MAPEH 10 1st Quarter Reviewer

Which of the following music characterize its works centered on nature and its

beauty, likeness and brilliance?

• Expressionism

• Impressionism

• Minimalism

• Neoclassicism

Answer explanation

Impressionist music focuses on nature, beauty, and atmospheric sounds, often using delicate harmonies and tone colors.

Which movement of music characterizes the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment?

• Expressionism

• Impressionism

• Minimalism

• Neoclassicism

Answer explanation

Expressionist music reflects the deep emotions and inner thoughts of the composer rather than depicting external reality.

Which musical style deals with the parameters of sound in space with an absence of traditional rules on harmony, melody, and rhythm?

• Avant-garde

• Expressionism

• Impressionism

• Modern Nationalism

Answer explanation

Avant-garde music explores unconventional techniques, rejecting traditional harmonic and rhythmic rules.

Which type of musical style that has a freer seven-note diatonic scale?

• Avant-garde

• Modern Nationalism

• Neoclassicism

• Primitivism

Answer explanation

Neoclassical music revives classical forms but with a freer approach to scales and harmonies.

Which music of the 20th century seeks to combine modern techniques focusing on nationalist composers and innovators?

• Avant-garde

• Modern Nationalism

• Neo-classicism

• Primitivism

Answer explanation

This style blends modern techniques with folk elements to express national identity.

Who was the proponent of Claire de Lune and the foremost impressionist composer?

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Claude Debussy

• Claude Monet

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

Answer explanation

Claude Debussy was a leading composer of Impressionism and known for works like Clair de Lune.

Which of the following countries Claude Debussy was born?

• France

• Germany

• Italy

• Sweden

Answer explanation

Claude Debussy was born in France in 1862.

Which of the following composers created a system of pitch organization based on the chromatic pitches called twelve tone series?

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Claude Debussy

• Claude Monet

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

Answer explanation

He developed the twelve-tone technique, a new way of organizing pitches chromatically.

Who among the proponents of the Neoclassicism is considered as a great trendsetter of the 20th century?

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Igor Stravinsky

• Arnold Schoenberg

Answer explanation

A key figure in Neoclassicism, Stravinsky revolutionized 20th-century music with works like The Rite of Spring.

Which of the following works of Arnold Schoenberg is considered as one of his earliest successful pieces?

• Gurreleider

• Pierrot Lunaire

• Verklarte Natch (Three Pieces for Piano, op.11)

• Verklarte Natch (Transfigured Night, 1899)

Answer explanation

One of Schoenberg’s earliest successful pieces, this work showcases late Romanticism transitioning into his more experimental styles.