpoint

B  atonal music

C  prepared piano

D  polyrhythm

E  octave displacement

A  polychord

B  all of these

C  tone cluster

D  eleventh chord

A  :0:bolero

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:mariachi

D  :100:bossa nova

E  :0:samba

A  timpani

B  conga

C  dondon

D  gongon

E  grito

A  the loudspeakers of the mosque

B  the tall tower of the mosque

C  a verse of the Koran

D  the call to prayer

E  the cantor of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ma

B  interlocking style

C  raga

D  tala

E  kebyar

A  Mariachi

B  all of these

C  the gamelan

D  Gagaku

E  Klezmer

A  ma

B  kabuki

C  shakuhachi

D  taiko

E  noh

A  Japan

B  Korea

C  Tahiti

D  Correct!

E  Indonesia

F  the Solomons

A  Elvis Presley

B  Bob Dylan

C  Muddy Waters

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Kurt Cobain

A  horns

B  guitar

C  drums

D  piano

E  synthesizer

A  rhythm and blues

B  all of these

C  grunge

D  rap

E  punk rock

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  Run DMC

D  Kurt Cobain

E  The Beatles

A  Berry Gordy

B  John Lennon

C  Michael Jackson

D  Ray Charles

E  James Brown

A  grunge

B  punk rock

C  rap

D  New Wave

E  doo-wop

A  John Williams

B  Aaron Copland

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Steven Sondheim

E  George Gershwin

A  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

B  Voltaire’s Candide

C  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

D  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

E  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

A  John Williams

B  Steven Sondheim

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Aaron Copland

E  George Gershwin

A  Detroit

B  New Orleans

C  Chicago

D  New York City

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Smith

B  Parker

C  Armstrong

D  Davis

E  Joplin

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  ragtime

B  swing

C  symphonic jazz

D  postmodernism

E  fusion

A  break

B  riff

C  rhythm section

D  chorus

E  scat

A  Smith

B  Ellington

C  Joplin

D  Gershwin

E  Armstrong

A  Modern

B  Impressionist

C  Middle Ages

D  Postmodern

E  Romantic

A  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

B  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

C  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

D  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

E  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

A  Romantic, Impressionist

B  Renaissance, Baroque

C  Classic, Romantic

D  Renaissance, Impressionist

E  Baroque, Classic

A  Renaissance

B  Romantic

C  Impressionist

D  Baroque

E  Classical

A  Baroque

B  Classical

C  Renaissance

D  Impressionist

E  Romantic

A  timbre

B  ostinato

C  counterpoint

D  cadenza

E  syncopation

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 chord consisting of three pitches and two intervals of a third

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

E  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

A  strophic

B  monophony

C  harmony

D  homophony

E  polyphony

A  glissando

B  trill

C  pizzicato

D  mute

E  color

A  crescendo

B  texture

C  ostinato

D  dynamics

E  homophony

A  pizzicato

B  glissando

C  sforzando

D  mute

A  chromatic

B  subdominant

C  dominant

D  arpeggio

E  polychord

A  phrase

B  clef

C  key

D  consequent

E  tonic

A  tempo

B  measure

C  meter signature

D  rhythm

E  consonance

A  accent

B  rhythm

C  meter

D  harmony

E  syncopation

A  key

B  motive

C  tonality

D  mode

E  interval

A  downbeat

B  meter signature

C  syncopation

D  bar

E  phrase

A  tension and anxiety

B  rhythm

C  nothing

D  peace and tranquility

E  pleasure and security

A  chromaticism

B  rhythm

C  texture

D  harmony

E  color

A  canon

B  modulation

C  timbre

D  cadence

E  accent

A  allegro

B  beat

C  all of these

D  accent

E  tempo

A  major scale

B  chromatic scale

C  syncopation

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  syncopation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  syncopation

B  cadence

C  modulation

A  modulation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  concerto

B  encore

C  symphony orchestra

D  tone poem

E  classical music

A  chord

B  crescendo

C  pizzicato

D  movement

E  motive

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

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

C  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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