Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Concerto Grosso 1985

B  Marco Polo

C  4’33”

D  Poème électronique

E  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Expressionism

C  Cubism

D  Minimalism

E  chance music

A  Lee

B  Chu

C  Tan

D  Varèse

E  Bernstein

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Bartök

B  Stravinsky

C  Cage

D  Zwilich

E  Ives

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

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

C  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

D  all of these

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

A  Ravel

B  Copland

C  Stravinsky

D  Debussy

E  Schoenberg

A  Shostakovich

B  Schoenberg

C  Ives

D  Varèse

E  Debussy

A  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

B  tone clusters

C  all of these

D  chromatic dissonance

A  double counterpoint

B  octave displacement

C  prepared piano

D  atonal music

E  polyrhythm

A  eleventh chord

B  all of these

C  polychord

D  tone cluster

A  :0:habanera

B  :0:bolero

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:samba

E  :100:bossa nova

A  grito

B  dondon

C  gongon

D  timpani

E  conga

A  the call to prayer

B  the loudspeakers of the mosque

C  a verse of the Koran

D  the cantor of the mosque

E  the tall tower of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  kebyar

B  interlocking style

C  raga

D  ma

E  tala

A  Klezmer

B  the gamelan

C  Gagaku

D  all of these

E  Mariachi

A  taiko

B  shakuhachi

C  noh

D  kabuki

E  ma

A  Korea

B  Tahiti

C  Japan

D  Indonesia

E  the Solomons

F  Correct!

A  Bob Dylan

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Elvis Presley

D  Kurt Cobain

E  Muddy Waters

A  piano

B  guitar

C  horns

D  drums

E  synthesizer

A  rap

B  all of these

C  grunge

D  rhythm and blues

E  punk rock

A  The Beatles

B  Run DMC

C  Bob Dylan

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Kurt Cobain

A  John Lennon

B  James Brown

C  Berry Gordy

D  Michael Jackson

E  Ray Charles

A  New Wave

B  punk rock

C  grunge

D  doo-wop

E  rap

A  Leonard Bernstein

B  John Williams

C  Steven Sondheim

D  Aaron Copland

E  George Gershwin

A  Voltaire’s Candide

B  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

C  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

D  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

E  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

A  John Williams

B  Leonard Bernstein

C  Steven Sondheim

D  Aaron Copland

E  George Gershwin

A  New Orleans

B  Detroit

C  Denver

D  Chicago

E  New York City

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Smith

B  Davis

C  Parker

D  Joplin

E  Armstrong

A  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

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

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

D  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

A  swing

B  postmodernism

C  symphonic jazz

D  ragtime

E  fusion

A  riff

B  break

C  scat

D  chorus

E  rhythm section

A  Smith

B  Armstrong

C  Gershwin

D  Joplin

E  Ellington

A  Postmodern

B  Impressionist

C  Romantic

D  Modern

E  Middle Ages

A  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

C  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

A  Baroque, Classic

B  Renaissance, Baroque

C  Romantic, Impressionist

D  Renaissance, Impressionist

E  Classic, Romantic

A  Baroque

B  Romantic

C  Renaissance

D  Classical

E  Impressionist

A  Romantic

B  Classical

C  Impressionist

D  Baroque

E  Renaissance

A  ostinato

B  timbre

C  counterpoint

D  syncopation

E  cadenza

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

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

C  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

E  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

A  polyphony

B  harmony

C  homophony

D  strophic

E  monophony

A  color

B  trill

C  pizzicato

D  mute

E  glissando

A  crescendo

B  homophony

C  dynamics

D  texture

E  ostinato

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  glissando

D  sforzando

A  chromatic

B  dominant

C  polychord

D  subdominant

E  arpeggio

A  clef

B  consequent

C  phrase

D  tonic

E  key

A  tempo

B  rhythm

C  meter signature

D  consonance

E  measure

A  rhythm

B  meter

C  harmony

D  syncopation

E  accent

A  key

B  interval

C  motive

D  mode

E  tonality

A  syncopation

B  meter signature

C  downbeat

D  bar

E  phrase

A  pleasure and security

B  peace and tranquility

C  rhythm

D  nothing

E  tension and anxiety

A  chromaticism

B  rhythm

C  harmony

D  color

E  texture

A  accent

B  modulation

C  canon

D  cadence

E  timbre

A  beat

B  allegro

C  accent

D  all of these

E  tempo

A  chromatic scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  syncopation

C  cadence

A  cadence

B  major scale

C  modulation

A  major scale

B  syncopation

C  scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  major scale

B  scale

C  modulation

A  encore

B  tone poem

C  concerto

D  classical music

E  symphony orchestra

A  movement

B  pizzicato

C  motive

D  crescendo

E  chord

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

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  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.