Stravinsky
Schoenberg
American Composers
100
The opera whose premier in 1913 was marred by a riot.
What is "The Rite of Spring"?
100
Music that rejects the framework of key.
What is atonality?
100
John Cage's "Sonatas and Interludes" features this unusual instrument.
What is the prepared piano?
200
The country where Stravinsky emigrated to at the onset of World War II.
What is the United States?
200
Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
Who were two famous students of Arnold Schoenberg?
200
Copland’s Appalachian Spring quotes this early American tune.
What is "Simple Gifts"?
300
The choreographer for "The Rite of Spring".
Who was Nijinsky?
300
A new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms.
What is Sprechstimme?
300
American composer known for pieces such as "Different Trains" and "Come Out"
Who is Steve Reich?
400
The Russian figure who played a crucial role in the development of twentieth-century ballet.
Who is Sergei Diaghilev?
400
A song cycle based on poetry of Mallarme.
What is "Pierrot lunaire"?
400
This composer combined Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles and experimented with exotic scales.
Who is Harry Partch?
500
The best characterization of Stravinsky's use of rhythm in "The Rite of Spring".
What is polyrhythm?
500
The style that gives each note of the melody to a different instrument.
What is Klangfarbenmelodie?
500
The process whereby several copies of a recorded musical idea are looped but at different speeds.
What is phase music?
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