Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Poème électronique

B  Concerto Grosso 1985

C  4’33”

D  Marco Polo

E  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

A  Expressionism

B  twelve-tone composition

C  chance music

D  Cubism

E  Minimalism

A  Tan

B  Chu

C  Bernstein

D  Lee

E  Varèse

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Zwilich

B  Bartök

C  Stravinsky

D  Cage

E  Ives

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

B  all of these

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

D  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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  Copland

B  Debussy

C  Stravinsky

D  Ravel

E  Schoenberg

A  Ives

B  Varèse

C  Debussy

D  Shostakovich

E  Schoenberg

A  tone clusters

B  chromatic dissonance

C  all of these

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  polyrhythm

B  prepared piano

C  atonal music

D  octave displacement

E  double counterpoint

A  polychord

B  eleventh chord

C  tone cluster

D  all of these

A  :0:bolero

B  :100:bossa nova

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:samba

E  :0:habanera

A  conga

B  dondon

C  grito

D  timpani

E  gongon

A  the call to prayer

B  the loudspeakers of the mosque

C  the tall tower of the mosque

D  a verse of the Koran

E  the cantor of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  raga

B  kebyar

C  tala

D  interlocking style

E  ma

A  Gagaku

B  all of these

C  the gamelan

D  Klezmer

E  Mariachi

A  ma

B  shakuhachi

C  kabuki

D  taiko

E  noh

A  Korea

B  Correct!

C  Japan

D  the Solomons

E  Indonesia

F  Tahiti

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Muddy Waters

C  Bob Dylan

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Elvis Presley

A  horns

B  synthesizer

C  drums

D  guitar

E  piano

A  grunge

B  all of these

C  punk rock

D  rhythm and blues

E  rap

A  Run DMC

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Bob Dylan

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  The Beatles

A  John Lennon

B  Michael Jackson

C  James Brown

D  Ray Charles

E  Berry Gordy

A  doo-wop

B  punk rock

C  rap

D  New Wave

E  grunge

A  Leonard Bernstein

B  John Williams

C  George Gershwin

D  Steven Sondheim

E  Aaron Copland

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  George Gershwin

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Aaron Copland

E  Steven Sondheim

A  Detroit

B  Chicago

C  Denver

D  New York City

E  New Orleans

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Smith

B  Davis

C  Armstrong

D  Joplin

E  Parker

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

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

C  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

D  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

A  postmodernism

B  swing

C  ragtime

D  symphonic jazz

E  fusion

A  break

B  riff

C  scat

D  chorus

E  rhythm section

A  Joplin

B  Ellington

C  Armstrong

D  Gershwin

E  Smith

A  Modern

B  Impressionist

C  Middle Ages

D  Romantic

E  Postmodern

A  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

B  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

C  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

D  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

E  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

A  Baroque, Classic

B  Classic, Romantic

C  Romantic, Impressionist

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Renaissance, Impressionist

A  Impressionist

B  Romantic

C  Classical

D  Baroque

E  Renaissance

A  Renaissance

B  Impressionist

C  Baroque

D  Classical

E  Romantic

A  cadenza

B  ostinato

C  syncopation

D  timbre

E  counterpoint

A  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

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

D  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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

A  monophony

B  polyphony

C  strophic

D  harmony

E  homophony

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  trill

D  color

E  glissando

A  ostinato

B  homophony

C  crescendo

D  dynamics

E  texture

A  sforzando

B  pizzicato

C  glissando

D  mute

A  dominant

B  chromatic

C  subdominant

D  arpeggio

E  polychord

A  clef

B  consequent

C  tonic

D  key

E  phrase

A  consonance

B  measure

C  meter signature

D  rhythm

E  tempo

A  accent

B  syncopation

C  harmony

D  meter

E  rhythm

A  motive

B  interval

C  mode

D  key

E  tonality

A  bar

B  phrase

C  downbeat

D  meter signature

E  syncopation

A  tension and anxiety

B  rhythm

C  pleasure and security

D  nothing

E  peace and tranquility

A  harmony

B  color

C  texture

D  chromaticism

E  rhythm

A  accent

B  timbre

C  cadence

D  canon

E  modulation

A  tempo

B  all of these

C  beat

D  allegro

E  accent

A  chromatic scale

B  syncopation

C  major scale

A  modulation

B  syncopation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  cadence

C  modulation

A  major scale

B  scale

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  scale

A  encore

B  tone poem

C  symphony orchestra

D  classical music

E  concerto

A  crescendo

B  chord

C  movement

D  motive

E  pizzicato

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

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

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

D  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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