Composers & Compositions
Philosophy & Style
Structure
Composer Trivia
Art & Misc.
100
Which of these names was an American Nationalist composer?
a. Edgar Elgar
b. Charles Ives
c. Arnold Schoenberg
d. Igor Stravinsky
b. Charles Ives!
100
The 20th Century reflected the philosophy of ____.
What is: The Age of Anxiety.
100
The deliberate avoidance of a tonal center is called what?
Atonal
100
Who was the minimalist composer who wrote "Satyagraha" an opera about M. Gandhi
Phillip Glass
100
What 20th Century art movement is present in this image?
What is Impressionism!
200
Which American composer hesitated to share his works with audiences, knowing he would be dependent on the demands of his audience for his livelihood, and thus became and Insurance Broker?
Charles Ives!
200
One of the functions of 20th Century opera was to ___?
-Expose social and racial issues
200
Name two scales (not major or minor) that are common in the 20th Century. [Especially in Impressionism]
a. Whole Tone and Triadic
b. Pentatonic and Whole Tone
c. Chromatic and Ionian
d. Dorian Phrygian
b. Pentatonic and Whole Tone.
200
Which composer prepared pianos and chance music?
John Cage
200
What type of 20th Century art is this?
What is fauvism.
300
Name a composer who subscribes to Serialism.
Anton Webern.
300
Composers of the 20th Century experimented with new music because ____?
They felt they had extinguished everything that could be done with the tonal music of the previous centuries.
300
This technique was used with small instrumental groups by many 12-tone writers for "pure declamation" of the text with tonal designation, rhythmic notation & indicated inflection.
What is Sprechstimme.
300
Which composer incorporated bird calls into his music?
Oliver Messiaen.
300
What type of 20th Century art style is present in this image?
What is abstract expressionism?
400
20th Century composers found commercial success in what areas?
What are modern dance and movies.
400
The emphasis of 20th Century music is on what musical features?
What are texture, timbre, and rhythm.
400
"Utility" music, that exists not only for its own sake but was composed for and identifiable purpose, historical event, ceremony, amateur or student musician is known as ___?
What is Gebrauchsmusik.
400
Who created American "scenes" through symphonic poems and ballads such as "Billy The Kid"?
Aaron Copeland.
400
What art style is present in this image?
What is Surrealism.
500
____ was the first great innovator of the 20th Century American music.
Who is Charles Ives.
500
Who was known as a primitivist, post-romantic, neo-classicist, neo-romantic, expressionist, constructionist, and abstactionist?
Igor Stravinsky.
500
Who composed the symphonic poem - "Peter and the Wolf"?
Sergei Prokofiev.
500
Who was America's first composer to successfully incorporate jazz rhythms into classical forms?
George Gershwin!
600
At its first performance "The Rite of Spring" produced what?
-A Riot
600
Who was the American composer of Polytonal & serial compositions which foreshadowed similar European composers?
Charles Ives.
600
Who was known for 12-tone pointillism?
Anton Webern.
600
Who was known for elementary music education?
Carl Orff!
600
Who was the founder of the 12-tone technique?
Arnold Schoenberg.
700
Debussy's "La Mer" is about ___?
What is the wind and the sea.
700
Who was known as the leader of Musical Impressionism?
Claude DeBussy.
700
Who was known for combining Brazilian music with J.S. Bach?
Heitor Villa-Lobos.
700
Who was the leading French composer who pioneered jazz elements in his symphonic works?
Darius Milhaud.
700
Who was the inventor of "background" music?
Erik Satie.