Music Final Exam

Music 1113 with Ambrosini at University of Oklahoma

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By: Nicole Upshaw
Textbook: INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN CONCERT MUSIC
Created: 2010-12-13
Size: 25 flashcards
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In order to "drown the sense of tonality," Debussy:

drew on ALL mentioned scales

The concept of total abandonment of a key (any hint of tonality) within a piece of music is know as?

Atonality.

The use of several rhythmic patterns simultaneously is known as:

Polyrhythms

Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" is representative of an artistic style called:

"Fauve" ("The wild beasts)

The technique whereby the pitches of a melody or motive are presented in reverse order (backward) is called:

Retrograde

Ragtime music is closely associated with the composer:

Scott Joplin

Impressionism in music is often associated with the composer:

Claude Debussy

Igor Stravinsky's "new language"

Rhythm

When John Cage composed his piece "Music of changes," he experimented with:

Interdeterminacy, while consulting an ancient book of Chinese wisdom called, "I-ching"

Louis Armstrong's instrument was:

the trumpet

Postmodernists stress:

"Play and Process over Purpose and Outcome"

Robert Ashley's piece "Atalanta: Acts of God" is an example of:

A postmodern opera that was written for television

The accurate musical classification for "Jazz" is:

Classical

Which composer features as much speaking as singing in his opera?

Robert Ashley

What composer from your list of musical examples explored an "inner world" of reality as described by Sigmund Freud?

Arnold Schuenberg

What composer from your list of musical examples utilizes musical quotation to create quasi-programmatic allusions within a surrealistic landscape?

George Crumb

What form of Jazz was also called "out jazz" by some?

Free Jazz

By the early twentieth century, the traditional distinction between consonance and dissonance was abandoned in much music.

True

Twentieth century composers often draw hard, drum-like sounds from the piano, in contrast to the Romantics who wanted the instrument to "sing"

True

Impressionist composers felt even more strongly than their predecessors the need to resolve all chords back to the tonic or home key.

False

Debussy tends to use a chord more for its special tone color and sensuous quality than for it function in a standard harmonic progression.

True

Be-bop was a form of jazz meant for connoisseurs who wanted to compare the intricate details of complex solos played at blistering tempos and within a super-sophisticated harmonic language.

True.

Cecil Taylor is known for his use of "pretty" melodies and harmonic progressions.

False

For some twentieth-century composers, failure to appeal to the mainstream was a badge of honor to be worn with pride.

True

The competition between the capitalist west and the communist east as a result of the "cold war" was not only military, economic, and political rivalry

True

About this deck

By: Nicole Upshaw
Textbook: INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN CONCERT MUSIC
Created: 2010-12-13
Size: 25 flashcards
Views: 134

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“I have used this website for three exams, and I see a huge difference in my test results.”
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