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Question #1
From which phase of Schoenberg’s compositional output does Pierrot lunaire originate?
A.
his second period, atonal-Expressionism
B.
his third period, twelve-tone technique
C.
his early works, post-Wagnerian Romanticism
D.
his last, American phase
Question #2
In Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n)
A.
medieval knight and hero.
B.
troubled clown
C.
opera singer.
D.
fortune-teller.
Question #3
In which discipline of the arts did Expressionism originate?
A.
literature
B.
music
C.
dance
D.
painting
Question #4
Klangfarbenmelodie is a technique in which
A.
each note of the melody clashes with another note.
B.
successive notes of a melodic line are played simultaneously.
C.
each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument.
D.
each note of a melodic line is played randomly by different instruments.
Question #5
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
A.
atonal.
B.
polyphonic.
C.
multiphonic.
D.
polytonal.
Question #6
Schoenberg was born in
A.
Vienna.
B.
Berlin.
C.
Los Angeles.
D.
Paris.
Question #7
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #8
Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire is
A.
incidental music.
B.
a song cycle.
C.
an opera.
D.
a symphonic poem.
Question #9
Schoenberg’s most important students were
A.
Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
B.
All possible answers.
C.
Nadia and Lili Boulanger.
D.
Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók.
Question #10
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #11
The German word Sprechstimme means
A.
opera melody.
B.
broken melody.
C.
speechlike melody.
D.
high-pitched 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.
They were influenced by movements in painting.
B.
All statements are true.
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.
University of California, Los Angeles
B.
New York University
C.
Leipzig Conservatory
D.
New York University
Question #15
Which Baroque-era compositional technique is NOT used in The Moonfleck?
A.
strict canon in diminution
B.
three-voice fugue
C.
ritornello form
D.
strict canon in retrograde
Question #16
Which composer is associated with the Expressionist movement?
A.
Alban Berg
B.
All possible answers.
C.
Anton Webern
D.
Arnold Schoenberg
Question #17
Which describes Pierrot’s actions in The Moonfleck?
A.
The moon illuminates a crystal flask as Pierrot paints his face.
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.
Pierrot revels in memories of old times as he gazes at the moon.
Question #18
Which describes the instrumentation of Pierrot lunaire?
A.
female vocalist and chamber ensemble of five players on eight instruments
B.
female vocalist and string quartet
C.
solo voice, string quartet, and piano
D.
solo voice and piano
Question #19
Which is NOT true of the text of Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire?
A.
Each poem is a rondeau (a fifteenth century verse form).
B.
Schoenberg used three poems from a collection of French Symbolist poetry.
C.
The poetry is in German translation.
D.
The text is drawn from a collection of poems by the Belgian poet Albert Giraud
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