Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

B  4’33”

C  Concerto Grosso 1985

D  Marco Polo

E  Poème électronique

A  chance music

B  twelve-tone composition

C  Expressionism

D  Minimalism

E  Cubism

A  Lee

B  Tan

C  Bernstein

D  Varèse

E  Chu

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Cage

B  Stravinsky

C  Bartök

D  Ives

E  Zwilich

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

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  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  Schoenberg

B  Ravel

C  Stravinsky

D  Debussy

E  Copland

A  Schoenberg

B  Shostakovich

C  Ives

D  Debussy

E  Varèse

A  tone clusters

B  all of these

C  chromatic dissonance

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  polyrhythm

B  prepared piano

C  double counterpoint

D  octave displacement

E  atonal music

A  eleventh chord

B  polychord

C  tone cluster

D  all of these

A  :0:bolero

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:samba

D  :100:bossa nova

E  :0:mariachi

A  gongon

B  conga

C  timpani

D  dondon

E  grito

A  a verse of the Koran

B  the loudspeakers of the mosque

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  the tall tower of the mosque

E  the call to prayer

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  raga

B  kebyar

C  ma

D  tala

E  interlocking style

A  Mariachi

B  Gagaku

C  Klezmer

D  all of these

E  the gamelan

A  noh

B  shakuhachi

C  kabuki

D  ma

E  taiko

A  Correct!

B  Indonesia

C  the Solomons

D  Korea

E  Japan

F  Tahiti

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Muddy Waters

C  Kurt Cobain

D  Bob Dylan

E  Elvis Presley

A  drums

B  synthesizer

C  horns

D  guitar

E  piano

A  grunge

B  all of these

C  punk rock

D  rap

E  rhythm and blues

A  Run DMC

B  Bob Dylan

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Jimi Hendrix

A  John Lennon

B  Berry Gordy

C  Ray Charles

D  Michael Jackson

E  James Brown

A  grunge

B  punk rock

C  rap

D  doo-wop

E  New Wave

A  Aaron Copland

B  George Gershwin

C  John Williams

D  Steven Sondheim

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

C  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

D  Voltaire’s Candide

E  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

A  Aaron Copland

B  Steven Sondheim

C  John Williams

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  George Gershwin

A  Detroit

B  New York City

C  New Orleans

D  Chicago

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Joplin

B  Davis

C  Armstrong

D  Parker

E  Smith

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

B  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

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  postmodernism

D  fusion

E  ragtime

A  riff

B  chorus

C  break

D  scat

E  rhythm section

A  Armstrong

B  Smith

C  Gershwin

D  Joplin

E  Ellington

A  Modern

B  Postmodern

C  Romantic

D  Impressionist

E  Middle Ages

A  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

B  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

C  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

D  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

E  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

A  Classic, Romantic

B  Baroque, Classic

C  Renaissance, Impressionist

D  Romantic, Impressionist

E  Renaissance, Baroque

A  Baroque

B  Classical

C  Romantic

D  Impressionist

E  Renaissance

A  Classical

B  Impressionist

C  Renaissance

D  Romantic

E  Baroque

A  timbre

B  counterpoint

C  syncopation

D  cadenza

E  ostinato

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

B  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

C  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

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

A  monophony

B  harmony

C  polyphony

D  homophony

E  strophic

A  color

B  mute

C  trill

D  glissando

E  pizzicato

A  homophony

B  crescendo

C  dynamics

D  texture

E  ostinato

A  pizzicato

B  sforzando

C  mute

D  glissando

A  chromatic

B  polychord

C  subdominant

D  arpeggio

E  dominant

A  consequent

B  clef

C  phrase

D  key

E  tonic

A  measure

B  consonance

C  rhythm

D  meter signature

E  tempo

A  rhythm

B  meter

C  syncopation

D  accent

E  harmony

A  key

B  interval

C  tonality

D  motive

E  mode

A  phrase

B  syncopation

C  bar

D  meter signature

E  downbeat

A  peace and tranquility

B  nothing

C  tension and anxiety

D  rhythm

E  pleasure and security

A  rhythm

B  harmony

C  color

D  texture

E  chromaticism

A  accent

B  modulation

C  timbre

D  cadence

E  canon

A  beat

B  tempo

C  all of these

D  accent

E  allegro

A  major scale

B  syncopation

C  chromatic scale

A  modulation

B  syncopation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  encore

B  symphony orchestra

C  tone poem

D  classical music

E  concerto

A  chord

B  motive

C  crescendo

D  pizzicato

E  movement

A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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

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

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