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20th and 21st Century Music History

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is atonality?

a)

The use of two or more keys at the same time.

b)

The absence of any tonality or key.

c)

When two different keys are used at once.

d)

Music with a specified tonal center.

2.

This Hungarian composer was heavily influenced by Eastern Europe folk songs.

a)

Dmitri Shostakovich

b)

Bela Bartok

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Charles Ives

3.

Riots broke out at the premiere of this Stravinsky ballet.

a)

Petrushka

b)

The Nutcracker

c)

The Firebird

d)

The Rite of Spring

4.

This American composer combined jazz and classical idioms with his composition, Rhapsody in Blue.

a)

Charles Ives

b)

William Grant Still

c)

George Gerswhin

d)

Aaron Copland

5.

The process of creating music using computers in synthesizing or producing digital audio signals.

a)

Electronic Music

b)

Modern Music

c)

Computer Music

d)

Digital Music

6.

It is also called aleatoric music, which is derived from the Latin word ale, meaning “dice”.

a)

Electronic Music

b)

Digital Music

c)

Chance Music

d)

Classical Music

7.

It is a style of music where different sounds, musical or non-musical, are assembled and combined together to create any kind of musical composition

a)

Electronic Music

b)

Digital Music

c)

Chance Music

d)

Classical Music

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

20th Century Music ran from the years...

a)

1800-2000

b)

1700-1900

c)

1600-1800

d)

1900- Present

13.

Which of the following is 20th century composer

a)

Haydn

b)

Beethoven

c)

Rachmaninoff

d)

Cage

14.

What did composers become increasingly during this time

a)

Composers became experimental

b)

Composers became more restricted

c)

Composers became more focused on composing for orchestra

d)

Composers became stricter in compositions

15.

The idea that a composition's meaning comes directly from its form rather than the feelings it evokes.

a)

Atonality

b)

Dissonance

c)

Minimalist

d)

Formalist

16.

Music that lacks a specific key or tonal center.

a)

Atonality

b)

Aleatoric Music

c)

Impressionism

d)

Minimalism

17.

Tension created by two or more musical notes, creating an inharmonious sound

a)

Serial Music

b)

Minimalism

c)

Dissonance

d)

Neoclassicism

18.

Compositions in which one or more elements are left to chance.

a)

Atonality

b)

Aleatoric Music

c)

Minimalism

d)

Impressionism

19.

Compositions which employ simple rhythm and tonal patterns, often featuring repetition.

a)

Aleatoric Music

b)

Impressionism

c)

Dissonance

d)

Minimalism

20.

There are no rules for music in the 20th and 21st century like there were during the Baroque and Classical Period.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Composers often experiment with music, such as composing music without a recognizable melody or using non-traditional instruments like a typewriter, vacuum cleaner, or music stand.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Some composers thought music had become too complicated. In response, they developed a new style called Impressionism, in which a simple theme continually repeats with only gradual changes throughout.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which composer wrote the ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and the Rite of Spring?

a)

Igor Stranvinsky

b)

John Cage

c)

Tania Leon

d)

Phillip Glass

24.

Which composer was a pianist, bandleader, and composer? He earned the nickname of “Duke” from his childhood friends because of his superb manners and politeness.

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

George Gershwin

c)

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

d)

Bela Bartok

25.

Born in 1932 Which composer is best known for his film music, such as his theme for Star Wars, Jaws, and the first three Harry Potter films?

a)

Joan Tower

b)

Philip Glass

c)

John Williams

d)

Tania Leon

26.

Improvised singing using nonsence syllables is called ____.

a)

Atonal Singing

b)

Improvisation Singing

c)

Scat Singing

d)

Minimalism