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Bellringer 18

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Name one of the twelve (12) twentieth - century composers.

4 lines
2.

Identify the composer of The Piano Concert (1926).

a)

Charles Ives

b)

Aaron Copland

c)

Claude Debussy

d)

Alberto Ginastera

3.

Which of these compositions features a clarinet as a solo instrument? It also features jazz elements in a "classical" piece.

a)

Classical Symphony

b)

Pagodes

c)

Ragtime

d)

Rhapsody in Blue

4.

Which of these compositions was premiered and met with violent hostility? It also had hecklers booing, laughing, and making animal noises at it.

a)

The Rite of Spring

b)

Golliwogg's Cake Walk

c)

Porgy and Bess

d)

Les Noces

5.

Which of these was an instrument that was standard during the 1900s?

a)

Celesta

b)

Typewriter

c)

Woodblocks

d)

All of the above

6.

Using this picture, which term would BEST DESCRIBE it? This is a chord made up of tones only a half - step or whole - step apart.

a)

Fourth Chord

b)

Polyrhythm

c)

Tone Cluster

d)

Polychord

7.

Identify the composition that was composed by Igor Stravinsky and composed for vocal soloists, chorus, four pianos, and percussion.

a)

Les Noces

b)

Ionisation

c)

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

d)

Orchestral Piece, Op. 10, No. 3

8.

Which of these composers was influenced by Asian culture?

a)

Anton Webern

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Olivier Messiaen

9.

Which of these was a way that musical styles reflected diversity of life?

a)

Where the people chose to live

b)

How people earned a living

c)

How people chose to spend their time

d)

All of these are correct

10.

The composer of The Afro - American Symphony is _______ _____ _____. Please include all three names of the composer.

(a)  

11.

Which of these composers was a music historian?

a)

Anton Webern

b)

Arnold Schoenberg

c)

Alban Berg

d)

Dmitri Shostakovich

12.

Which of these regions did many composers draw inspiration for folk and popular music in the twentieth century?

a)

The music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

b)

European art music from the Middle Ages through the ninteenth century

c)

Both A and B

d)

Neither A nor B

13.

______ _______ is the composer of Golliwogg's Cake Walk.

(a)  

14.

Which of these BEST DESCRIBES the term gamelan?

a)

Indian orchestra

b)

Indonesian orchestra

c)

Japanese orchestra

d)

Portugese orchestra

15.

Gavotte and gigue are types of (a)   dances.