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20th and 21st Century Music

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which composer was interested in folk music and traveled throughout Hungary with Zoltan Kodaly to record folk songs.

a)

BÉLA BARTÓK

b)

IGOR STRAVINSKY

c)

FLORENCE PRICE

d)

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

2.

Which composer teamed up with his brother to compose and sell songs, many of which became Broadway hits?

a)

WILLIAM GRANT STILL

b)

GEORGE GERSHWIN

c)

EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON

d)

AARON COPLAND

3.

Which composer was the first African American to conduct a leading American orchestra and the first to have a major orchestra play one of his symphonies

a)

WILLIAM GRANT STILL

b)

GEORGE GERSHWIN

c)

EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON

d)

AARON COPLAND

4.

Which composer was an American folk music specialist who helped to preserve music for the Archive of American Folk Song.

a)

RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER

b)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

c)

JOHN CAGE

d)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

5.

Which composer's best known composition is 4’33”, which is a silent work in which audience members are meant to listen to the sounds around them

a)

RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER

b)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

c)

JOHN CAGE

d)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

6.

Which composer was a well known musical theater, such as West Side Story.

a)

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

b)

JOHN WILLIAMS

c)

PHILIP GLASS

d)

JOAN TOWER

7.

Which composer was considered one of the most prominent composers of the late 20th century, particularly in the area of minimal music

a)

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

b)

JOHN WILLIAMS

c)

PHILIP GLASS

d)

JOAN TOWER

8.

Which composer spent part of her childhood in Bolivia, which heavily influenced the rhythmic elements in her music

a)

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

b)

JOHN WILLIAMS

c)

PHILIP GLASS

d)

JOAN TOWER

9.

Which composer founded the concept of the “Virtual Choir”, which brings together individuals from around the world in an online choir.

a)

TANIA LEÓN

b)

LIBBY LARSEN

c)

JENNIFER HIGDON

d)

ERIC WHITACRE

10.

Which composer founded Composers Now, an arts organization that works to highlight and celebrate living composers

a)

TANIA LEÓN

b)

LIBBY LARSEN

c)

JENNIFER HIGDON

d)

ERIC WHITACRE