MUSIC OF 20TH CENTURY

Impressionism uses a tonic-dominant relationship, which usually gives the feeling of finality to a piece. This statement refers to

• a. Form.

• b. Harmony

• c. Melody.

• d. Rhythm

The chords are overlapping lightly with each other new subtle musical colors. This characteristic of 20th-century music refers to

• a. Avant-garde

• b. Chance music

• c. Electronic music

• d. Impressionism

Claude Debussy avoided rhythmic pulses and preferred free form in order for the themes to develop. What does this statement want to tell us?

• a. Rhythm is the main element of his works.

• b. He used free instead of using rhythmic pulses.

• c. Themes are

  presented according to tempos

• d. Themes are presented according to key signatures

Who among these 20th-century composers utilized changing meters and sharp syncopations in his works?

• a. Bela Bartok

• b. Claude Debussy

• c. Leonard Bernstein

• d. Philip Glass

Which of the following 20th-century styles combines tonal harmonies with slight dissonances?

• a. Electronic Music

• b. Modern Nationalism

• c. Neo-Classicism

• d. Primitivism

Which of the following statements will best describe Avant-Garde music?

• a. Avant-Garde music uses unconventional methods of sound and form.

• b. Avant-garde music uses dramatic contrasts of dynamics and pitch.

• c. Avant-Garde music

  has one mood throughout the entire piece.

• d. Avant-Garde music has new subtle musical colors.

Bernstein displays a tuneful, off-beat, and highly atonal approach to the songs. The elements involved here are

• a. Harmony

• b. Melody

• c. Rhythm

• d. Timbre

This 20th-century music style made extensive use of polytonality. It is a kind of atonality that simultaneously uses two or more tonal centers. This style refers to

• a. Electronic music

• b. Modern nationalism

• c. Neo Classicism

• d. Primitivism

In musique concrete, the composer can experiment with different sounds that cannot be produced by any musical instrument. The statement refers to what elements of music?

• a. Form

• b. Harmony

• c. Rhythm

• d. Timbre

Syncopation is associated with

• a. Form

• b. Melody

• c. Rhythm

• d. Timbre