Early 20th Century

What is atonality?

• The use of two or more keys at the same time.

• The absence of any tonality or key.

• When two different keys are used at once.

• Music with a specified tonal center.

A cross between singing and speaking.

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Sprechstimme

• Ostinato

This Hungarian composer was heavily influenced by Eastern Europe folk songs.

• Dmitri Shostakovich

• Bela Bartok

• Igor Stravinsky

• Charles Ives

Claude Debussy is considered the father of...

• Impressionist Music

• Expressionist Music

• Neoclassicism

• 20th Century Music

Riots broke out at the premiere of this Stravinsky ballet.

• Petrushka

• The Nutcracker

• The Firebird

• The Rite of Spring

This American composer combined jazz and classical idioms with his composition, Rhapsody in Blue.

• Charles Ives

• William Grant Still

• George Gerswhin

• Aaron Copland

Impressionist composers often employed a five-note scale. What is this five-note scale called?

• Whole-Tone Scale

• Pentatonic Scale

• Hexatonic Scale

• Glissando

William Grant Still was part of a collective of African American writers, musicians, artists, and activists known as the...

• Harlem Renaissance

• Manhattan Arts Collective

• New York Society of Artists

• The Society of Friends

Compared with earlier periods, 20th century melodies are often unpredictable.

• True

• False

Impressionism tends to name an object, rather than suggesting it

• True

• False