music appreciation final

Who is considered the most important impressionist composer?

Claude Debussy

Leonard Bernstein was a well-known __.

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Edgard Varèse's Poème électronique __.

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Who composed the score for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

John Williams

Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of __.

Incidental music

City Scape is a work for orchestra composed by __.

Jennifer Higdon

What did expressionist composers avoid?

Tonality and traditional chord progressions

What is the German word for a romantic art song?

Lied

Which two operas by Puccini feature exoticism?

Madame Butterfly and Turandot

What is the typical instrumentation of a rock group?

Two electric guitars, electric bass, percussion, and keyboard instruments

In Schubert's song The Erlking, who is the Erlking a personification of?

Death

What is the term for instrumental music popular during the romantic period associated with a story?

Program music

How did Chopin express his love for Poland in his compositions?

By composing polonaises and mazurkas

Who was Clara Wieck?

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What is an art song?

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What does the acronym EDM stand for?

Electronic Dance Music

What elements does Charles Ives's music contain?

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Who won the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2018?

Kendrick Lamar

Which musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

West Side Story

What was neoclassicism a reaction against?

Romanticism and impressionism

What did Appalachian Spring originally originate as?

Ballet score

What does composer John Adams believe about today's composers?

That they can draw from a wide variety of styles and periods

What is Alan Freed best remembered for?

Popularizing the term rock and roll

What city was the epicenter of jazz from about 1900 to 1917?

New Orleans

In chance music, what does the composer do?

Chooses pitches, tone colors, and rhythms by random methods

What is a program symphony?

An instrumental composition in several movements based on a literary or pictorial idea

What does the fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depict?

March to the scaffold

What characterizes minimalist music?

A steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns

What is a leitmotif?

A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas

What did Liszt create that is based on a literary or pictorial idea?

Symphonic poem

How has rock music been defined?

As vocal music with a hard, driving beat, often featuring electric guitar accompaniment and heavily amplified sound

What effect does Debussy's music tend to evoke?

It tends to sound free and almost improvisational

From which opera are the Habañera and the Toreador Song?

Carmen

What does ostinato refer to in music?

A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section

What was the early twentieth century's musical landscape characterized by?

Revolt and change

What is a study piece designed to help a performer master technical difficulties called?

An étude

What does the Fantastic Symphony reflect in Berlioz's life?

His love for the actress Harriet Smithson

What had Mendelssohn written by the age of thirteen?

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Who had an overwhelming influence on the young Wagner?

Ludwig van Beethoven

Who was known as the 'empress of the blues' in the 1920s?

Bessie Smith

Who was a model for many romantic composers?

Ludwig van Beethoven

What is a nocturne in music?

A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime

What began as a rhythmically accented poetic recitation?

Rap

What does the piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig suggest?

Galloping horse

Which opera did Georges Bizet compose that remains popular?

Carmen

What intensified citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings?

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What is a symphonic poem?

A one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea

In electronic music, what is not needed?

Performers

What is program music?

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

What was the first big rock and roll hit song?

Rock Around the Clock