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.   Finnish
C.   Czech
D.   Hungarian
Question #2
Bartók and Kodály collected 2,000 songs and dances representing various _____ cultures.
A.   Asian
B.   Middle Eastern
C.   Western European
D.   Eastern European
Question #3
Bartók and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály are known for
A.   collecting the folk music of Hungary.
B.   instituting a doctoral program in ethnomusicology.
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.   pianist
C.   cellist
D.   percussionist
Question #5
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
A.   is a five-movement work.
B.   follows the traditional three-movement structure of a concerto.
C.   is an uncharacteristic, one-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.   after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died.
B.   while doing field work with his fellow composer, Kodály.
C.   as the result of a commission from the Hungarian government.
D.   during his student years at the Royal Academy in Budapest.
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.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
B.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
C.   created an entirely personal language.
D.   All possible answers.
Question #11
Which statement does NOT reflect early-twentieth century nationalism in music?
A.   Early-twentieth century composers were not interested in nationalist expressions.
B.   Romantic national schools continued into the twentieth century.
C.   The modern English school is represented by Benjamin Britten.
D.   The modern Russian school is represented by Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
Question #12
Neo-Classical composers
A.   wrote neither program nor absolute music.
B.   preferred program to absolute music.
C.   focused equally on program and absolute music.
D.   preferred absolute to program music.
Question #13
Neo-Classical composers did NOT
A.   revive early eighteenth-century forms.
B.   value form above expression.
C.   attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting.
D.   retain traditional genres.
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.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
B.   strove for purity of line and proportion.
C.   All possible answers.
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.   musicology.
B.   sociology.
C.   ethnomusicology.
D.   anthropology.
Question #18
Twentieth-century nationalism
A.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
B.   differed from nineteenth-century nationalism in that they were interested in notating folk music precisely.
C.   strove to parallel nationalist movements of earlier generations.
D.   was a direct continuation of nineteenth-century practices.
Question #19
Which composer’s music does Bartók quote in the fourth movement of Concerto for Orchestra?
A.   Sergei Prokofiev
B.   Dmitri Shostakovich
C.   Igor Stravinsky
D.   George Frederic Handel
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 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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