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Unit 6. A new musical language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did musicians look for in the 20th century?

a)

Innovation

b)

Tradition

c)

Classical rules

d)

Musicians stopped creating music

2.

In the 20th century, composers...

a)

Looked for a new musical language

b)

Explored different ways of representing music

c)

Used new computer and instrumental resources

d)

All answers are correct

3.

What painting is responsible for the name of the Impressionist movement name?

a)

Impression, Sunrise, by Claude Monet

b)

Impression, Twilight, by Claude Debussy

c)

Poppy Field, by Claude Monet

d)

Poppy Field, by Claude Debussy

4.

What is the important element for the Impressionist music?

a)

Sensations

b)

Feelings

c)

Emotions

d)

Realism

5.

What are the two characteristics of Impressionist music?

a)

Musical atmospheres inspired by nature

b)

Scales that evoke oriental music

c)

Strong dissonances

d)

Chance and improvisation

6.

Why did the Neoclassicism appear?

a)

Because people rejected the new compositions

b)

Because composers had not ideas to compose new music

c)

Because L. van Beethoven came back from the past

d)

Neoclassicism did not exist as a musical movement

7.

In 20th century music, what is the Neoclassicism?

a)

A musical style based on Classical music rules

b)

A musical style based on Baroque dances

c)

A musical style created to avoid rigid rules

d)

A musical style created by A. Schoenberg

8.

Who is a famous Impressionist composer?

a)

C. Debussy

b)

C. Manet

c)

C. Monet

d)

I. Stravinsky

9.

When did the Expressionism start?

a)

During the First World War

b)

During the Second World War

c)

During the Spanish Civil War

d)

When America was discovered

10.

What are the two characteristics of Expressionism?

a)

It reflected inner conflicts with a pessimistic point of view

b)

It used strong dissonances to create tension

c)

It is based on Romantic rules

d)

Ir used exotic scales and strong consonances

11.

What composers are considered the Second Viennese School?

a)

Schoenberg, Webern y Berg

b)

Schoenberg, Cage y Berg

c)

Schoenberg, Stockhausen y Cage

d)

Schoenberg, Webern y Schaeffer

12.

What is aleatoric music?

a)

It is a music style based on chance and improvisation

b)

It is a music style based on dissonances and tecnhology

c)

It is a music style that used electronic devices

13.

What is an important composition by J. Cage?

a)

4' 33''

b)

0' 00''

c)

Music for prepared piano

d)

All answers are correct

14.

What is musique concrète?

a)

It is a music style in which composer used sounds from their surroundings

b)

It is a musical style in which sounds are modified with technology

c)

It is a musical style that appeared in the second half of the 20th century

d)

All answers are correct

15.

What is electronic music?

a)

It is a musical style based on chance and improvisation

b)

A type of Impressionist music

c)

It is a musical style that uses very simple elements

d)

All answers are wrong

16.

Who is an electronic music composer?

a)

K. Stockhausen

b)

J. Cage

c)

P. Glass

d)

K. Rivera

17.

What is minimal music?

a)

Simple music with minimal resources

b)

Music based on Classical rules

c)

Music that uses strong dissonances

d)

Music created with electricity

18.

Who is an important composer of minimal music?

a)

P. Glass

b)

A. Webern

c)

C. Debussy

d)

F. Chopin

19.

What event took place in the 20th century?

a)

The Third World War

b)

The Second World War

c)

The discovery of America

d)

The Fall of the Roman Empire

20.

Why is the context important to understand music?

a)

Context is not important at all

b)

Because it is necessary to know what people lived to understand the reason why they created art and how they did it

c)

Because it is important to know a lot of dates by heart

d)

Because the teacher said we must know it