CH 62-63, Experimentalists and Musical Theater

Which innovative composer first explored tone clusters at the piano?

• John Cage

• George Crumb

• Henry Cowell

• Harry Partch

Which innovative composer constructed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave and built instruments with this tuning?

• George Crumb

• William Cowell

• John Cage

• Harry Partch

Which composer invented the prepared piano?

• John Cage

• Harry Partch

• Henry Cowell

• George Crumb

John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes evoke the sounds of the

• Harpsichord

• Organ

• Gamelan

• Piano

John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes is a work for

• Javanese gamelan

• Modified organ

• Prepared piano

• Electric harpsichord

What genre is considered America’s unique contribution to theater?

• Musicals

• Operas

• Oratorios

• Stage plays

What is an example of a rock musical?

• Rent

• Les Miserables

• Show Boat

• Oklahoma!

Which musical was the first to be based on a tragedy?

• West Side Story

• The King and I

• Oklahoma!

• Into the Woods

West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare’s

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• Romeo and Juliet

• King Lear

Bernstein’s West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between

• Jews and Catholics

• Gangs in New York

• Democrats and Republicans

• Hatfields and McCoys