Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

B  Poème électronique

C  Concerto Grosso 1985

D  4’33”

E  Marco Polo

A  Cubism

B  Expressionism

C  chance music

D  twelve-tone composition

E  Minimalism

A  Chu

B  Lee

C  Varèse

D  Bernstein

E  Tan

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Cage

B  Bartök

C  Zwilich

D  Ives

E  Stravinsky

A  pitch, dynamics, and rhythm are organized according to a predetermined and continually repeating pattern

B  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

C  angular melody and discontinuous rhythm parallel the visual style of dislocating an object’s true form into geometrical blocks and planes

D  the reality of an object is replaced by the emotion it generates in the artist; it emphasizes the emotional states of anxiety and fear

E  all of these

A  Schoenberg

B  Ravel

C  Stravinsky

D  Copland

E  Debussy

A  Debussy

B  Ives

C  Schoenberg

D  Shostakovich

E  Varèse

A  tone clusters

B  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

C  chromatic dissonance

D  all of these

A  octave displacement

B  atonal music

C  prepared piano

D  polyrhythm

E  double counterpoint

A  tone cluster

B  all of these

C  polychord

D  eleventh chord

A  :0:samba

B  :0:mariachi

C  :100:bossa nova

D  :0:habanera

E  :0:bolero

A  timpani

B  gongon

C  conga

D  grito

E  dondon

A  the call to prayer

B  a verse of the Koran

C  the cantor of the mosque

D  the loudspeakers of the mosque

E  the tall tower of the mosque

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  interlocking style

B  tala

C  raga

D  kebyar

E  ma

A  Mariachi

B  Klezmer

C  all of these

D  Gagaku

E  the gamelan

A  taiko

B  ma

C  kabuki

D  noh

E  shakuhachi

A  Indonesia

B  Tahiti

C  Japan

D  the Solomons

E  Korea

F  Correct!

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Bob Dylan

D  Elvis Presley

E  Muddy Waters

A  synthesizer

B  piano

C  drums

D  horns

E  guitar

A  rap

B  punk rock

C  grunge

D  all of these

E  rhythm and blues

A  Bob Dylan

B  Run DMC

C  Kurt Cobain

D  The Beatles

E  Jimi Hendrix

A  James Brown

B  Michael Jackson

C  Ray Charles

D  Berry Gordy

E  John Lennon

A  doo-wop

B  New Wave

C  rap

D  punk rock

E  grunge

A  Steven Sondheim

B  Aaron Copland

C  John Williams

D  George Gershwin

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

B  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

C  Voltaire’s Candide

D  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

E  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

A  John Williams

B  George Gershwin

C  Leonard Bernstein

D  Steven Sondheim

E  Aaron Copland

A  New York City

B  Denver

C  Detroit

D  Chicago

E  New Orleans

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Parker

B  Davis

C  Smith

D  Armstrong

E  Joplin

A  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

B  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

C  a rich variety of chromatic chords provide colorful accompaniment to the mournful texts

D  originally sung by a solo voice or voice accompanied by a fiddle, dulcimer, or banjo

A  ragtime

B  swing

C  symphonic jazz

D  fusion

E  postmodernism

A  riff

B  chorus

C  break

D  scat

E  rhythm section

A  Gershwin

B  Armstrong

C  Ellington

D  Joplin

E  Smith

A  Modern

B  Impressionist

C  Postmodern

D  Middle Ages

E  Romantic

A  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

B  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

C  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

E  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

A  Romantic, Impressionist

B  Classic, Romantic

C  Baroque, Classic

D  Renaissance, Impressionist

E  Renaissance, Baroque

A  Impressionist

B  Classical

C  Baroque

D  Romantic

E  Renaissance

A  Impressionist

B  Renaissance

C  Romantic

D  Baroque

E  Classical

A  counterpoint

B  ostinato

C  syncopation

D  cadenza

E  timbre

A  a chord consisting of three pitches and two intervals of a third

B  a distinctive motive that is sung or played in turn by each voice or instrumental line

C  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

D  a musical tremor produced on a string instrument by repeating the same pitch with quick up and down strokes of the bow

E  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

A  harmony

B  polyphony

C  monophony

D  homophony

E  strophic

A  color

B  glissando

C  mute

D  pizzicato

E  trill

A  ostinato

B  texture

C  crescendo

D  homophony

E  dynamics

A  mute

B  sforzando

C  pizzicato

D  glissando

A  dominant

B  arpeggio

C  polychord

D  chromatic

E  subdominant

A  consequent

B  clef

C  phrase

D  tonic

E  key

A  consonance

B  measure

C  tempo

D  meter signature

E  rhythm

A  accent

B  harmony

C  syncopation

D  rhythm

E  meter

A  tonality

B  motive

C  key

D  interval

E  mode

A  phrase

B  bar

C  downbeat

D  syncopation

E  meter signature

A  rhythm

B  pleasure and security

C  peace and tranquility

D  nothing

E  tension and anxiety

A  harmony

B  rhythm

C  texture

D  color

E  chromaticism

A  cadence

B  accent

C  canon

D  modulation

E  timbre

A  allegro

B  beat

C  all of these

D  tempo

E  accent

A  chromatic scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  modulation

B  major scale

C  cadence

A  syncopation

B  scale

C  major scale

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  syncopation

A  scale

B  major scale

C  modulation

A  symphony orchestra

B  encore

C  tone poem

D  concerto

E  classical music

A  crescendo

B  motive

C  movement

D  pizzicato

E  chord

A  The repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience.

B  The process whereby a performer plucks the strings of an instrument rather than bowing them.

C  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

D  A large, independent section of a major instrumental work.

E  A short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.