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Q: Operas such as Doctor Atomic provide a factually accurate account of historical events.
Q: John Adams wrote an opera based on an episode in which Palestinian militants hijacked a cruise ship and killed one of its Jewish passengers.
Q: At the sight of this, from Doctor Atomic, includes electronic sonorities.
Q: Doctor Atomic tells of the events leading to the initial test of the first atomic bomb.
Q: John Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for Shaker Loops.
Q: Nixon in China is an opera by Philip Glass.
Q: John Adams can be considered a post-minimalist composer.
Q: Which composer is considered a post-minimalist? a. John Adams c. John Tavener b. Terry Riley d. Jennifer Higdon
Q: John Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for _______. a. The Death of Klinghoffer c. On the Transmigration of Souls b. Nixon in China d. Doctor Atomic
Q: What mood does the chorus evoke during At the sight of this? a. apprehension and terror c. glee b. joy d. longing
Q: What is the source for At the sight of this? a. the Bhagavad Gita c. the Koran b. the Bible d. a poem by John Donne
Q: What is the subject of the opera Doctor Atomic? a. the creation of the atomic bomb c. the importance of science b. the bombing of Nagasaki d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Which of the following was NOT a source for Doctor Atomics libretto? a. John Donnes poetry c. William Shakespeares sonnets b. sacred Hindu scripture d. Charles Baudelaires poetry
Q: The librettist for Doctor Atomic is: a. Peter Sellars. c. Bob Dylan. b. John Adams. d. Alice Goodman.
Q: The central character of John Adamss opera Doctor Atomic is: a. Albert Einstein. c. Richard Nixon. b. J. Robert Oppenheimer. d. Hans Geiger.
Q: Who wrote the opera Nixon in China? a. Terry Riley c. Steve Reich b. John Adams d. Philip Glass
Q: The music of John Adams reflects the influence of: a. rock. c. Mozart. b. serialism. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Although educated at Harvard, John Adams has made most of his career in: a. Paris, France. c. El Paso, Texas. b. Vienna, Austria. d. San Francisco, California.
Q: Discuss the concepts and specific traits of Orthodox ritual John Tavener uses to convey a spiritual intensity in his work A Hymn to the Mother of God.
Q: Describe the musical characteristics of minimalism.
Q: Medieval and Renaissance polyphony influence Taveners choral writing.
Q: The Eastern Christian Church incorporates scales and modes of local Greek and Byzantine traditions.
Q: European composers primarily developed spiritual minimalism.
Q: Religion and spirituality have little influence on John Taveners music.
Q: John Tavener is an American-born minimalist composer.
Q: Music from non-Western cultures has had little influence on minimalism.
Q: Rock, pop, and jazz have influenced musical minimalism.
Q: In some minimalist music, the regularly repeated pulse is designed to break the listeners perception of time.
Q: Minimalists have turned away from the highly intellectual style of early modernists.
Q: Minimalism became a significant force in music starting in the 1940s.
Q: The constantly changing melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns are the salient feature of minimalism.
Q: Continuous pitches held while other musical lines interweave are known as: a. static notes. c. long tones. b. drones. d. harmony.
Q: What are the performing forces for Taveners Hymn to the Mother of God? a. one six-voice choir c. six choirs b. six vocalists d. two six-voice choirs
Q: The melodic formulas of Greek Orthodox chant include intervals smaller than half steps, known as: a. atonality. c. microtones. b. minitones. d. non-tones.
Q: Composers identified with spiritual minimalism include: a. Tavener, Gorecki, and Prt. c. Tavener, Riley, and Glass. b. Riley, Reich, and Glass. d. Gorecki, Prt, and Reich.
Q: Nonpulsed music inspired by religious beliefs is known as: a. minimalism. c. Gregorian minimalism. b. spiritual minimalism. d. musical spiritualism.
Q: John Taveners Song for Athene was performed at the funeral service for: a. Martin Luther King c. Ronald Reagan b. John F. Kennedy d. Princess Diana
Q: John Tavener converted to ________ in the mid-1970s. a. Greek Orthodoxy c. Buddhism b. Islam d. Catholicism
Q: Which minimalist composer has collaborated with nonclassical musicians such as Brian Eno, Paul Simon, and David Byrne? a. Steve Reich c. John Adams b. Philip Glass d. John Tavener
Q: Which composer introduced the concept of tiny motivic cells that repeat to a hypnotic pulse? a. Steve Reich c. Terry Riley b. John Tavener d. Philip Glass
Q: Minimalism is influenced by: a. the contemplative art of India. b. the densely layered rhythms of some African cultures. c. jazz, pop, and rock. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Since the 1970s, ________ has been a significant force in music. a. minimalism c. classicalism b. pre-minimalism d. tintinnabulation
Q: The musical style that strips compositions down to bare essentials, focusing on a few basic details, is known as: a. neo-Romanticism. c. serialism. b. minimalism. d. post-modernism.
Q: Discuss how some early twentieth-century composers continued to update the Romantic style.
Q: Discuss how Jennifer Higdon creates a Romantic character within a modern musical style.
Q: blue cathedral is best described as a symphony.
Q: The title of Higdons work blue cathedral is a reference to her father.
Q: Neo-Romantic works such as blue cathedral often feature program elements connected with a personal story.
Q: Higdon studied composition with John Cage at the University of Pennsylvania.
Q: blue cathedral uses a variety of orchestral colors.
Q: John Cage was one of the most prominent twentieth-century exponents of the continued commitment to Romantic musical ideals.
Q: blue cathedral contains musical borrowing from Asian soundscapes.
Q: Composers such as Jennifer Higdon aim to modernize the nineteenth-century orchestral tradition.
Q: Neo-Romanticism favors the lush harmonic language of the late Romantic era.
Q: The reclaiming of nineteenth-century harmonic and melodic language in a new context that takes into account the postmodern world is known as neo-Romanticism.
Q: Jennifer Higdons blue cathedral contains shimmering, bell-like timbres.
Q: Jennifer Higdons performance background is as a flutist.
Q: Which genre best describes blue cathedral? a. symphony c. concerto b. orchestral tone poem d. mass
Q: Which instrument in blue cathedral represents Jennifer Higdons brother? a. solo flute c. solo oboe b. solo clarinet d. the violin section
Q: Higdon creates a dialogue between which two instruments during blue cathedral? a. flute and clarinet c. clarinet and oboe b. flute and oboe d. clarinet and English horn
Q: Higdon won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for: a. her Violin Concerto. c. West Side Story. b. blue cathedral. d. Adagio for Strings.
Q: Who is one of the most widely performed living American composers? a. Jennifer Higdon c. Leonard Bernstein b. Aaron Copland d. John Adams
Q: Which American composer was one of the most prominent twentieth-century exponents of the continued commitment to Romantic musical ideals? a. Samuel Barber c. Duke Ellington b. Aaron Copland d. George Gershwin
Q: Higdons blue cathedral was written for a performance by: a. gospel singers. c. a full symphony orchestra. b. an a cappella choir. d. a small chamber orchestra.
Q: Higdon chose the title blue cathedral as a tribute to: a. gospel singers. c. a minimalist church in New York. b. the French painter Matisse. d. her brother.
Q: Which of the following best describes Higdons treatment of harmony? a. She avoids triads. c. Her music is rooted in tonality. b. Her music is highly dissonant. d. Her music lacks tonal centers.
Q: Which music group or performer influenced the career of Jennifer Higdon? a. the Rolling Stones b. the Beatles c. Jimi Hendrix d. Janis Joplin
Q: The postmodern approach that mixes styles from the nineteenth century with contemporary ones is called: a. minimalism. c. post-Romanticism. b. post-minimalism. d. neo-Romanticism.
Q: Which of the following characterizes the songs of Bob Dylan? a. predictable form and melody c. settings of Classical poetry b. texts full of imagery d. simple textures
Q: Discuss how John Coriglianos setting of Dylans Mr. Tambourine Man readdresses the work in terms of concert art.
Q: Which aspects of Bob Dylans original song did John Corigliano retain in his Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man? What did he change?
Q: John Corigliano did not have Bob Dylans permission to re-set the text of Mr. Tambourine Man.
Q: All of the songs in Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan are unified by recurring motives.
Q: John Corigliano had little formal musical training.
Q: The Byrds 1965 version of Mr. Tambourine Man was commercially unsuccessful.
Q: John Corigliano added electric guitar and drums to his version of Mr. Tambourine Man.
Q: The Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man helped pioneer the influential genre of folk rock.
Q: Coriglianos Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man borrows the melody from the Dylan original.
Q: John Corigliano is known primarily as an opera composer and has written few orchestral works.
Q: The musical elements in Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man are simple.
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