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