Ch. 21-22 Modernism Study Guide

The composer who originated serialism is

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

• Claude Debussy

• Johann Sebastian Bach

The "Rite of Spring" is a(n)

• ballet

• opera

• symphony

• musical

The scale in which eight (8) pitches are made to fit into the octave by alternating whole steps and half steps is the ______ scale

• octatonic

• pentatonic

• diatonic

• chromatic

Modernist composers after World War II were preoccupied with changing their approach to

• melody and harmony

• tone color and rhythm

• form and structure

• tempo and dynamics

The composers Stravinsky and Bartok were associated with ____ and sometimes suggested ____ in their works.

• romanticism; love

• expressionism; violence

• classical; peace

• impressionism; nature

Around 1900, some conservative composers referred to melody, harmony, and tonality as

• the 'Holy Trinity' of music

• the 'Fundamental Elements' of music

• the 'Core Principles' of music

• the 'Essential Components' of music

A repeating figure in music that unifies works by composers such as Stravinsky and Debussy is called a(n)

• ostinato

• allegro

• crescendo

• fortissimo

All of the following are characteristics of a modernist approach to melody EXCEPT: brief, emotionless fragments of folk music, exaggerated intervals and intense rhythms, the suggestion of melody, but no clear tunes.

• the use of long, sweeping, inspired melodies

• the incorporation of traditional harmonic structures

• the use of dissonance and atonality

• the emphasis on rhythm over melody

Who composed "Clouds"?

• Debussy

• Bach

• Mozart

• Beethoven

Who composed the "Rite of Spring?"

• Stravinsky

• Debussy

• Brahms

• Tchaikovsky