Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

B  Concerto Grosso 1985

C  Poème électronique

D  4’33”

E  Marco Polo

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Cubism

C  chance music

D  Expressionism

E  Minimalism

A  Varèse

B  Lee

C  Bernstein

D  Chu

E  Tan

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Stravinsky

B  Ives

C  Zwilich

D  Cage

E  Bartök

A  all of these

B  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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

A  Schoenberg

B  Debussy

C  Ravel

D  Copland

E  Stravinsky

A  Varèse

B  Schoenberg

C  Shostakovich

D  Debussy

E  Ives

A  chromatic dissonance

B  tone clusters

C  all of these

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  prepared piano

B  octave displacement

C  double counterpoint

D  atonal music

E  polyrhythm

A  polychord

B  tone cluster

C  eleventh chord

D  all of these

A  :0:mariachi

B  :0:bolero

C  :0:habanera

D  :0:samba

E  :100:bossa nova

A  dondon

B  gongon

C  timpani

D  grito

E  conga

A  the cantor of the mosque

B  the call to prayer

C  the loudspeakers of the mosque

D  a verse of the Koran

E  the tall tower of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  interlocking style

B  raga

C  ma

D  tala

E  kebyar

A  Gagaku

B  Klezmer

C  all of these

D  Mariachi

E  the gamelan

A  noh

B  shakuhachi

C  ma

D  taiko

E  kabuki

A  Tahiti

B  Japan

C  Korea

D  Correct!

E  Indonesia

F  the Solomons

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Muddy Waters

C  Jimi Hendrix

D  Elvis Presley

E  Bob Dylan

A  guitar

B  drums

C  horns

D  piano

E  synthesizer

A  grunge

B  punk rock

C  all of these

D  rhythm and blues

E  rap

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Run DMC

C  Bob Dylan

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  The Beatles

A  John Lennon

B  James Brown

C  Michael Jackson

D  Ray Charles

E  Berry Gordy

A  punk rock

B  rap

C  grunge

D  New Wave

E  doo-wop

A  George Gershwin

B  John Williams

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Steven Sondheim

E  Aaron Copland

A  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

B  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

C  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

D  Voltaire’s Candide

E  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

A  George Gershwin

B  Aaron Copland

C  Steven Sondheim

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  John Williams

A  Detroit

B  Denver

C  New York City

D  Chicago

E  New Orleans

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Joplin

B  Armstrong

C  Parker

D  Smith

E  Davis

A  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

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

C  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

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

A  swing

B  postmodernism

C  fusion

D  symphonic jazz

E  ragtime

A  chorus

B  rhythm section

C  riff

D  scat

E  break

A  Ellington

B  Gershwin

C  Armstrong

D  Smith

E  Joplin

A  Postmodern

B  Middle Ages

C  Romantic

D  Impressionist

E  Modern

A  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

A  Romantic, Impressionist

B  Baroque, Classic

C  Classic, Romantic

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Renaissance, Impressionist

A  Baroque

B  Romantic

C  Classical

D  Impressionist

E  Renaissance

A  Renaissance

B  Classical

C  Baroque

D  Impressionist

E  Romantic

A  cadenza

B  counterpoint

C  syncopation

D  ostinato

E  timbre

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

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

C  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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  polyphony

B  strophic

C  harmony

D  homophony

E  monophony

A  pizzicato

B  trill

C  mute

D  glissando

E  color

A  texture

B  homophony

C  crescendo

D  ostinato

E  dynamics

A  mute

B  sforzando

C  glissando

D  pizzicato

A  polychord

B  arpeggio

C  chromatic

D  subdominant

E  dominant

A  clef

B  consequent

C  tonic

D  phrase

E  key

A  tempo

B  consonance

C  rhythm

D  meter signature

E  measure

A  accent

B  harmony

C  rhythm

D  syncopation

E  meter

A  tonality

B  motive

C  mode

D  key

E  interval

A  bar

B  phrase

C  meter signature

D  downbeat

E  syncopation

A  peace and tranquility

B  rhythm

C  tension and anxiety

D  pleasure and security

E  nothing

A  rhythm

B  color

C  harmony

D  texture

E  chromaticism

A  modulation

B  canon

C  cadence

D  accent

E  timbre

A  all of these

B  accent

C  beat

D  allegro

E  tempo

A  major scale

B  syncopation

C  chromatic scale

A  cadence

B  modulation

C  syncopation

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  scale

B  syncopation

C  major scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  major scale

B  scale

C  modulation

A  encore

B  concerto

C  symphony orchestra

D  tone poem

E  classical music

A  pizzicato

B  crescendo

C  motive

D  movement

E  chord

A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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

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

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