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WorksheetsLONG TEST IN MUSIC
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which is not a characteristic of the Music of the 20th and 21st century?
There are various music style that makes no one stand out among the rest.
Music became available and popular among middle class.
The use of technology played an important role in the composition and production of music.
Percussion instruments were greatly used.
Which is the quality of impressionism music?
atonal
dissonant
unpredictable rhythm
vague melodies
In expressionism music, each note has been given an equal importance.
True
False
It is the lack of harmony in music which is unpleasant to hear.
Atonality
Consonance
Dissonance
Sprechstimme
Invented in 1919 and is played by moving one hand through the electronic magnetic field.
Theremin
Cassette Tape
Ondes Martenot
Hammond Organ
An object is attached to a piano’s strings to see what sounds it will produce.
Water Walk
Chance Music
Indeterminancy
Prepared Piano
Which is an example of concrete music?
Bolero
Peter and the Wolf
Poeme Electronique
Helicopter String Quartet
Which is not a composition of Claude Debussy?
Three Nocturnes
The Rite of Spring
Pelleas et Melisande
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
This composition was based on the poem of Stephane Mallarme where the two nymphs appeared in the dream of the main character.
La Mer
Claire de Lune
Three Nocturnes
Prelude to the Afternoon of a faun
Which is the unfinished opera of Arnold Schoenberg that reflects his fear of the number thirteen?
Pierrot Lunaire
Moses Und Aron
Transfigured Night
A Survivor from Warsaw
Which is not an opera composition among the group?
Candide
War and Peace
Porgy and Bess
Pelleas et Melisande
What is the title of this composition which combines the varied national anthems around the world?
Licht
Klang
Gruppen
Hymnen
Inspired by a poem of Richard Dehmel describing the agony of a woman who is about to tell her lover that she is pregnant by another man.
Claire deLune
Moses und Aron
Tansfigured Night
Pelleas et Melisande
It is from the Suite Bergamasque and is based on the poem of Paul Verlaine that suggests serenity atmosphere.
La Mer
Sirens
Nuages
Claire de Lune
Which word completes the concept of the group of words? Music for Film (Fantasia, West Side Story, On the Waterfront, _____ )
Candide
Chappaqua
Porgy and Bess
Transfigured Night
Which word completes the concept of the group of words?
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Composition
(Gruppen, Kontakte, Hymnen, _____)
4'33"
Hyperprism
Einstein on the Beach
Helicopter String Quartet
Improvisation was a necessity in this style, for the musical scores were not necessarily followed as written.
Impressionism Music
Expressionism Music
Electronic Music
Avant Garde Music
It refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance because of the random techniques of production.
Minimalism
Chance music
Electronic music
Avant Garde music
It is a partial return to an earlier style of writing of the Classical period, while combining tonal harmonies with slight dissonances.
Expressionism
Neoclassicism
Chance Music
Musique Concrete
It uses the tape recorder to record different sounds that are heard in the environment by playing in the fast mode or in reverse.
Jazz Music
Minimalism
Impressionism
Musique Concrete
Which style of music, "Petroushka" belongs?
Expressionism
Neo-Classicism
Electronic Music
Avant Garde Music
His music was initially met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content with practically no clear melodic or rhythmic sense.
John Cage
Sergei Prokofieff
Arnold Schoenberg
Karlheinz Stockhausen
He is best known for his compositions for the stage.
Leonard Bernstein
George Gershwin
Sergei Prokofieff
Igor Stravinsky
Electronic music : Edgard Varese :: Chance Music : (a)
hazy/dreamlike : impressionism :: repetition/hypnotic : (a)
Gershwin : La LaLucille:: Bernstein : (a)
Einstein on the Beach: Science :: Akhanaten : (a)
Claude Debussy : Antonio Molina :: Arnold Schoenberg : (a)
Bea, Julia, and Gretchen are singing in the videoke bar. The two girls have nice voices that are pleasant to hear while the other one cannot hit the note properly which is not pleasing to hear. Which characteristic of music can we relate to the manner of singing of the last girl?
Atonal
Dissonance
Consonance
Contrapuntal
Each group was given a task by their teacher to create music assigned to them. Nelson started to tap his pen on the arm chair in slow beat. Ralph imitating the sound of a quack softly. Andrew gets his guitar and plays three notes all throughout the composition. Joseph hums in low register while Aaron plays the drumpads in his celphone alternately with Ralph. They repeated from the top until two or three sounds can be heard simultaneously following a pattern then slowly fading in the end.
Musique concrete
Expressionism
Chance music
Minimalism
Which is not the reason why the audience disliked the performance of The Rite of Spring on its premiere?
Unconventional music
Russian pagan setting
Unnatural choreography
The theme is political in nature
The Rite of Spring introduced new concepts in music, dance, and story, and became a milestone in the history of ballet. Which statement below is not true as regards its contribution to the music history?
It inspired composers like John Williams (Star Wars) and Jerry Goldsmith (Outland) to do music score for films.
It used extensively in film, television, and radio.
It became a regular work in many ballet companies' repertoires.
It resulted in a style that was random in performance.
Sophia has a skill in composing music. Romantic style is not her forte. As a millennial she uses the modern technique in writing music which she combines with the traditional forms of music. Which style of music refers to Sophia's composition?
Avante Garde
Impressionism
Expressionism
Neo-Classicism
Elena turns on the radio and is in a joyful mood while listening to the music which is pleasing to hear. She is relaxed as if she is about to sleep. Which style of music best described this situation?
Avante Garde
Impressionism
Expressionism
Neo-Classicism
We have new neighbors in the first door apartment. It seems that they are on the verge of fighting again. We heard the crashing of plates and glasses, thumping sound as if somebody was struck by a heavy object, shouting, heavy footsteps, crashing of glasses again, shouting again, crying, the door slamming shut, and then, silence. It reminds me of how random these sounds are just like the style of music with these procedures.
Musique concrete
Expressionism
Chance music
Minimalism
