Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Marco Polo

B  4’33”

C  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

D  Poème électronique

E  Concerto Grosso 1985

A  Cubism

B  twelve-tone composition

C  Expressionism

D  Minimalism

E  chance music

A  Tan

B  Lee

C  Chu

D  Varèse

E  Bernstein

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Cage

B  Ives

C  Stravinsky

D  Zwilich

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  Stravinsky

B  Debussy

C  Schoenberg

D  Copland

E  Ravel

A  Debussy

B  Varèse

C  Ives

D  Schoenberg

E  Shostakovich

A  tone clusters

B  chromatic dissonance

C  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

D  all of these

A  octave displacement

B  prepared piano

C  polyrhythm

D  double counterpoint

E  atonal music

A  all of these

B  tone cluster

C  eleventh chord

D  polychord

A  :0:bolero

B  :100:bossa nova

C  :0:mariachi

D  :0:samba

E  :0:habanera

A  grito

B  timpani

C  gongon

D  dondon

E  conga

A  the tall tower of the mosque

B  the call to prayer

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  a verse of the Koran

E  the loudspeakers of the mosque

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  tala

B  interlocking style

C  kebyar

D  ma

E  raga

A  Mariachi

B  all of these

C  Gagaku

D  Klezmer

E  the gamelan

A  kabuki

B  taiko

C  noh

D  ma

E  shakuhachi

A  Korea

B  Japan

C  Indonesia

D  the Solomons

E  Correct!

F  Tahiti

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Bob Dylan

C  Muddy Waters

D  Elvis Presley

E  Kurt Cobain

A  piano

B  horns

C  synthesizer

D  drums

E  guitar

A  all of these

B  punk rock

C  rap

D  grunge

E  rhythm and blues

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  The Beatles

D  Bob Dylan

E  Run DMC

A  James Brown

B  John Lennon

C  Michael Jackson

D  Berry Gordy

E  Ray Charles

A  grunge

B  doo-wop

C  rap

D  New Wave

E  punk rock

A  Aaron Copland

B  Steven Sondheim

C  John Williams

D  George Gershwin

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

C  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

D  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

E  Voltaire’s Candide

A  Aaron Copland

B  Steven Sondheim

C  George Gershwin

D  Leonard Bernstein

E  John Williams

A  New York City

B  New Orleans

C  Denver

D  Detroit

E  Chicago

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Parker

B  Joplin

C  Armstrong

D  Davis

E  Smith

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  postmodernism

B  symphonic jazz

C  ragtime

D  swing

E  fusion

A  break

B  chorus

C  riff

D  scat

E  rhythm section

A  Ellington

B  Gershwin

C  Armstrong

D  Smith

E  Joplin

A  Modern

B  Postmodern

C  Impressionist

D  Romantic

E  Middle Ages

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

C  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

A  Renaissance, Impressionist

B  Classic, Romantic

C  Baroque, Classic

D  Renaissance, Baroque

E  Romantic, Impressionist

A  Impressionist

B  Classical

C  Renaissance

D  Romantic

E  Baroque

A  Renaissance

B  Baroque

C  Impressionist

D  Classical

E  Romantic

A  counterpoint

B  timbre

C  ostinato

D  cadenza

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 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  homophony

B  monophony

C  polyphony

D  strophic

E  harmony

A  glissando

B  color

C  trill

D  mute

E  pizzicato

A  crescendo

B  ostinato

C  homophony

D  dynamics

E  texture

A  sforzando

B  pizzicato

C  mute

D  glissando

A  polychord

B  dominant

C  chromatic

D  arpeggio

E  subdominant

A  phrase

B  clef

C  consequent

D  key

E  tonic

A  measure

B  tempo

C  rhythm

D  meter signature

E  consonance

A  harmony

B  meter

C  accent

D  rhythm

E  syncopation

A  mode

B  interval

C  motive

D  tonality

E  key

A  phrase

B  bar

C  meter signature

D  downbeat

E  syncopation

A  tension and anxiety

B  pleasure and security

C  rhythm

D  nothing

E  peace and tranquility

A  harmony

B  chromaticism

C  rhythm

D  color

E  texture

A  timbre

B  cadence

C  accent

D  modulation

E  canon

A  accent

B  allegro

C  all of these

D  tempo

E  beat

A  syncopation

B  major scale

C  chromatic scale

A  cadence

B  syncopation

C  modulation

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  cadence

A  scale

B  syncopation

C  major scale

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  syncopation

A  major scale

B  scale

C  modulation

A  concerto

B  classical music

C  symphony orchestra

D  tone poem

E  encore

A  motive

B  movement

C  crescendo

D  pizzicato

E  chord

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

B  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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

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

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