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MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY 21-22

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following music characterize its works centered on nature and its beauty, likeness, and brilliance?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Neoclassicism

d)

Minimalism

2.

Which movement of music characterizes the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Neoclassicism

d)

Minimalism

3.

Which musical style deals with the parameters of sound in space with an absence of traditional rules on harmony, melody, and rhythm?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Modern nationalism

d)

Avant-garde

4.

Which type of musical style has a freer seven-note diatonic scale?

a)

Neoclassicism

b)

Primitivism

c)

Avant-garde

d)

Modern Natinalism

5.

Which music of the 20th century seeks to combine modern techniques focusing on nationalist composers and innovators?

a)

Neo-classicism

b)

Avant-Garde

c)

Primitivism

d)

Modern Nationalism

6.

Who was the proponent of Claire de Lune and the foremost impressionist composer?

a)

Joseph Maurice Ravel

b)

Clause Debussy

c)

Arnold Schoenberg

d)

Claude Monet

7.

Which of the following countries Claude Debussy was born in?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Sweden

8.

Which of the following composers created a system of pitch organization based on the chromatic pitches called the twelve-tone series?

a)

Arnold Schoenberg

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Joseph Maurice Ravel

9.

Who among the following composers was born to musical parents and died on September 26, 1945, in New York City?

a)

George Gershwin

b)

Igor Stravinsky

c)

Sergei Prokoffief

d)

Bela Bartok

10.

Which of the following is NOT the work of Bela Bartok?

a)

Six String Quartet

b)

Allegro Barbaro

c)

Concerto for Orchestra

d)

The Rite of Spring

11.

It is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

He is one of the Avant-Garde composers who also explored the areas of ballet, opera, theatre, film, and even television jingles.

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

He was considered a phenomenal composer, a cross-over artist, and a father of American Jazz.

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

This notable composer was born in Massachusetts, USA, he commended himself as a charismatic conductor, pianist, composer, and lecturer to his many followers.

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

He was a Hungarian composer and pianist, created a distinctive musical style using folk music

a)
b)
c)
d)