Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  4’33”

B  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

C  Marco Polo

D  Poème électronique

E  Concerto Grosso 1985

A  Expressionism

B  Cubism

C  chance music

D  twelve-tone composition

E  Minimalism

A  Chu

B  Bernstein

C  Lee

D  Varèse

E  Tan

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Ives

B  Bartök

C  Cage

D  Stravinsky

E  Zwilich

A  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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

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

E  all of these

A  Schoenberg

B  Copland

C  Stravinsky

D  Ravel

E  Debussy

A  Shostakovich

B  Schoenberg

C  Debussy

D  Ives

E  Varèse

A  tone clusters

B  chromatic dissonance

C  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

D  all of these

A  polyrhythm

B  octave displacement

C  double counterpoint

D  atonal music

E  prepared piano

A  eleventh chord

B  tone cluster

C  all of these

D  polychord

A  :0:samba

B  :0:mariachi

C  :0:habanera

D  :100:bossa nova

E  :0:bolero

A  grito

B  gongon

C  conga

D  dondon

E  timpani

A  a verse of the Koran

B  the call to prayer

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  the tall tower of the mosque

E  the loudspeakers of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  kebyar

B  tala

C  interlocking style

D  ma

E  raga

A  Gagaku

B  Klezmer

C  all of these

D  the gamelan

E  Mariachi

A  taiko

B  ma

C  noh

D  shakuhachi

E  kabuki

A  Japan

B  Correct!

C  Korea

D  Indonesia

E  Tahiti

F  the Solomons

A  Elvis Presley

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Kurt Cobain

D  Muddy Waters

E  Bob Dylan

A  piano

B  drums

C  synthesizer

D  guitar

E  horns

A  grunge

B  rap

C  rhythm and blues

D  punk rock

E  all of these

A  Run DMC

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Bob Dylan

A  James Brown

B  Berry Gordy

C  Ray Charles

D  John Lennon

E  Michael Jackson

A  punk rock

B  New Wave

C  doo-wop

D  rap

E  grunge

A  George Gershwin

B  John Williams

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Aaron Copland

E  Steven Sondheim

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

C  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

D  Voltaire’s Candide

E  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

A  Aaron Copland

B  Steven Sondheim

C  George Gershwin

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  John Williams

A  New York City

B  Chicago

C  New Orleans

D  Detroit

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Joplin

B  Armstrong

C  Smith

D  Parker

E  Davis

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

B  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

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

D  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

A  swing

B  symphonic jazz

C  postmodernism

D  fusion

E  ragtime

A  riff

B  break

C  rhythm section

D  scat

E  chorus

A  Gershwin

B  Smith

C  Ellington

D  Joplin

E  Armstrong

A  Middle Ages

B  Modern

C  Impressionist

D  Romantic

E  Postmodern

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

D  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

E  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

A  Romantic, Impressionist

B  Baroque, Classic

C  Classic, Romantic

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Renaissance, Impressionist

A  Renaissance

B  Baroque

C  Romantic

D  Classical

E  Impressionist

A  Impressionist

B  Baroque

C  Classical

D  Romantic

E  Renaissance

A  syncopation

B  cadenza

C  timbre

D  counterpoint

E  ostinato

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

B  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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

A  strophic

B  homophony

C  polyphony

D  monophony

E  harmony

A  mute

B  color

C  pizzicato

D  trill

E  glissando

A  ostinato

B  crescendo

C  texture

D  homophony

E  dynamics

A  mute

B  pizzicato

C  glissando

D  sforzando

A  chromatic

B  polychord

C  dominant

D  subdominant

E  arpeggio

A  tonic

B  clef

C  key

D  consequent

E  phrase

A  rhythm

B  consonance

C  tempo

D  measure

E  meter signature

A  accent

B  meter

C  rhythm

D  harmony

E  syncopation

A  mode

B  interval

C  motive

D  tonality

E  key

A  meter signature

B  phrase

C  syncopation

D  downbeat

E  bar

A  nothing

B  peace and tranquility

C  pleasure and security

D  rhythm

E  tension and anxiety

A  texture

B  rhythm

C  color

D  harmony

E  chromaticism

A  canon

B  timbre

C  modulation

D  cadence

E  accent

A  accent

B  all of these

C  beat

D  allegro

E  tempo

A  syncopation

B  chromatic scale

C  major scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  major scale

A  scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  scale

B  modulation

C  major scale

A  concerto

B  symphony orchestra

C  encore

D  classical music

E  tone poem

A  movement

B  motive

C  pizzicato

D  crescendo

E  chord

A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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 short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.