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Modern Music

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He used Hungarian folk themes and rhythms of his music.

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

2.

Why did Bartok have to "collect" folk music?

a)

Folk music wasn't real, he just made it up

b)

Folk music was really hard to memorize

c)

Folk music wasn't well-known by everyday people

d)

Folk music had never been written down before

3.

Who were the first artists to create Impressionist art?

a)

Painters

b)

Musicians

c)

Dances

d)

Poets

4.

Who wrote/invented 12-tone music?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

5.

Who wrote atonal music?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

6.

Who wrote music inspired by nature?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

7.

Who was Jewish?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

8.

Who wrote using "Sprechstimme?"

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

9.

This composer was born in Hungary

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

10.

Who was from Russia?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

11.

This composer was born in America

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

12.

Who combined classical music, folk songs, and his own personal style?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

13.

Who was born into a wealthy family, "with a silver spoon in his mouth?"

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

14.

Who wrote "Rite of Spring" inspired by the Russian change of seasons?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

15.

Who wrote "Billy the Kid" based on the true American outlaw?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

16.

Who wrote "La Mer?"

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

17.

Who wrote music using American folk songs?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

18.

Who had Leukemia?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

19.

Who was from Austria?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

20.

Who studied to be a lawyer before his father died?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

21.

Who was an Impressionist?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

22.

Who was an Expressionist?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

23.

Who was an Nationalist? (check all that apply)

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

24.

Who made use of chromatic, whole tone, and pentatonic scales?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

25.

This composer was oppressed in his homeland when the Nazis came to power based on his religion/culture

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

26.

Who was from France?

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

27.

Whose audience rioted after a controversial performance? (Check all that apply)

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland

28.

Which composers wrote famous works for Ballet? (Check all that apply)

a)

Debussy

b)

Schoenberg

c)

Bartok

d)

Stravinsky

e)

Copland