Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 19: Musical Styles Since 1945

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Minimalist music is characterized by
A)the development of musical materials through random methods.
B)rapidly changing dynamics and textures.
C)a steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns.
D)the use of twelve-tone techniques to organize the dimensions of music.
2
Many composers since the mid-1960s have made extensive use of quotations from earlier music as an attempt to
A)simplify writing original compositions.
B)improve communication between the composer and the listener.
C)capitalize on the popularity of earlier works.
D)continue and develop serialist techniques.
3
A major composer associated with the serialist movement is
A)Philip Glass.
B)Milton Babbitt.
C)George Crumb.
D)Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
4
All of the following are major developments in music since 1950 except the
A)spread of chance music.
B)increased use of the twelve-tone system.
C)continued composition of symphonies in the classical style.
D)composition in which timbre, texture, dynamics, and rhythm are as important as pitch.
5
Intervals smaller than the half step are called
A)quartertones.
B)tone clusters.
C)macrotones.
D)microtones.
6
Twelve-tone compositional techniques used to organize rhythm, dynamics, tone color, and other dimensions of music to produce totally controlled and organized music are called
A)chance music.
B)minimalism.
C)serialism.
D)Klangfarbenmelodie.
7
In chance or aleatoric music, the composer
A)writes a rhythmic pattern but leaves it to the performer to determine the actual pitches.
B)takes a chance on which performers will perform the work.
C)chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random methods.
D)writes the music in a traditional manner, but allows the recording engineer to make changes.
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