Question 1

Prelude for Piano No.6 is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  piano miniature. 
B)  song cycle. 
C)  symphony. 
D)  concerto. 
A)  piano miniature. 
B)  song cycle. 
C)  symphony. 
D)  concerto.

Question 2

Which style did Bartók embrace?

Accepted Answer

A)  expressionism 
B)  nationalism 
C)  serialism 
D)  impressionism 
A)  expressionism 
B)  nationalism 
C)  serialism 
D)  impressionism

Question 3

Prelude for Piano No.6 was composed in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  1910s. 
B)  1920s. 
C)  1930s. 
D)  1940s. 
A)  1910s. 
B)  1920s. 
C)  1930s. 
D)  1940s.

Question 4

In Nazi Germany,the musical works of ________ and ________ were promoted.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bartók; Weill 
B)  Schoenberg; Berg 
C)  Berlioz; Mahler 
D)  Beethoven; Wagner 
A)  Bartók; Weill 
B)  Schoenberg; Berg 
C)  Berlioz; Mahler 
D)  Beethoven; Wagner

Question 5

What was Bartók's opinion of the Nazis? What did this mean for him in terms of performing and publishing his music?

Accepted Answer

Béla Bartók was strongly opposed to the

Question 6

Who composed the opera Der Rosenkavalier?

Accepted Answer

A)  Igor Stravinsky 
B)  Richard Strauss 
C)  Johann Strauss 
D)  Giacomo Puccini 
A)  Igor Stravinsky 
B)  Richard Strauss 
C)  Johann Strauss 
D)  Giacomo Puccini

Question 7

The texture of Prelude for Piano No.6 is:

Accepted Answer

A)  monophonic. 
B)  homophonic. 
C)  heterophonic. 
D)  contrapuntal, in three layers. 
A)  monophonic. 
B)  homophonic. 
C)  heterophonic. 
D)  contrapuntal, in three layers.

Question 8

Describe the musical climate in America in the 1920s.How did American composers react to European modernism?

Accepted Answer

The musical climate in America in the 19

Question 9

Briefly analyze the oppression that modernist composers suffered under totalitarian regimes during the first half of the twentieth century.List three composers who were affected.

Accepted Answer

During the first half of the twentieth c

Question 10

Name two composers who incorporated jazz or blues elements into their works,and name one composition by each that shows the use of these elements.

Accepted Answer

Two composers who incorporated jazz or b

Question 11

Each movement of Afro-American Symphony is associated with verses by which poet?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emily Dickinson 
B)  Paul Laurence Dunbar 
C)  Robert Frost 
D)  Langston Hughes 
A)  Emily Dickinson 
B)  Paul Laurence Dunbar 
C)  Robert Frost 
D)  Langston Hughes

Question 12

Which is true of the musical climate in the early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  All the major composers were avant-garde. 
B)  All the major composers adopted serialism. 
C)  Many major composers never joined the avant-garde. 
D)  All the major composers experimented with avant-garde innovation, then turned back to traditional styles. 
A)  All the major composers were avant-garde. 
B)  All the major composers adopted serialism. 
C)  Many major composers never joined the avant-garde. 
D)  All the major composers experimented with avant-garde innovation, then turned back to traditional styles.

Question 13

The most prevalent style of film music is:

Accepted Answer

A)  avant-garde modernism. 
B)  minimalism. 
C)  jazz. 
D)  late Romantic. 
A)  avant-garde modernism. 
B)  minimalism. 
C)  jazz. 
D)  late Romantic.

Question 14

Who composed Prelude for Piano No.6?

Accepted Answer

A)  Béla Bartók 
B)  William Grant Still 
C)  Aaron Copland 
D)  Ruth Crawford 
A)  Béla Bartók 
B)  William Grant Still 
C)  Aaron Copland 
D)  Ruth Crawford

Question 15

Béla Bartók was a(n)________ as well as a composer.

Accepted Answer

A)  painter 
B)  journalist 
C)  economist 
D)  director of the Budapest Academy of Music 
A)  painter 
B)  journalist 
C)  economist 
D)  director of the Budapest Academy of Music

Question 16

The second movement of Music for Strings,Percussion,and Celesta is in ________ form.

Accepted Answer

A)  rondo 
B)  through-composed 
C)  arch 
D)  sonata 
A)  rondo 
B)  through-composed 
C)  arch 
D)  sonata

Question 17

Name three different facets of Béla Bartók's career.

Accepted Answer

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) was a Hungarian

Question 18

The first movement of the Piano Concerto in G opens with a:

Accepted Answer

A)  lively, folklike tune played by the piccolo. 
B)  dreamy chord progression in the string section. 
C)  romantic torch song played by a solo trumpet. 
D)  blues melody played by the piano. 
A)  lively, folklike tune played by the piccolo. 
B)  dreamy chord progression in the string section. 
C)  romantic torch song played by a solo trumpet. 
D)  blues melody played by the piano.

Question 19

The main A theme in the fourth movement of Afro-American Symphony is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  ostinato. 
B)  series of parallel chords. 
C)  melody of staccato eighth notes. 
D)  blues-derived hymn theme. 
A)  ostinato. 
B)  series of parallel chords. 
C)  melody of staccato eighth notes. 
D)  blues-derived hymn theme.

Question 20

Alexander Nevsky was composed in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  1910s. 
B)  1920s. 
C)  1930s. 
D)  1940s. 
A)  1910s. 
B)  1920s. 
C)  1930s. 
D)  1940s.

Exam 22: Modernism between the Wars

Prelude for Piano No.6 is a:

Which style did Bartók embrace?

Prelude for Piano No.6 was composed in the:

In Nazi Germany,the musical works of ________ and ________ were promoted.

What was Bartók's opinion of the Nazis? What did this mean for him in terms of performing and publishing his music?

Who composed the opera Der Rosenkavalier?

The texture of Prelude for Piano No.6 is:

Describe the musical climate in America in the 1920s.How did American composers react to European modernism?

Briefly analyze the oppression that modernist composers suffered under totalitarian regimes during the first half of the twentieth century.List three composers who were affected.

Name two composers who incorporated jazz or blues elements into their works,and name one composition by each that shows the use of these elements.

Each movement of Afro-American Symphony is associated with verses by which poet?

Which is true of the musical climate in the early twentieth century?

The most prevalent style of film music is:

Who composed Prelude for Piano No.6?

Béla Bartók was a(n)________ as well as a composer.

The second movement of Music for Strings,Percussion,and Celesta is in ________ form.

Name three different facets of Béla Bartók's career.

The first movement of the Piano Concerto in G opens with a:

The main A theme in the fourth movement of Afro-American Symphony is a(n):

Alexander Nevsky was composed in the:

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