Question 1

Which composition by Aaron Copland is an opera?

Accepted Answer

A)  Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson 
B)  The Tender Land 
C)  Appalachian Spring 
D)  El salón México 
A)  Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson 
B)  The Tender Land 
C)  Appalachian Spring 
D)  El salón México

Question 2

Which composer created the New Music Society of San Francisco?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aaron Copland 
B)  William Grant Still 
C)  Ruth Crawford 
D)  Henry Cowell 
A)  Aaron Copland 
B)  William Grant Still 
C)  Ruth Crawford 
D)  Henry Cowell

Question 3

Who composed Alexander Nevsky?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dmitri Shostakovich 
B)  Sergei Prokofiev 
C)  Igor Stravinsky 
D)  Sergei Rachmaninov 
A)  Dmitri Shostakovich 
B)  Sergei Prokofiev 
C)  Igor Stravinsky 
D)  Sergei Rachmaninov

Question 4

Tan Dun's score for Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon is notable for the way he:

Accepted Answer

A)  mixes instruments from the Western orchestra and the Beijing opera orchestra. 
B)  mixes avant-garde and Romantic styles. 
C)  uses music styled after traditional American folk melodies. 
D)  recalls the styles of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. 
A)  mixes instruments from the Western orchestra and the Beijing opera orchestra. 
B)  mixes avant-garde and Romantic styles. 
C)  uses music styled after traditional American folk melodies. 
D)  recalls the styles of Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

Question 5

Discuss Prokofiev's compositional style in relation to those of composers during the first phase of modernism.

Accepted Answer

Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian composer

Question 6

Pianists' or organists' improvisations for silent films of the 1910s and 1920s were often based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  folk music. 
B)  published catalogues of Romantic musical repertoire. 
C)  opera music from the Baroque era. 
D)  the avant-garde, modernist composers of the day. 
A)  folk music. 
B)  published catalogues of Romantic musical repertoire. 
C)  opera music from the Baroque era. 
D)  the avant-garde, modernist composers of the day.

Question 7

Which composer took part in the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Grant Still 
B)  Ruth Crawford 
C)  Henry Cowell 
D)  Maurice Ravel 
A)  William Grant Still 
B)  Ruth Crawford 
C)  Henry Cowell 
D)  Maurice Ravel

Question 8

Which statement about William Grant Still is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the first black composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra and an opera staged by a major company. 
B)  His family discouraged his musical interests. 
C)  He worked as an arranger of music for dance bands, musicals, radio shows, Hollywood films, and the blues bandleader W. C. Handy. 
D)  His compositions include orchestral music, choral works, chamber works, operas, and ballets. 
A)  He was the first black composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra and an opera staged by a major company. 
B)  His family discouraged his musical interests. 
C)  He worked as an arranger of music for dance bands, musicals, radio shows, Hollywood films, and the blues bandleader W. C. Handy. 
D)  His compositions include orchestral music, choral works, chamber works, operas, and ballets.

Question 9

Many of Ravel's works exhibit:

Accepted Answer

A)  musical nationalism. 
B)  bel canto singing. 
C)  musical exoticism. 
D)  serialism. 
A)  musical nationalism. 
B)  bel canto singing. 
C)  musical exoticism. 
D)  serialism.

Question 10

Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is a tribute to:

Accepted Answer

A)  American jazz. 
B)  his mother's Basque roots. 
C)  southern France. 
D)  city life in Paris. 
A)  American jazz. 
B)  his mother's Basque roots. 
C)  southern France. 
D)  city life in Paris.

Question 11

Matching music to onscreen action or situations is similar to:

Accepted Answer

A)  word painting techniques. 
B)  program music. 
C)  the use of isorhythms. 
D)  Wagner's use of leitmotivs. 
A)  word painting techniques. 
B)  program music. 
C)  the use of isorhythms. 
D)  Wagner's use of leitmotivs.

Question 12

Who composed Appalachian Spring?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Ives 
B)  Claude Debussy 
C)  Maurice Ravel 
D)  Aaron Copland 
A)  Charles Ives 
B)  Claude Debussy 
C)  Maurice Ravel 
D)  Aaron Copland

Question 13

Who was the first important African American composer in the concert music tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Grant Still 
B)  Samuel Barber 
C)  William Schuman 
D)  Charles Griffes 
A)  William Grant Still 
B)  Samuel Barber 
C)  William Schuman 
D)  Charles Griffes

Question 14

What is heard just before the armies meet at the climax of "The Battle on Ice" in Alexander Nevsky?

Accepted Answer

A)  a chorus singing a homophonic phrase 
B)  a three-note motive from the trumpet and tuba 
C)  a melody of staccato eighth notes 
D)  a series of ominous drumrolls 
A)  a chorus singing a homophonic phrase 
B)  a three-note motive from the trumpet and tuba 
C)  a melody of staccato eighth notes 
D)  a series of ominous drumrolls

Question 15

The second movement of Music for Strings,Percussion,and Celesta opens with:

Accepted Answer

A)  pizzicato strings. 
B)  bowed strings. 
C)  the piano articulating octaves. 
D)  a triple-meter dance tune. 
A)  pizzicato strings. 
B)  bowed strings. 
C)  the piano articulating octaves. 
D)  a triple-meter dance tune.

Which composition by Aaron Copland is an opera?

Which composer created the New Music Society of San Francisco?

Who composed Alexander Nevsky?

Tan Dun's score for Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon is notable for the way he:

Discuss Prokofiev's compositional style in relation to those of composers during the first phase of modernism.

Pianists' or organists' improvisations for silent films of the 1910s and 1920s were often based on:

Which composer took part in the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance?

Which statement about William Grant Still is false?

Many of Ravel's works exhibit:

Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is a tribute to:

Matching music to onscreen action or situations is similar to:

Who composed Appalachian Spring?

Who was the first important African American composer in the concert music tradition?

What is heard just before the armies meet at the climax of "The Battle on Ice" in Alexander Nevsky?

The second movement of Music for Strings,Percussion,and Celesta opens with:

Rhythm, Meter, and Tempo

Pitch,Dynamics,and Tone Color

Scales and Melody

Harmony, Texture, Tonality, and Mode

Musical Form and Musical Style

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Early Baroque Period

Prelude: The Late Baroque Period

Baroque Instrumental Music

Baroque Vocal Music

Prelude: Music and the Enlightenment

The Symphony

Other Classical Genres

Beethoven

Prelude: Music after Beethoven: Romanticism

The Early Romantics

Romantic Opera

The Late Romantics

Prelude: Music and Modernism

Early Modernism

The Late Twentieth Century

Music in America: Jazz and Beyond

Musical Notation

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Exam 22: Modernism between the Wars

Which composition by Aaron Copland is an opera?

Which composer created the New Music Society of San Francisco?

Who composed Alexander Nevsky?

Tan Dun's score for Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon is notable for the way he:

Discuss Prokofiev's compositional style in relation to those of composers during the first phase of modernism.

Pianists' or organists' improvisations for silent films of the 1910s and 1920s were often based on:

Which composer took part in the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance?

Which statement about William Grant Still is false?

Many of Ravel's works exhibit:

Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is a tribute to:

Matching music to onscreen action or situations is similar to:

Who composed Appalachian Spring?

Who was the first important African American composer in the concert music tradition?

What is heard just before the armies meet at the climax of "The Battle on Ice" in Alexander Nevsky?

The second movement of Music for Strings,Percussion,and Celesta opens with:

Rhythm, Meter, and Tempo

Pitch,Dynamics,and Tone Color

Scales and Melody

Harmony, Texture, Tonality, and Mode

Musical Form and Musical Style

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Early Baroque Period

Prelude: The Late Baroque Period

Baroque Instrumental Music

Baroque Vocal Music

Prelude: Music and the Enlightenment

The Symphony

Other Classical Genres

Beethoven

Prelude: Music after Beethoven: Romanticism

The Early Romantics

Romantic Opera

The Late Romantics

Prelude: Music and Modernism

Early Modernism

The Late Twentieth Century

Music in America: Jazz and Beyond

Musical Notation

Filters