Music of the 20th Century

^{Music of the 20th Century}

Multiple Choice

Musical style uses a whole-tone scale. It also applied suggested, rather than depicted, reality. It created a mood rather than a definite picture.

• a. Expressionism

• b. Impressionism

• c. Avant Garde Music

• d. Modern Nationalism

Multiple Choice

It was a partial return to a classical form of writing music with carefully

modulated dissonances.

• a. Impressionism

• b. Modern Nationalism

• c. Neo Classicism

• d. Avant Garde

Multiple Choice

Musical style that revealed the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment.

• a. Expressionism

• b. Impressionism

• c. Avant Garde

• d. Modern Nationalism

Multiple Choice

Musical style associated with electronic music and dealt with the parameters or dimensions of sound in space.

• a. Modern Nationalism

• b. Impressionism

• c. Avant Garde

• d. Expressionism

Multiple Choice

One of the earlier but concrete forms declaring the entry of 20th

century music was known as?

• a. Impressionism

• b. Expressionism

• c. 20th century music

• d. Avant Garde Music

Multiple Choice

Based on the module, who are the two impressionism composers?

• a. Auguste Renoir and Vincent

• b. Ravel and Bartok

• c. Claude Monet and Maurice Ravel

• d. Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel

Multiple Choice

It also adopted a modern, freer use of the seven-note diatonic scale.

• a. Impressionism

• b. Avant Gard Music

• c. Modern Nationalism

• d. Neo Classicism

Multiple Choice

A looser form of 20th century music development focused on

nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine

modern techniques with folk materials.

• a. Modern Nationalism

• b. Impressionism

• c. Avant Garde

• d. Modern Art forms

Multiple Choice

It served as a medium for expressing strong emotions, such as anxiety, rage, and alienation.

• a. Avant Garde Music

• b. impressionism

• c. Expressionism

• d. Electronic Music

Multiple Choice

Exhibited a new attitude toward musical mobility, whereby the

order of note groups could be varied so that musical continuity could be altered.

• a. Modern Music

• b. Avant Garde Music

• c. Expressionism

• d. Impressionism

Musical Composer of the 20th Century

Name the following composers of the 20th Century

11. Who is this composer? He

taught himself music theory, but took lessons in counterpoint.

12. He was the primary

exponent of the impressionist movement and the focal point

for other impressionist composers.

13. His early music reflected

the influence of his teacher, the Russian composer Nikolai

Rimsky-Korsakov.

14. He entered the Paris

Conservatory at the age of 14 where he studied with the eminent French composer Gabriel Faure.

15. He started piano lessons with his mother and later entered Budapest Royal Academy of Music in 1899.

16. Was a member of the group of young French composers known as “Les Six.” He rejected the heavy

romanticism of Wagner and the so-called imprecision of Debussy and Ravel. His compositions had a coolly elegant modernity, tempered by a classical sense of proportion.

17. He was born in New York to Russian Jewish immigrants. His older brother Ira was his artistic collaborator who wrote the lyrics of his songs. His first song was written in 1916 and his first Broadway musical La La Lucille in 1919.

18. He is regarded today as a combination of neo-classicist, nationalist, and avant garde composer. His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique, pulsating rhythms, melodic directness, and a resolving

dissonance.

19. His big break came when he was asked to substitute for the ailing Bruno Walter in conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert on November 14, 1943.

20. One of the most commercially successful minimalist composers, who is also an avant garde composer. He explored the territories of ballet, opera, theater, film, and even television jingles.

20th Century Famous Composers and their Distinctive Styles

Multiple Choice

21. His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique, pulsating rhythms, melodic directions, and a resolving dissonance.

• FRANCIS POULENC

• SERGEI PROKOFIEFF

• GEORGE GERSHWIN

• LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Multiple Choice

22. Also a member of “Les Six”. He is the “Father of American Jazz”. His mixture of primitive and sophisticated gave his music an appeal that has lasted long after his death.

• GEORGE GERSHWIN

• PHILIP GLASS

• FRANCIS POULENC

• SERGEI PROKOFIEFF

Multiple Choice

23. His tonal preference gradually turned to the dissonant and atonal as he explores the use of chromatic harmonies.

• IGOR STRAVINSKY

• MAURICE RAVEL

• BELA BARTOK

• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

Multiple Choice

24. His compositional style is mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of harmonic treatment. It demands considerable technical virtuosity from the performer which is

the character, ability or skill of a virtuoso.

• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

• IGOR STRAVINSKY

• FRANCIS POULENC

• MAURICE RAVEL

Multiple Choice

25. His philosophy was the universal language of music basically rooted in tonality. Although he never relinquished his musical values as a composer, he later turned to conducting and lecturing in order to safeguard as to what he believed was the best for music.

• LEONARD BERNSTEIN

• FRANCIS POULENC

• IGOR STRAVINSKY

• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

Multiple Choice

26. He utilized changing meters and strong syncopations. His compositions were successful because of their rich melodies and lively rhythms.

• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

• MAURICE RAVEL

• BELA BARTOK

• CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Multiple Choice

27. He changed the course of musical development by dissolving traditional rules and conventions into a new language of possibilities in harmony, rhythm, form, texture and color.

• MAURICE RAVEL

• CLAUDE DEBUSSY

• BELA BARTOK

• IGOR STRAVINSKY

Multiple Choice

28. He added a new ingredient to his nationalistic style. A new level of dissonance was reached and the sense of tonality was practically abandoned.

• MAURICE RAVEL

• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

• IGOR STRAVINSKY

• BELA BARTOK

Multiple Choice

29. His distinct style involves cell-like phrases emanating from bright electronic sounds from the keyboard that progressed very slowly from the pattern to the next in a very repetitious fashion.

• PHILIP GLASS

• LEONARD BERNSTEIN

• FRANCIS POULENC

• SERGEI PROKOFIEFF

Multiple Choice

30. One of the members of “Les Six” known as a young French composer. His compositions have a coolly elegant modernity, tempered by a classical sense of proportion.

• SERGEI PROKOFIEFF

• FRANCIS POULENC

• BELA BARTOK

• MAURICE RAVEL