Unit 7 Test Review

Music in which the composer leaves musical decisions to the performer is known as chance, or _______________ music.

• improvised
• randomized
• aleatoric
• planned

What style of music relies on consonant musical elements that are repeated and gradually changed over extended time frames?

• Classical
• Rap
• Heavy Metal
• Minimalism

Who is the inventor of the "prepared piano"?

• Bach
• John Cage
• Beethoven
• Mozart

From which of the following genres did American musical theater develop?

• Japanese Kabuki theater, Chinese opera, and Indian Bollywood musicals
• Russian ballet, German techno music, and French mime performances
• European operetta, vaudeville, and revue
• Shakespearean plays, Greek tragedies, and Roman gladiator spectacles

Which of the following BEST describes Philip Glass’s musical style?

• atonal

• 12-bar blues

• dissonance

• repetition

A significant shift in David Bowie’s musical style resulted from his encounter with whom or what in the mid-1970s?

• Disco music
• Minimalist composers

• The Beatles
• Classical music

The most important function of music in film is to

• entertain the audience

• set the mood

• enhance the dialogue

• confuse the audience

Which of the following composers is best classified as Neo-Romantic?

• Jennifer Higdon

• John Cage

• Chuck Berry

• George Gershwin

Which of the following does NOT characterize neo-Romanticism?

• Mostly tonal

• Lush harmonic language

• Mostly atonal

• Innovative timbres

Underscoring in film music refers to what?

• music being made on the screen by characters

• music that is below the sonic spectrum

• music coming from an unseen source

• music that is covered up by dialogue