Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Marco Polo

B  4’33”

C  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

D  Concerto Grosso 1985

E  Poème électronique

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Cubism

C  Expressionism

D  Minimalism

E  chance music

A  Tan

B  Lee

C  Varèse

D  Chu

E  Bernstein

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Bartök

B  Ives

C  Cage

D  Stravinsky

E  Zwilich

A  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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

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

E  all of these

A  Copland

B  Ravel

C  Stravinsky

D  Schoenberg

E  Debussy

A  Varèse

B  Shostakovich

C  Debussy

D  Schoenberg

E  Ives

A  all of these

B  tone clusters

C  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

D  chromatic dissonance

A  prepared piano

B  polyrhythm

C  atonal music

D  double counterpoint

E  octave displacement

A  all of these

B  tone cluster

C  polychord

D  eleventh chord

A  :100:bossa nova

B  :0:samba

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:bolero

E  :0:habanera

A  gongon

B  conga

C  timpani

D  dondon

E  grito

A  the call to prayer

B  the tall tower of the mosque

C  the loudspeakers of the mosque

D  the cantor of the mosque

E  a verse of the Koran

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ma

B  interlocking style

C  raga

D  kebyar

E  tala

A  the gamelan

B  all of these

C  Mariachi

D  Klezmer

E  Gagaku

A  ma

B  shakuhachi

C  noh

D  taiko

E  kabuki

A  the Solomons

B  Korea

C  Correct!

D  Indonesia

E  Tahiti

F  Japan

A  Bob Dylan

B  Muddy Waters

C  Jimi Hendrix

D  Kurt Cobain

E  Elvis Presley

A  drums

B  guitar

C  horns

D  synthesizer

E  piano

A  punk rock

B  all of these

C  rap

D  rhythm and blues

E  grunge

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  Run DMC

D  Kurt Cobain

E  The Beatles

A  James Brown

B  Michael Jackson

C  John Lennon

D  Ray Charles

E  Berry Gordy

A  doo-wop

B  New Wave

C  grunge

D  punk rock

E  rap

A  Aaron Copland

B  Leonard Bernstein

C  John Williams

D  Steven Sondheim

E  George Gershwin

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

C  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

D  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

E  Voltaire’s Candide

A  George Gershwin

B  Leonard Bernstein

C  Steven Sondheim

D  John Williams

E  Aaron Copland

A  Detroit

B  Denver

C  Chicago

D  New Orleans

E  New York City

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Davis

B  Smith

C  Parker

D  Armstrong

E  Joplin

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  ragtime

B  postmodernism

C  swing

D  fusion

E  symphonic jazz

A  chorus

B  break

C  rhythm section

D  scat

E  riff

A  Joplin

B  Armstrong

C  Smith

D  Gershwin

E  Ellington

A  Impressionist

B  Romantic

C  Middle Ages

D  Postmodern

E  Modern

A  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

C  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

A  Renaissance, Baroque

B  Classic, Romantic

C  Baroque, Classic

D  Romantic, Impressionist

E  Renaissance, Impressionist

A  Romantic

B  Impressionist

C  Baroque

D  Classical

E  Renaissance

A  Baroque

B  Romantic

C  Classical

D  Impressionist

E  Renaissance

A  ostinato

B  timbre

C  cadenza

D  syncopation

E  counterpoint

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 sound with a definite, consistent pitch

C  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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

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

A  harmony

B  polyphony

C  monophony

D  strophic

E  homophony

A  trill

B  pizzicato

C  color

D  glissando

E  mute

A  texture

B  crescendo

C  dynamics

D  ostinato

E  homophony

A  sforzando

B  glissando

C  pizzicato

D  mute

A  subdominant

B  arpeggio

C  chromatic

D  polychord

E  dominant

A  consequent

B  clef

C  key

D  phrase

E  tonic

A  tempo

B  meter signature

C  measure

D  consonance

E  rhythm

A  syncopation

B  harmony

C  meter

D  rhythm

E  accent

A  motive

B  interval

C  tonality

D  mode

E  key

A  syncopation

B  phrase

C  meter signature

D  bar

E  downbeat

A  peace and tranquility

B  nothing

C  rhythm

D  tension and anxiety

E  pleasure and security

A  rhythm

B  texture

C  chromaticism

D  color

E  harmony

A  modulation

B  accent

C  canon

D  cadence

E  timbre

A  beat

B  all of these

C  accent

D  tempo

E  allegro

A  syncopation

B  major scale

C  chromatic scale

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  major scale

A  syncopation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  scale

B  modulation

C  major scale

A  classical music

B  encore

C  symphony orchestra

D  tone poem

E  concerto

A  crescendo

B  chord

C  motive

D  pizzicato

E  movement

A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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  A short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.