Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 52
Need help with your exam preparation?
Get Answers to this exam for $6 USD.
Get Answers to all exams in [ Music 120 - Music Appreciation ] course for $25 USD.
Existing Quiz Clients Login here
Question #1
From which phase of Schoenberg’s compositional output does Pierrot lunaire originate?
A.
his third period, twelve-tone technique
B.
his second period, atonal-Expressionism
C.
his last, American phase
D.
his early works, post-Wagnerian Romanticism
Question #2
In Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n)
A.
fortune-teller.
B.
medieval knight and hero.
C.
troubled clown
D.
opera singer.
Question #3
In which discipline of the arts did Expressionism originate?
A.
painting
B.
music
C.
literature
D.
dance
Question #4
Klangfarbenmelodie is a technique in which
A.
each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument.
B.
each note of a melodic line is played randomly by different instruments.
C.
successive notes of a melodic line are played simultaneously.
D.
each note of the melody clashes with another note.
Question #5
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
A.
polyphonic.
B.
polytonal.
C.
multiphonic.
D.
atonal.
Question #6
Schoenberg was born in
A.
Los Angeles.
B.
Berlin.
C.
Paris.
D.
Vienna.
Question #7
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #8
Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire is
A.
an opera.
B.
a symphonic poem.
C.
a song cycle.
D.
incidental music.
Question #9
Schoenberg’s most important students were
A.
Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók.
B.
Nadia and Lili Boulanger.
C.
Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
D.
All possible answers.
Question #10
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #11
The German word Sprechstimme means
A.
high-pitched melody.
B.
speechlike melody.
C.
opera melody.
D.
broken melody.
Question #12
The art of _____, who is famous for his painting The Scream, influenced Arnold Schoenberg and his disciples.
A.
Franz Kafka
B.
Edvard Munch
C.
Oskar Kokoschka
D.
Pablo Picasso
Question #13
What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?
A.
Both explored radiant impressions of the outer world.
B.
All statements are true.
C.
They were influenced by movements in painting.
D.
Composers of both movements were centered in France.
Question #14
Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?
A.
Leipzig Conservatory
B.
University of California, Los Angeles
C.
New York University
D.
New York University
Question #15
Which Baroque-era compositional technique is NOT used in The Moonfleck?
A.
strict canon in diminution
B.
strict canon in retrograde
C.
ritornello form
D.
three-voice fugue
Question #16
Which composer is associated with the Expressionist movement?
A.
All possible answers.
B.
Arnold Schoenberg
C.
Anton Webern
D.
Alban Berg
Question #17
Which describes Pierrot’s actions in The Moonfleck?
A.
The moon illuminates a crystal flask as Pierrot paints his face.
B.
Pierrot revels in memories of old times as he gazes at the moon.
C.
Pierrot is disturbed by a white spot on the collar of his jet-black jacket.
D.
With a grotesquely large bow, Pierrot serenades on a viola in the moonlight.
Question #18
Which describes the instrumentation of Pierrot lunaire?
A.
solo voice and piano
B.
solo voice, string quartet, and piano
C.
female vocalist and string quartet
D.
female vocalist and chamber ensemble of five players on eight instruments
Question #19
Which is NOT true of the text of Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire?
A.
Schoenberg used three poems from a collection of French Symbolist poetry.
B.
Each poem is a rondeau (a fifteenth century verse form).
C.
The poetry is in German translation.
D.
The text is drawn from a collection of poems by the Belgian poet Albert Giraud
Need help with your exam preparation?
Get Answers to this exam for $6 USD.
Get Answers to all exams in [ Music 120 - Music Appreciation ] course for $25 USD.
Existing Quiz Clients Login here