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Q: John Cage was born in Berlin, and studied music at the Paris Conservatory.
Q: Henry Cowell developed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave.
Q: Cages most important contribution to twentieth-century music was the idea of chance, or aleatoric, music.
Q: John Cage was the first composer to pluck the piano strings directly with his fingers.
Q: Cages Sonatas and Interludes are traditional works for the standard grand piano.
Q: John Cages 4'33" questions the distinction between music and noise.
Q: Prior to each performance for John Cages prepared piano pieces, materials are inserted between the strings entirely at random.
Q: The composers Henry Cowell and Harry Partch were highly influenced by a variety of non-Western musics.
Q: The insertion of foreign substances at crucial points in the strings of a grand piano is called: a. aleatoric. c. gourd trees. b. prepared piano. d. cone gongs.
Q: How many of the pianos eighty-eight keys are prepared for Cages Sonatas and Interludes? a. eighty-eight c. twenty-five b. forty-five d. none
Q: Who composed works in which the performers make choices by throwing dice? a. John Cage c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. David Tudor
Q: Which composer developed the tone cluster and the plucking of the piano strings directly with the fingers? a. John Cage c. Harry Partch b. Henry Cowell d. George Crumb
Q: Groups of adjacent notes played on the piano with the fist, palm, or forearm are known as: a. noise. c. microtones. b. tone clusters. d. prepared piano.
Q: The form of Cages Sonata V, from Sonatas and Interludes, is: a. binary. c. rondo. b. ternary. d. sonata-allegro.
Q: John Cages Sonatas and Interludes is a work for: a. chamber ensemble. c. violin and piano. b. prepared piano. d. synthesizer.
Q: John Cages Sonatas and Interludes evokes the sounds of: a. the bagpipe of eastern Europe. c. the Javanese gamelan. b. the Japanese koto. d. the sitar of India.
Q: Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument? a. Sonatas and Interludes c. I Ching b. Fontana Mix d. 4'33"
Q: Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano? a. Harry Partch c. Henry Cowell b. John Cage d. Pierre Boulez
Q: Harry Partch experimented with the _____ tuning system. a. microtonal c. pentatonic b. modal d. whole-tone
Q: Which innovative composer constructed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave and built instruments with this tuning? a. Aaron Copland c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. John Cage
Q: Which of the following composers combined Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles and experimented with exotic scales? a. Aaron Copland c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. John Cage
Q: Discuss how Silvestre Revueltas evoked the character of traditional Mexican music in Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca.
Q: Discuss the nationalistic and modernistic aspects of the music of Silvestre Revueltas.
Q: Silvestre Revueltas was killed during the Spanish Civil War.
Q: Son from Revueltass Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca features a mariachi band.
Q: Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca blends the traditions of Mexican-vernacular and European-modernist music.
Q: Duelo refers to a type of traditional Mexican song.
Q: The instruments in a mariachi ensemble include trumpets, violins, and guitars.
Q: The Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas lived a long and productive artistic life.
Q: The dedicatee of Revueltass orchestral work Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca was a famous Mexican composer and conductor.
Q: Like Copland, Revueltas wrote music for films.
Q: The modern music of Mexico is based on the music of indigenous Amerindian cultures and of Spain.
Q: What type of traditional ensemble does Revueltas evoke in Son? a. brass band c. fife and drum b. mariachi ensemble d. jazz band
Q: Which of the following was a poet killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War? a. Federico Garca Lorca c. Carlos Chvez b. Silvestre Revueltas d. Ernest Hemingway
Q: Silvestre Revueltas was a twentieth-century composer born in: a. Mexico. c. the United States. b. Spain. d. Brazil.
Q: ________ was a nationalist modernist movement that drew on elements of Mexicos traditional culture. a. Mestizo realism c. Latin realism b. Mexican realism d. Latin-American realism
Q: Where did the Aztec Renaissance take place? a. Mexico c. Harlem b. New York City d. Spain
Q: People of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry are called: a. mestizo. c. Mexican. b. mulatto. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Revueltass orchestration for Son is similar to that of: a. Stravinskys Rite of Spring. c. a Western dance band. b. a mariachi ensemble. d. a Hollywood film score.
Q: Son is a Spanish-language term that refers to: a. sound. c. song. b. a traditional song/dance of Mexico. d. a familial relationship.
Q: Which of the following is a work by Silvestre Revueltas? a. El Saln Mxico b. Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca c. A Lincoln Portrait d. Loiseau de feu
Q: Revueltass mature compositional style features: a. Impressionist harmonies. b. twelve-tone harmonies. c. actual Mexican folk melodies. d. a modern harmonic language, polyrhythms, and ostinatos.
Q: Silvestre Revueltass compositional style is considered representative of: a. atonal Expressionism. c. dissonant counterpoint. b. neo-Classicism. d. mestizo realism.
Q: Carlos Chvez was a noted: a. mariachi band leader. c. Mexican art music composer. b. singer of cowboy songs. d. folk song collector.
Q: During the Aztec Renaissance, composers sought to: a. quote authentic Aztec melodies. b. discard Western forms and genres. c. suggest the character of native music. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: The musical scene in early twentieth-century Mexico was strongly influenced by: a. Spanish music. c. Amerindian culture. b. Hispanic culture. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Discuss the ways the music of Aaron Copland creates an inclusive soundscape for the United States.
Q: Discuss the musical elements of Aaron Coplands American modernist style and why they had a wide appeal.
Q: Aaron Copland had a strong dislike for twentieth-century modernist composers.
Q: The music of Aaron Copland was rarely heard after his death.
Q: Aaron Copland realized that the popularity of radio, the phonograph, and film scores created a new public for contemporary music.
Q: Aaron Copland won an Academy Award for his score for the film The Heiress.
Q: Like William Billings before him, Aaron Copland was a self-taught composer.
Q: Copland espoused the ideal that art should serve the American people during times of economic and social struggle.
Q: Appalachian Spring contains no borrowed melodies.
Q: Martha Graham was a leading figure in modern dance.
Q: Copland composed music for the theater, but not for film.
Q: During his composing career, Copland employed jazz, neo-Classical elements, and twelve-tone techniques.
Q: The tune Simple Gifts is associated with which religious sect? a. Shaker c. Catholic b. Protestant d. Mormon
Q: Which ballet by Copland portrayed life in the Far West? a. Appalachian Spring c. Of Mice and Men b. Billy the Kid d. El Salon Mexico
Q: Where was Aaron Copland born? a. Brooklyn c. London b. Paris d. Mexico City
Q: _____ was the composer who most successfully transformed rural folk traditions into a national sound. a. Aaron Copland c. Duke Ellington b. John Philip Sousa d. George Gershwin
Q: Section 7 of Coplands Appalachian Spring is in ________ form. a. sonata c. rondo b. theme-and-variations d. minuet
Q: Coplands Appalachian Spring quotes the early American tune: a. Simple Gifts. c. Dixie. b. Yankee Doodle. d. Amazing Grace.
Q: Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of Coplands Appalachian Spring? a. energetic c. serene b. religious d. volatile
Q: Coplands Appalachian Spring depicts: a. a pioneer celebration in Pennsylvania. b. a river in Pennsylvania. c. the change of seasons in the Pennsylvania. d. an evening dance in Washington, DC.
Q: Copland composed Appalachian Spring in collaboration with: a. Sergei Diaghilev. c. George Balanchine. b. Martha Graham. d. Merce Cunningham.
Q: In which musical style did Copland compose? a. twelve-tone technique c. neo-Classical b. jazz d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Coplands Rodeo is: a. a cantata. c. a film score. b. an opera. d. a ballet.
Q: Which ballet by Copland portrayed rural life? a. Our Town c. Appalachian Spring b. Rodeo d. Billy the Kid
Q: Aaron Copland studied composition with: a. Charles Ives. c. Arnold Schoenberg. b. Nadia Boulanger. d. Charles Griffes.
Q: Discuss why some have called George Gershwin the the Abraham Lincoln of Negro Music.
Q: Discuss how George Gershwin blended European art music traditions with jazz.
Q: Porgy and Bess helped transform jazz into an art tradition.
Q: Very few social changes occurred during the Roaring Twenties.
Q: During World War I, George Gershwin introduced ragtime and early jazz styles to France.
Q: Summertime is sung several times during Porgy and Bess.
Q: Summertime is a lively song that suggests the excitement of summer.
Q: Porgy and Bess is set in Chicago.
Q: Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue had its premiere in a concert entitled An Experiment in Modern Music.
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