Arnold yr6

1. Our 12th composer in the Great Composers unit is Arnold who?

• Chopin

• Schoenberg

• Stravinsky

• Tchaikovsky

2. Schoenberg was born in 1874 in which country?

• Austria

• America

• Russia

• Germany

3. Which musical era did Schoenberg compose during?

• Baroque

• Classical

• Romantic

• Modern

4. He began his career as a composer at the same time as working as a what?

• Lawyer

• Piano maker

• Music teacher

• Priest

5. He was forced to flee his home in Vienna when Adolph Hitler came to power, partly because Hitler banned his music and partly due to what other reason?

• His outspoken political views

• His job as a music teacher

• Because an audience once rioted at a concert of his

• His Jewish heritage

6. After a brief stay in Paris Schoenberg settled and spent the rest of his life where?

• Las Vegas

• Vienna

• Los Angeles

• London

7. He pushed the boundaries of accepted music traditions and moved further and further from the westernised keys and scales, by doing so created what type of music that is synonymous with his name?

• Neo Classical

• Atonal

• Impressionism

• Nationalistic

8. This music lacked any sense of key or tonal centre. His next step was to create a system of writing music in which all musical notes are given equal emphasis known as serial or what music?

• Twelve Tone

• Eight Tone

• Anti Tone

• Low Tone

9. One of Schoenberg's best known pieces of music we listened to in class is called what?

• Petrouchka

• Minute Waltz

• Lark Ascending

• Pierrot Lunaire

10. The other song of his we listened to in class is titled Verklarte Nacht. What does this translate to in English?

• The Twelfth Tone

• Transfigured Night

• A Little Night Music

• Morning Serial