WorksheetsMusic 36- 50
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first woman to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in music?
a)
Nadia Boulanger
b)
Clara Rockmore
c)
Ruth Crawford Seeger
d)
Marion Bauer
2.
Which of the following composers is BEST known for his work in the field of experimental music?
a)
Aaron Copland
b)
Edgard Varese
c)
George Gershwin
d)
Morton Gould
3.
The Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians resisted musical internationalism and engagement with modern Classical musical practices because they
a)
hated the music
b)
thought it was too commercial
c)
hated film music
d)
were tasked with making sure that there was music that was equally participatory and relevant to "every man"
4.
Which of the following is NOT a category of instruments in the Sachs- Hornbostel system of instrument classification?
a)
vocaphone
b)
idiophone
c)
membranophone
d)
chordophone
5.
What is the interval between the sixth and the seventh pitches of a natural minor scale?
a)
a semitone
b)
a whole step
c)
a minor third
d)
a major third
6.
Major and minor scales that begin and end on the same tonic pitch are known as
a)
parallel
b)
diatonic
c)
chromatic
d)
altered
7.
You are listening to a piece of vocal music and note that all of the singers are singing the same pitch at the same time. What term BEST describes this texture?
a)
unison
b)
biphonic
c)
heterophonic
d)
homophonic
8.
What is the quality of a triad in which the bottom interval is a minor third and the top interval is a major third?
a)
Major
b)
Minor
c)
Diminished
d)
Augmented
9.
The dominant triad is built on which scale degree in a diatonic scale?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
10.
What term BEST describes the phenomenon that results when two different rhythmic patterns are presented simultaneously?
a)
mixed meter
b)
syncopation
c)
polyrhythm
d)
polymeter
11.
What term BEST describes a meter in which each beat is divided into two equal parts?
a)
simple
b)
duple
c)
triple
d)
irregular
12.
In cut- time, what duration provides the primary pulse?
a)
whole note
b)
half note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
13.
The acronym USO stands for
a)
United States Orhestra
b)
United Society Opportunity
c)
United Singing Organization
d)
United Service Organization
14.
In what year did "The Army Song Book" begin publication?
a)
1940
b)
1941
c)
1942
d)
1943
15.
Which of the following U.S. composers did NOT write pro- American works during World War II?
a)
George Gershwin
b)
Aaron Copland
c)
Samuel Barber
d)
Irving Berlin
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