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Music: Expressionism

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This evokes moods and ideas for which the artist seeks to express meaning or emotional experience rather than the physical reality.

(a)  

2.

In what Century did expressionism begin?

(a)  

3.

(a)   conveys true emotions in exaggeration through the application of atonality and dissonance or the lack of agreement and consistency in music.

4.

His outstanding work include the ballet Petrouchka featuring shifting rhythms.

(a)  

5.

Igor Stravinsky music is influenced by the russian composer (a)  

6.

The best example of the atonal composition is the (a)  

7.

It is a german word which means half-sang, half spoken.

(a)  

8.

He introduced the use of 12-semitone scale

(a)  

9.

Scherzo is also known as Scherzo in G minor which later changed to (a)  

10.

He completely abandoned tonality in his musical pieces.

(a)  

11.

Expressionism is a modernist movement that started in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and was initially an expression in painting and poetry.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

One of the famous composer who applied exaggerated technique in composition was Igor Stravinsky.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Arnold Schoenberg was a great American composer born in Austria on Sept. 13, 1874 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on July 13, 1952.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Arnold Schoenberg was also known for his radical sound of music. He also completely abandoned polytonality.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Igor Stravinsky's music is well structured, precise, full of artifice, controlled and theatrical.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

The outstanding works of Stravinsky include the ballet Petrouchka featuring shifting rhythms and polytonality, a signature device of a music composer

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Vivo is scored for solo piano and has a duration of only two minutes.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

One of the most popular expressionist compositions is the Pierrot Lunaire, in which he applied the style that we call Sprechstimme – half-sang, half-spoken.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Pierrot Lunaire and Vivo are the two famous musical work of Shoenberg.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Pierrot Lunnaire is composed of 24 selected poems

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Explain Expressionism Music.

4 lines
22.

Give the 2 famous composers of Expressionism music.

4 lines
23.

Explain the elements of music that you have learned and listened in your past class discussion.

4 lines
24.

If you are given a chance to compose a music, what will it be, Expressionism or Impressionism music? Why?

4 lines
25.

What is the full name of your beautiful MAPEH teacher. CHAROOOZZZ!!! :)

4 lines