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. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of serialism?

Composers using small "micromotifs" to develop pieces over long periods of time correct incorrect

Performers using dice rolls or audience suggestions to determine the course of a performance correct incorrect

Performers using nontraditional methods to play their instruments, such as "col legno" or Sprechstimme correct incorrect

Composers referring to a matrix of pitches based on a unique arrangement of all twelve chromatic pitches correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "The term 'impressionism' in music refers to French composers who made use of a variety of means, including non-Western scales and Church modes, as alternatives to traditional major/minor key structures."

The statement is true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because most impressionists were American. correct incorrect

The statement is false because impressionists considered Church modes too traditional. correct incorrect

The statement is false because it was the expressionists who looked to non-Western scales and Church modes. correct incorrect

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. Which composer is connected to neither of the two "Viennese Schools"?

Alban Berg correct incorrect

Felix Mendelssohn correct incorrect

Ludwig van Beethoven correct incorrect

Arnold Schoenberg correct incorrect

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. Which two "isms" represent distinctly different reactions against the expressionist style of composition?

Impressionism, minimalism correct incorrect

Neoclassicism, serialism correct incorrect

Neoromanticism, nationalism correct incorrect

Minimalism, neoclassicism correct incorrect

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. Which painter listed below was particularly influential to Debussy and Ravel?

Degas correct incorrect

Kandinsky correct incorrect

Mallame correct incorrect

Rembrandt correct incorrect

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. With which style of composition is Igor Stravinsky most closely identified?

Serialism correct incorrect

Impressionism correct incorrect

Neoclassicism correct incorrect

Neoromanticism correct incorrect

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. Russian composers Prokofiev and Shostakovich shared what common struggle?

Both were consistently in and out of favor with the Soviet government. correct incorrect

Both struggled to bring about a fusion of expressionism with Russian nationalism. correct incorrect

Both contracted tuberculosis in their early thirties. correct incorrect

Neither was able to gain respect as a performer. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of expressionistic music?

Abandonment of tonal centers correct incorrect

Dissonant sounds that take longer than normal to resolve to consonance correct incorrect

Exaggeration and distortion of traditional musical elements correct incorrect

Abrupt dynamic changes correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is considered both a leading impressionist composer and the most important French composer of his lifetime?

Claude Debussy correct incorrect

Darius Milhaud correct incorrect

Anton Webern correct incorrect

Frederic Chopin correct incorrect

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. Which composer below is NOT considered an exception to the general disuse of the symphony among 20th century composers?

Charles Ives correct incorrect

Maurice Ravel correct incorrect

Sergei Prokofiev correct incorrect

Dmitri Shostakovich correct incorrect

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. Which "ism" originated in Vienna in the early 20th century?

Expressionism correct incorrect

Impressionism correct incorrect

Minimalism correct incorrect

Neo-Classicism correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a typical trait of minimalism that is depicted in Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine?

The programmatic elements that suggest surrounding traffic correct incorrect

The overall lack of a tonal center throughout the piece correct incorrect

The liberal use of crescendos, decrescendos, and sudden dynamic changes correct incorrect

The repetitive rhythmic "ostinatos" that generate a constantly building excitement correct incorrect

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. Which piece was commissioned by a performing ensemble, rather than requested by a government entity or written as an independent exercise?

Shoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire correct incorrect

Larsen's Symphony No. 5 correct incorrect

Berg's Wozzeck correct incorrect

Debussy's Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a typical element of minimalistic music?

Quickly changing rhythmic patterns correct incorrect

The use of droning sounds correct incorrect

Lack of tonal centers correct incorrect

Melodic improvisation over repeated harmonic progressions correct incorrect

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. Which statement about Debussy's life and works is NOT true?

He used woodwind instruments liberally in order to create specific moods and atmospheres. correct incorrect

Both the whole-tone and diatonic scales feature prominently in his works. correct incorrect

He wrote in a broad range of genres, including orchestral works, piano miniatures, solo voice songs, and opera. correct incorrect

His music is often described as "floating" due to the lack of a strong pulse of rhythmic accents.
correct incorrect