Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Concerto Grosso 1985

B  Marco Polo

C  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

D  4’33”

E  Poème électronique

A  Cubism

B  Expressionism

C  chance music

D  twelve-tone composition

E  Minimalism

A  Bernstein

B  Tan

C  Varèse

D  Lee

E  Chu

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Bartök

B  Stravinsky

C  Cage

D  Ives

E  Zwilich

A  all of these

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

C  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

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

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

A  Ravel

B  Debussy

C  Copland

D  Stravinsky

E  Schoenberg

A  Debussy

B  Shostakovich

C  Schoenberg

D  Ives

E  Varèse

A  all of these

B  chromatic dissonance

C  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

D  tone clusters

A  double counterpoint

B  polyrhythm

C  prepared piano

D  atonal music

E  octave displacement

A  polychord

B  eleventh chord

C  tone cluster

D  all of these

A  :0:samba

B  :0:bolero

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:habanera

E  :100:bossa nova

A  grito

B  gongon

C  timpani

D  dondon

E  conga

A  the loudspeakers of the mosque

B  the tall tower of the mosque

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  a verse of the Koran

E  the call to prayer

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  tala

B  raga

C  ma

D  interlocking style

E  kebyar

A  Gagaku

B  Mariachi

C  Klezmer

D  the gamelan

E  all of these

A  shakuhachi

B  noh

C  ma

D  taiko

E  kabuki

A  the Solomons

B  Indonesia

C  Korea

D  Correct!

E  Japan

F  Tahiti

A  Muddy Waters

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Elvis Presley

D  Bob Dylan

E  Jimi Hendrix

A  horns

B  guitar

C  piano

D  drums

E  synthesizer

A  rap

B  grunge

C  punk rock

D  all of these

E  rhythm and blues

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  The Beatles

D  Kurt Cobain

E  Run DMC

A  James Brown

B  Ray Charles

C  Berry Gordy

D  Michael Jackson

E  John Lennon

A  rap

B  grunge

C  New Wave

D  doo-wop

E  punk rock

A  John Williams

B  Steven Sondheim

C  Aaron Copland

D  Leonard Bernstein

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  Leonard Bernstein

B  Steven Sondheim

C  George Gershwin

D  John Williams

E  Aaron Copland

A  Chicago

B  New York City

C  New Orleans

D  Detroit

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Parker

B  Joplin

C  Smith

D  Armstrong

E  Davis

A  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

B  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

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

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

A  ragtime

B  postmodernism

C  swing

D  fusion

E  symphonic jazz

A  break

B  chorus

C  rhythm section

D  riff

E  scat

A  Ellington

B  Joplin

C  Smith

D  Armstrong

E  Gershwin

A  Romantic

B  Impressionist

C  Modern

D  Postmodern

E  Middle Ages

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

A  Classic, Romantic

B  Renaissance, Impressionist

C  Romantic, Impressionist

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Baroque, Classic

A  Impressionist

B  Baroque

C  Classical

D  Renaissance

E  Romantic

A  Classical

B  Romantic

C  Impressionist

D  Renaissance

E  Baroque

A  ostinato

B  cadenza

C  timbre

D  counterpoint

E  syncopation

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 rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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

E  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

A  homophony

B  monophony

C  polyphony

D  harmony

E  strophic

A  pizzicato

B  mute

C  color

D  trill

E  glissando

A  crescendo

B  texture

C  ostinato

D  dynamics

E  homophony

A  pizzicato

B  glissando

C  mute

D  sforzando

A  arpeggio

B  dominant

C  chromatic

D  subdominant

E  polychord

A  key

B  tonic

C  clef

D  consequent

E  phrase

A  rhythm

B  measure

C  tempo

D  consonance

E  meter signature

A  accent

B  meter

C  syncopation

D  rhythm

E  harmony

A  motive

B  interval

C  tonality

D  mode

E  key

A  syncopation

B  phrase

C  downbeat

D  meter signature

E  bar

A  nothing

B  rhythm

C  peace and tranquility

D  tension and anxiety

E  pleasure and security

A  harmony

B  chromaticism

C  rhythm

D  color

E  texture

A  accent

B  cadence

C  timbre

D  canon

E  modulation

A  accent

B  allegro

C  beat

D  tempo

E  all of these

A  chromatic scale

B  syncopation

C  major scale

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  scale

C  syncopation

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  scale

A  tone poem

B  symphony orchestra

C  classical music

D  encore

E  concerto

A  pizzicato

B  chord

C  crescendo

D  movement

E  motive

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.