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Mr. B's 20th Century Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the 20th Century?

a)
1801-1900
b)
2001-2100
c)
1701-1800
d)
1901-2000
2.

The use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country is called what?

a)
nationalistic music
b)
regional music
c)
folk music
d)
patriotic music
3.

American Composer who composed Porgy and Bess and Rhapsody in Blue?

a)
John Williams
b)
Leonard Bernstein
c)
Aaron Copland
d)
George Gershwin
4.

Russian composer who composed Firebird Suite?

a)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
b)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
c)
Dmitri Shostakovich
d)
Igor Stravinsky
5.

Norwegian born composer who wrote Sunrise Mass?

a)
Ola Gjeilo
b)

John Cage

c)
Edvard Grieg
d)

Carl Orff

6.

What composer is known as the March King?

a)

Carl Orff

b)

John Cage

c)

Richard Strauss

d)
John Philip Sousa
7.

Which composer is best known for arranging spirituals?

a)

Moses Hogan

b)

Igor Stravinsky

c)

Zoltan Kodaly

d)

Frank Ticheli

8.

Russian born American composer who composed God Bless America?

a)
George Gershwin
b)
Dmitri Shostakovich
c)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d)
Irving Berlin
9.

Composer of chance music who composed 4'33''?

a)
John Cage
b)

Arnold Schoenberg

c)

John Williams

d)

Zoltan Kodaly

10.

American composer who composed West Side Story?

a)
Aaron Copland
b)
George Gershwin
c)
John Williams
d)
Leonard Bernstein
11.

Who composed Ballets and Fanfare for the Common Man?

a)

Carl Orff

b)
John Williams
c)

Richard Strauss

d)
Aaron Copland
12.

British Composer who composed Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra?

a)

Zoltan Kodaly

b)

Thomas Morley

c)
John Williams
d)
Benjamin Britten
13.

German composer who wrote tone poem's including Also Sprach Zarathustra?

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

John Cage

c)

Carl Orff

d)
Richard Strauss
14.

Hungarian Composer and Ethnomusicologist who was a friend of Zoltan Kodaly?

a)
Franz Liszt
b)
Béla Bartók
c)

Carl Orff

d)

Robert Byler

15.

Comparative Musicology is another name for what?

a)

Music Theory

b)

Music History

c)

Ethnomusicology

d)

Music Therapy

16.

Who is the Composer of Camina Burana?

a)

George Gershwin

b)

Igor Stravinsky

c)
Carl Orff
d)

John Cage

17.

Music educator and researcher who studied folk music and focussed on singing?

a)

George Gershin

b)

Miles Davis

c)

Carl Orff

d)

Zoltan Kodaly

18.

Who was one of John Cage's teachers? He developed the 12 tone technique?

a)
Arnold Schoenberg
b)
Béla Bartók
c)
Claude Debussy
d)
Igor Stravinsky
19.

English born composer of mostly choral music including Gloria and For the Beauty of the Earth?

a)
John Rutter
b)
Benjamin Britten
c)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
d)
Edward Elgar
20.

What is the source for the text for Carmina Burana?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Koran

c)

Secular Poetry by Monks

d)

Poetry by Mr. B.