Wednesday, January 11, 2012

the unanswered question composerI need help with Music Appreciation?

I have to finish these tests before midnight tonight, so any help will be appreciated.


Exam 6: The Twentieth Century, Part 1



1. The Rite of Spring was composed by

A. Arnold Schoenberg.
B. Igor Stravinsky.
C. Heitor Villa-Lobos.
D. Alban Berg.


2. Jody says that atonal harmony establishes a harmonic center
of gravity. Sean says that atonal harmony doesn’t have a
harmonic center of gravity. Who is correct?

A. Only Jody is correct.
B. Only Sean is correct.
C. Both Jody and Sean are correct.
D. Neither Jody nor Sean is correct.


3. _______ music is written in two or more chords played
simultaneously.

A. Polytonal
B. Polyrhythmic
C. Polyphonic
D. Polychoral


4. The _______ style is an attempt to revive the approach used by composers in the latter
half of the eighteenth century.

A. Pre-romantic
B. New Baroque
C. Neo-classical
D. Post-modern


5. _______ is a singing technique that’s part speech and part song.

A. Sprechstimme
B. Walkurie
C. Klangfarben
D. Erlk?nig


6. Music that doesn’t center on a particular key is referred to as

A. intoned.
B. untoned.
C. nontonal.
D. atonal.


7. 摩登ism, a movement that represented an abolishment of tradition and a quest for
novelty, took place when?

A. Middle nineteenth century
B. Early twentieth centurythe unanswered question composer
C. Classical period
D. Early twenty-first century


8. Bebop is a style of

A. jazz.
B. pop.
C. fusion.
D. ragtime.


9. Ragtime composers often made use of

A. counterpoint.
B. inversion.
C. syncopation.
D. serialism.


10. _______ notes are produced by lowering the third, fifth, or seventh steps of
major scales.

A. Low
B. Falsetto
C. Minor
D. Blue


11. Roland says that Ruth Crawford Seeger was a modernist composer. Clive says that she
was a collector and arranger of American folksongs. Who is correct?

A. Only Roland is correct.
B. Only Clive is correct.
C. Both Roland and Clive are correct.
D. Neither Roland nor Clive is correct.


12. _______ used themes from popular songs and hymns in his orchestral works.

A. Scott Joplin
B. Charles Ives
C. Duke Ellington
D. Igor Stravinsky


13. Expressionist music is generally thought of as

A. happy.
B. extravagant.
C. probing.
D. bouncy.


14. Which of the following composers sought to obtain a nonpercussive sound from the
piano in his compositions?

A. Glass
B. Debussy
C. Ives
D. Ellington


15. Schoenberg’s 12-tone composition is based on a/an _______ scale.

A. minor
B. major
C. pentatonic
D. chromatic
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6. The _______ were interested in the hypnotic quality of the repeated melodic
fragments anthe unanswered question composerd interlocked patterns created by the gamelan.

A. expressionists
B. impressionists
C. minimalists
D. neo-classicists


17. The smallest distance between two adjacent notes on a piano is a

A. whole note.
B. half step.
C. quarter note.
D. whole step.


18. In The Unanswered Question, the strings are played

A. as if they’re playing a slow hymn.
B. in unresolved dissonance.
C. fast and loud for shock value.
D. in constant competition with the brass.


19. The most common pattern of verses in blues songs is the

A. 12-bar pattern.
B. 6-bar pattern
C. 8-note pattern.
D. 28-note pattern.


20. Standard Song Form for popular hits of the 1920s and 1930s was

A. ABA.
B. AABB.
C. ABBA.
D. AABA.



I really appreciate your help.

Have a great day and God bless you!
How come if I take the test, you get the grade?
1. B Correct
2. B Correct
3. A Correct
4. C Correct
5. A Correct
6. D Correct
7. B Correct
8. A Correct
9. C Correct
10. D Correct
11. C Correct
12. B Correct


1. Stavinsky for sure 2, Sean is correct 4. B 5 . B 7.D 8 . B 9 c, 11. C 14 b 13 c 15 D

thats the best I can do but I think these are right.

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