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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 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.
medieval knight and hero.
B.
troubled clown
C.
fortune-teller.
D.
opera singer.
Question #3
In which discipline of the arts did Expressionism originate?
A.
dance
B.
literature
C.
music
D.
painting
Question #4
Klangfarbenmelodie is a technique in which
A.
successive notes of a melodic line are played simultaneously.
B.
each note of a melodic line is played randomly by different instruments.
C.
each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument.
D.
each note of the melody clashes with another note.
Question #5
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
A.
polytonal.
B.
atonal.
C.
polyphonic.
D.
multiphonic.
Question #6
Schoenberg was born in
A.
Berlin.
B.
Paris.
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.
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.
Nadia and Lili Boulanger.
C.
Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók.
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.
opera melody.
B.
broken melody.
C.
high-pitched melody.
D.
speechlike melody.
Question #12
The art of _____, who is famous for his painting The Scream, influenced Arnold Schoenberg and his disciples.
A.
Franz Kafka
B.
Pablo Picasso
C.
Edvard Munch
D.
Oskar Kokoschka
Question #13
What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?
A.
All statements are true.
B.
Composers of both movements were centered in France.
C.
They were influenced by movements in painting.
D.
Both explored radiant impressions of the outer world.
Question #14
Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?
A.
New York University
B.
Leipzig Conservatory
C.
University of California, Los Angeles
D.
New York University
Question #15
Which Baroque-era compositional technique is NOT used in The Moonfleck?
A.
ritornello form
B.
strict canon in retrograde
C.
three-voice fugue
D.
strict canon in diminution
Question #16
Which composer is associated with the Expressionist movement?
A.
Alban Berg
B.
Anton Webern
C.
All possible answers.
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.
Pierrot is disturbed by a white spot on the collar of his jet-black jacket.
C.
Pierrot revels in memories of old times as he gazes at the moon.
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, string quartet, and piano
B.
female vocalist and string quartet
C.
solo voice and piano
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.
The poetry is in German translation.
C.
The text is drawn from a collection of poems by the Belgian poet Albert Giraud
D.
Each poem is a rondeau (a fifteenth century verse form).
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