Stage and Screen Final Review

Which of the following musicals is NOT by George Gershwin?

• Funny Face

• Anything Goes

• Lady: Be Good

• Of Thee I Sing

Leonard Bernstein was influenced, particularly in his ballets, by which composers?

• • Bach and Handel

  
  

• • Delibes and Tchaikovsky

  
  

• • Verdi and Wagner

  
  

• Stravinsky and Copland
  

Which musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

• Cats

• Sweeney Todd

• West Side Story
• On Your Toes

In West Side Story, who are the two star-crossed lovers?

• Tony and Maria
• Jack and Rose
• Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy
• Romeo and Juliet

Who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?

• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Leonard Bernstein

• Oscar Hammerstein II

• Stephen Sondheim

In West Side Story the introduction to "America" is based on a type of Puerto Rican song and dance music known as _______.

• seis

• malambo

• huapango

• salsa

The idea of musical themes for characters (leitmotifs) was developed by which nineteenth-century composer?

• Richard Wagner
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Franz Liszt
• Johannes Brahms

Which of the following illustrates the use of leitmotif in a film? 

• • The ostinatos featured in Vertigo

  
  

• The "shark theme" in Jaws
  

• • The incorporation of classical music into Fantasia.

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• • The eerie string effects in The Matrix

  
  

Which musical is NOT by Leonard Bernstein?

• West Side Story

• Cats

• Wonderful Town

• On the Town

What is a defining musical feature of the song "America," from West Side Story that gives it a Latin flavor?

• • Terraced dynamics

  
  

• • Different vocal ranges

  
  

• • Extreme variation in tempo

  
  

• Use of alternating 6/8 and 3/4 meters