Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Poème électronique

B  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

C  Concerto Grosso 1985

D  Marco Polo

E  4’33”

A  chance music

B  Expressionism

C  Minimalism

D  twelve-tone composition

E  Cubism

A  Varèse

B  Tan

C  Bernstein

D  Chu

E  Lee

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Ives

B  Stravinsky

C  Zwilich

D  Cage

E  Bartök

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  all of these

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  Debussy

B  Stravinsky

C  Copland

D  Schoenberg

E  Ravel

A  Shostakovich

B  Schoenberg

C  Varèse

D  Debussy

E  Ives

A  all of these

B  chromatic dissonance

C  tone clusters

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  polyrhythm

B  octave displacement

C  prepared piano

D  atonal music

E  double counterpoint

A  all of these

B  eleventh chord

C  polychord

D  tone cluster

A  :100:bossa nova

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:bolero

E  :0:samba

A  gongon

B  conga

C  dondon

D  timpani

E  grito

A  the call to prayer

B  a verse of the Koran

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  the loudspeakers of the mosque

E  the tall tower of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  tala

B  ma

C  raga

D  interlocking style

E  kebyar

A  Mariachi

B  Gagaku

C  all of these

D  the gamelan

E  Klezmer

A  kabuki

B  ma

C  taiko

D  noh

E  shakuhachi

A  Correct!

B  the Solomons

C  Indonesia

D  Tahiti

E  Korea

F  Japan

A  Bob Dylan

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Jimi Hendrix

D  Elvis Presley

E  Muddy Waters

A  horns

B  piano

C  guitar

D  synthesizer

E  drums

A  grunge

B  rhythm and blues

C  punk rock

D  all of these

E  rap

A  Run DMC

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Bob Dylan

A  Michael Jackson

B  James Brown

C  John Lennon

D  Ray Charles

E  Berry Gordy

A  grunge

B  punk rock

C  New Wave

D  rap

E  doo-wop

A  John Williams

B  Leonard Bernstein

C  Steven Sondheim

D  Aaron Copland

E  George Gershwin

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

C  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

D  Voltaire’s Candide

E  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

A  Aaron Copland

B  John Williams

C  Steven Sondheim

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  George Gershwin

A  Denver

B  New Orleans

C  Detroit

D  Chicago

E  New York City

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Davis

B  Parker

C  Joplin

D  Armstrong

E  Smith

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

B  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

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

D  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

A  fusion

B  ragtime

C  symphonic jazz

D  swing

E  postmodernism

A  break

B  chorus

C  rhythm section

D  scat

E  riff

A  Gershwin

B  Smith

C  Armstrong

D  Joplin

E  Ellington

A  Impressionist

B  Modern

C  Postmodern

D  Middle Ages

E  Romantic

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

E  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

A  Baroque, Classic

B  Renaissance, Impressionist

C  Classic, Romantic

D  Romantic, Impressionist

E  Renaissance, Baroque

A  Romantic

B  Renaissance

C  Baroque

D  Impressionist

E  Classical

A  Baroque

B  Renaissance

C  Impressionist

D  Classical

E  Romantic

A  ostinato

B  syncopation

C  cadenza

D  timbre

E  counterpoint

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 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 sound with a definite, consistent pitch

A  monophony

B  homophony

C  polyphony

D  harmony

E  strophic

A  mute

B  pizzicato

C  trill

D  glissando

E  color

A  homophony

B  crescendo

C  texture

D  ostinato

E  dynamics

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  glissando

D  sforzando

A  arpeggio

B  subdominant

C  chromatic

D  polychord

E  dominant

A  clef

B  tonic

C  key

D  phrase

E  consequent

A  consonance

B  rhythm

C  measure

D  meter signature

E  tempo

A  harmony

B  accent

C  meter

D  rhythm

E  syncopation

A  mode

B  key

C  interval

D  motive

E  tonality

A  bar

B  downbeat

C  meter signature

D  phrase

E  syncopation

A  pleasure and security

B  tension and anxiety

C  nothing

D  peace and tranquility

E  rhythm

A  rhythm

B  texture

C  color

D  harmony

E  chromaticism

A  canon

B  timbre

C  modulation

D  cadence

E  accent

A  accent

B  tempo

C  allegro

D  all of these

E  beat

A  syncopation

B  chromatic scale

C  major scale

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  major scale

C  modulation

A  syncopation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  symphony orchestra

B  tone poem

C  classical music

D  concerto

E  encore

A  movement

B  chord

C  motive

D  crescendo

E  pizzicato

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

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

C  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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