Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives

Chapter 19: Twentieth-Century Classical Music

Self Check Quiz

1
A French style of atmospheric music of the late nineteenth century is called
A)Impressionism.
B)Expressionism.
C)New Romanticism.
D)Minimalism.
2
Discord in music, suggesting a state of tension, is called
A)atonal.
B)aleatory music.
C)dissonance.
D)tonality.
3
A musical style that subjectively explored deep inner feelings is
A)Impressionism.
B)Expressionism.
C)New Romanticism.
D)Minimalism.
4
Which term refers to the quality of a system of pitches?
A)atonal
B)tonality
C)dissonance
D)aleatory music.
5
Which of the following was adapted from several Russian fairy tales?
A)The Firebird
B)Bolero
C)Wozzeck
D)Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
6
Who composed Instantaneas Mexicanas and is considered the "father of modern Mexican music"?
A)Igor Stravinsky
B)Maurice Ravel
C)Philip Glass
D)Manuel Maria Ponce
7
What is a retrograde inversion?
A)playing the notes in a tone row upside down and in reverse
B)playing the notes in a tone row in reverse
C)playing the notes in a tone row upside down
D)playing the notes in a tone row with 12 pitches of the chromatic scale
8
Music in which composers deliberately leave parts of the composition and performance undetermined and at the discretion of the performers is called
A)atonal music.
B)impressionistic music.
C)aleatory music.
D)minimalist music.
9
A style of music that emphasizes the element of repetition with changes dictated by a rule or system is called
A)Impressionism.
B)Expressionism.
C)New Romanticism.
D)Minimalism.
10
Which composer uses a harpsichord to create a style of music sometimes called "old-new music"?
A)Philip Glass
B)Ellen Taaffe Zwillich
C)John Corigliano
D)Jackson Pollock
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