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MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 20th-century musical style created mood rather than a definite picture.

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Avant-Garde Music

d)

Primitivism

2.

The 20th-century musical style combines modern techniques with folk materials.

a)

Neo-Classicism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Modern Nationalism

d)

Primitivism

3.

The 20th-century musical style served as a medium for expressing strong emotions like anxiety, rage, and alienation.

a)

Neo-Classicism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Modern Nationalism

d)

Primitivism

4.

A 20th-century musical style was a partial return to a classical form of writing music with carefully modulated dissonances.

a)

Neo-Classicism

b)

Primitivism

c)

Modern Nationalism

d)

Impressionism

5.

He was the primary exponent and the most influential impressionist composer.

a)

Bela Bartok

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

Maurice Ravel

d)

Philip Glass

6.

A primitivist composer used Hungarian folk themes and rhythms.

a)

Bela Bartok

b)

Arnold Schoenberg

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Claude Debussy

7.

A 20th-century composer wrote "Peter and the Wolf."

a)

Philip Glass

b)

Leonard Bernstein

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Sergei Prokofieff

8.

He is considered the father of American jazz.

a)

Philip Glass

b)

Leonard Bernstein

c)

George Gershwin

d)

Sergei Prokofieff

9.

He is best known for his composition of the musical West Side Story in 1957.

a)

Maurice Ravel

b)

Leonard Bernstein

c)

George Gershwin

d)

Bela Bartok

10.

A prolific composer is known as a virtuoso in music.

a)

Maurice Ravel

b)

Leonard Bernstein

c)

George Gershwin

d)

Bela Bartok

11.

An Avant-Garde music composer inspired by the music of the renowned Indian Sitarist Ravi Shankar.

a)

Philip Glass

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Arnold Schoenberg

12.

Check the corresponding box that has the composition of the composer below.


Claude Debussy

a)

Fire Bird Suite

b)

Claire de Lune

c)

Verklarte Nacht

d)

Petrouchka

13.

Check the corresponding box that has the composition of the composer below.


Arnold Schoenberg

a)

Fire Bird Suite

b)

Claire de Lune

c)

Verklarte Nacht

d)

Petrouchka

14.

Check the corresponding box that has the composition of the composer below.


Igor Stravinsky

a)

Fire Bird Suite

b)

Claire de Lune

c)

Verklarte Nacht

d)

Petrouchka

15.

Check the corresponding box that has the composition of the composer below.


Bela Bartok

a)

Peter and the Wolf

b)

Mass

c)

Six String Quartet

d)

Romeo and Juliet the Musical