Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 61

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Question #1
Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály are two major representatives of ______ nationalism.
A.   Hungarian
B.   German
C.   Finnish
D.   Czech
Question #2
Bartók and Kodály collected 2,000 songs and dances representing various _____ cultures.
A.   Eastern European
B.   Asian
C.   Middle Eastern
D.   Western European
Question #3
Bartók and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály are known for
A.   instituting a doctoral program in ethnomusicology.
B.   collecting the folk music of Hungary.
C.   collecting the folk music of Catalunya.
D.   establishing the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Question #4
Bartók was a virtuoso _____ and was a master of composition for that instrument.
A.   violinist
B.   percussionist
C.   pianist
D.   cellist
Question #5
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
A.   is an uncharacteristic, one-movement work.
B.   is a five-movement work.
C.   follows the traditional three-movement structure of a concerto.
Question #6
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a declaration of the composer’s love for his homeland.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Bartók’s goal was to collect and categorize the music of the Swedish people.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
Bartók wrote Concerto for Orchestra
A.   during his student years at the Royal Academy in Budapest.
B.   while doing field work with his fellow composer, Kodály.
C.   after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died.
D.   as the result of a commission from the Hungarian government.
Question #9
How is the "interruption" in Bartók’s Interrupted Intermezzo depicted musically?
A.   a plaintive tune in the oboe and flute
B.   a broad theme heard in the strings
C.   harsh clarinet melody
D.   All possible answers.
Question #10
In his music, Bartók
A.   All possible answers.
B.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
C.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
D.   created an entirely personal language.
Question #11
Which statement does NOT reflect early-twentieth century nationalism in music?
A.   The modern Russian school is represented by Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
B.   The modern English school is represented by Benjamin Britten.
C.   Early-twentieth century composers were not interested in nationalist expressions.
D.   Romantic national schools continued into the twentieth century.
Question #12
Neo-Classical composers
A.   focused equally on program and absolute music.
B.   preferred absolute to program music.
C.   preferred program to absolute music.
D.   wrote neither program nor absolute music.
Question #13
Neo-Classical composers did NOT
A.   revive early eighteenth-century forms.
B.   attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting.
C.   value form above expression.
D.   retain traditional genres.
Question #14
Neo-Classical composers emulated the music of
A.   Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
B.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
C.   Beethoven and Wagner.
D.   composers of the Second Viennese School.
Question #15
Neo-Classical composers:
A.   strove for purity of line and proportion.
B.   turned away from nineteenth-century models.
C.   All possible answers.
D.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
Question #16
The "interruption" in Bartók’s Interrupted Intermezzo is a musical portrayal of the 1942 Nazi invasion of Russia.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
The study of non-Western and traditional music within its unique cultural context is called
A.   ethnomusicology.
B.   anthropology.
C.   sociology.
D.   musicology.
Question #18
Twentieth-century nationalism
A.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
B.   was a direct continuation of nineteenth-century practices.
C.   strove to parallel nationalist movements of earlier generations.
D.   differed from nineteenth-century nationalism in that they were interested in notating folk music precisely.
Question #19
Which composer’s music does Bartók quote in the fourth movement of Concerto for Orchestra?
A.   George Frederic Handel
B.   Igor Stravinsky
C.   Sergei Prokofiev
D.   Dmitri Shostakovich
Question #20
Which does not describe early-twentieth century nationalist composers?
A.   Composers were interested in preserving folk songs exactly.
B.   They approached music with a scientific spirit.
C.   They were unable to preserve folk melodies without modern recording technologies.
D.   They took recording equipment into the field to preserve songs.

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