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Which of the following American composers was NOT greatly influenced by the philosophy of the Far East? |
Aaron Copland |
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Which innovative composer first explored tone clusters at the piano? |
Henry Cowell |
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Which innovative composer constructed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave and built instruments with this tuning? |
Harry Partch |
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Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano? |
John Cage |
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John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes is a work for |
prepared piano |
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Sonata V, from John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes,is in ________ form |
binary |
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Crumb’s Caballito negrois included in a book of |
madrigals |
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Composers influenced by gamelan music include |
all of the above |
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Which of the following composers did NOT write operettas? |
Richard Wagner |
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Which of the following American composers did NOT write musicals? |
Aaron Copland |
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Which of the following is a musical by the British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber? |
The Phantom of the Opera |
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Which of the following is an example of a rock musical? |
Rent |
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Bernstein’s West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between |
the Jets and the Sharks |
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Which of the following is NOT true of Bernstein’s West Side Story? |
it has a happy ending |
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Steve Reich was influenced by polyrhythms of |
West Africa |
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Electric Counterpoint features the |
electric guitar |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Electric Counterpoint? |
goal-oriented harmony |
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Which of the following composers is considered one of America’s greatest poets as well? |
Bob Dylan |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize neo-Romanticism? |
it maintains Schoenberg’s concept of atonality |
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Higdon chose the title blue cathedralas a tribute to |
her brother |
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Music that is performed on screen and is part of the drama itself is called |
source music |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the Imperial March? |
it uses simple march harmonies |
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Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonfeatures which Western solo instrument? |
cello |
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Video games have |
long used source music |
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Which of the following composers is NOT associated with spiritual minimalism? |
Paul Lansky |
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Which of the following was NOT composed by John Tavener? |
Berlin Mass |
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Tavener’s Hymn to the Mother of Godis sung several times a year, most notably |
during Lent |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Tavener’s Hymn to the Mother of God? |
major and minor harmonic progressions |
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Which of the following describes the accompaniment for Tavener’s Hymn to the Mother of God? |
there is no instrumental accompaniment |
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What is the form of Tavener’s Hymn to the Mother of God? |
a-b-a |
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In his post-minimalist style, John Adams combines minimalism with |
neo-romanticism |
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John Adams’s opera Doctor Atomicis based on the life of |
J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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Which of the following does NOT describe "At the sight of this" from Adams’s Doctor Atomic? |
it avoids dissonance |
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Which mass-media forum was launched in 1981? |
MTV |
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Electronic music that relies on natural sounds is called |
musique concrete |
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