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

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