This Disney film featured scenes set to music by classical composers such as J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven. |
B. Fantasia |
Howard Shore, like Richard Wagner, uses _______ to represent characters, ideas, and objects in order to connect his films' action. |
D. Leitmotifs |
The music in E.T.'s flying scene is not part of the characters' world; therefore, it is |
A. non-diegetic |
The soundtrack for The Day the Earth Stood Still uses the ________, an instrument that works by sensing electromagnetic waves in the body. |
D. Theremin |
The world's most prolific producer of films is |
C.India |
Which of the following statements does not apply to Cabin in the Sky? |
B. It avoided racial stereotypes |
This film was the first feature-length "talkie" (film with recorded dialogue). |
B. The Jazz Singer |
The berimbau is associated with which of the following types of dance? |
D. Capoeira |
________ choreographed the premiere of Le sacre du printemps. |
B. Vaslav Nijinsky |
Which of the following figures is not associated with modern dance? |
C. Marius Petipa |
Which of the following is NOT true about the tango? |
D. tango took root in Berlin around 1912 |
A traditional dance style among the Dagbamba ethnic group of Northern Ghana is |
C. baamaya |
Which of the following statements is true about Le sacre du printemps? |
D. Its music and choreography departed significantly from what audiences were used to. |
The performance/competition of capoeira is known as |
B. jogo |
This dance may have been used to catch a suitable mate. |
D. Washerwoman's Branle |
_________ is known for his traditional story ballets. |
B. Tchaikovsky |
Sonata form consists of |
D. exposition, development, and recapitulation |
Karnatic music can be found in the southern region of |
D. India |
A typical symphony in the late 18th century has ____ movements. |
A. four |
___________ was a composer and a violin virtuoso. |
C. Niccolò Paganini |
The orchestral refrain in a concerto is called a |
A. ritornello |
Which composers in this chapter wrote in the Classical period of music? |
B. Haydn and Mozart |
A ______ is a composition that features a solo instrumentalist with an orchestra. |
B. Concerto |
Miles Davis played the |
A. Trumpet |
A sacred Hindu song is called a |
D. kriti |
This film composer wrote the soundtrack for major motion pictures such as Jaws, Jurassic Park, and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. |
A. John Williams |
Which of the following is NOT one of Hollywood's Golden Age film composers? |
A. Fritz Lang |
The dramatic set piece in Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress features a(n) |
A. Traditional dance |
Capoeira is |
A. a martial art as much as a dance |
Artists during the ___________ period of European history looked to ancient Greece for artistic inspiration. |
A. Renaissance |
______ is the composer known as the father of the symphony and string quartet. |
D. Haydn |
What are the standard movements/steps associated with the tango? |
A. Caminata, retroceso, and giros |
A typical string quartet consists of |
A. Two violins, viola, and cello |