Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Concerto Grosso 1985

B  Poème électronique

C  Marco Polo

D  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

E  4’33”

A  twelve-tone composition

B  Expressionism

C  Minimalism

D  Cubism

E  chance music

A  Varèse

B  Chu

C  Tan

D  Bernstein

E  Lee

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Cage

B  Ives

C  Bartök

D  Stravinsky

E  Zwilich

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

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

C  all of these

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

E  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

A  Schoenberg

B  Debussy

C  Ravel

D  Stravinsky

E  Copland

A  Varèse

B  Debussy

C  Schoenberg

D  Shostakovich

E  Ives

A  all of these

B  chromatic dissonance

C  tone clusters

D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

A  atonal music

B  double counterpoint

C  polyrhythm

D  octave displacement

E  prepared piano

A  tone cluster

B  polychord

C  all of these

D  eleventh chord

A  :0:habanera

B  :0:mariachi

C  :0:bolero

D  :100:bossa nova

E  :0:samba

A  conga

B  dondon

C  timpani

D  gongon

E  grito

A  the tall tower of the mosque

B  the loudspeakers of the mosque

C  a verse of the Koran

D  the call to prayer

E  the cantor of the mosque

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  kebyar

B  raga

C  ma

D  tala

E  interlocking style

A  Gagaku

B  the gamelan

C  all of these

D  Mariachi

E  Klezmer

A  taiko

B  kabuki

C  ma

D  noh

E  shakuhachi

A  Correct!

B  Tahiti

C  the Solomons

D  Indonesia

E  Korea

F  Japan

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Muddy Waters

C  Elvis Presley

D  Bob Dylan

E  Jimi Hendrix

A  guitar

B  drums

C  synthesizer

D  horns

E  piano

A  grunge

B  all of these

C  punk rock

D  rhythm and blues

E  rap

A  Bob Dylan

B  Kurt Cobain

C  The Beatles

D  Jimi Hendrix

E  Run DMC

A  Michael Jackson

B  Berry Gordy

C  James Brown

D  Ray Charles

E  John Lennon

A  punk rock

B  doo-wop

C  rap

D  New Wave

E  grunge

A  Steven Sondheim

B  George Gershwin

C  John Williams

D  Aaron Copland

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

B  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

C  Voltaire’s Candide

D  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

E  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

A  Steven Sondheim

B  George Gershwin

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  John Williams

E  Aaron Copland

A  New Orleans

B  Detroit

C  Denver

D  Chicago

E  New York City

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Davis

B  Smith

C  Armstrong

D  Parker

E  Joplin

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  fusion

B  swing

C  postmodernism

D  ragtime

E  symphonic jazz

A  break

B  scat

C  riff

D  chorus

E  rhythm section

A  Ellington

B  Joplin

C  Smith

D  Armstrong

E  Gershwin

A  Modern

B  Romantic

C  Postmodern

D  Impressionist

E  Middle Ages

A  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

D  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

E  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

A  Renaissance, Baroque

B  Romantic, Impressionist

C  Classic, Romantic

D  Baroque, Classic

E  Renaissance, Impressionist

A  Classical

B  Renaissance

C  Romantic

D  Baroque

E  Impressionist

A  Romantic

B  Baroque

C  Impressionist

D  Classical

E  Renaissance

A  timbre

B  ostinato

C  counterpoint

D  cadenza

E  syncopation

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

B  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

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

D  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

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

A  harmony

B  strophic

C  homophony

D  polyphony

E  monophony

A  glissando

B  trill

C  mute

D  pizzicato

E  color

A  homophony

B  texture

C  ostinato

D  crescendo

E  dynamics

A  sforzando

B  mute

C  pizzicato

D  glissando

A  chromatic

B  dominant

C  polychord

D  arpeggio

E  subdominant

A  tonic

B  consequent

C  phrase

D  key

E  clef

A  measure

B  meter signature

C  consonance

D  rhythm

E  tempo

A  harmony

B  rhythm

C  syncopation

D  meter

E  accent

A  tonality

B  key

C  mode

D  interval

E  motive

A  syncopation

B  phrase

C  bar

D  downbeat

E  meter signature

A  rhythm

B  tension and anxiety

C  pleasure and security

D  nothing

E  peace and tranquility

A  chromaticism

B  harmony

C  texture

D  rhythm

E  color

A  timbre

B  modulation

C  accent

D  canon

E  cadence

A  all of these

B  beat

C  tempo

D  accent

E  allegro

A  major scale

B  syncopation

C  chromatic scale

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  major scale

A  syncopation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  symphony orchestra

B  concerto

C  encore

D  classical music

E  tone poem

A  crescendo

B  pizzicato

C  movement

D  motive

E  chord

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

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

C  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

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.