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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