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.   Eastern European
B.   Asian
C.   Western European
D.   Middle Eastern
Question #3
Bartók and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály are known for
A.   collecting the folk music of Catalunya.
B.   instituting a doctoral program in ethnomusicology.
C.   establishing the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra.
D.   collecting the folk music of Hungary.
Question #4
Bartók was a virtuoso _____ and was a master of composition for that instrument.
A.   violinist
B.   pianist
C.   percussionist
D.   cellist
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.   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.   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.   harsh clarinet melody
B.   All possible answers.
C.   a plaintive tune in the oboe and flute
D.   a broad theme heard in the strings
Question #10
In his music, Bartók
A.   All possible answers.
B.   created an entirely personal language.
C.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
D.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
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.   Romantic national schools continued into the twentieth century.
D.   Early-twentieth century composers were not interested in nationalist expressions.
Question #12
Neo-Classical composers
A.   wrote neither program nor absolute music.
B.   preferred absolute to program music.
C.   focused equally on program and absolute music.
D.   preferred program to 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.   retain traditional genres.
D.   value form above expression.
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.   All possible answers.
C.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
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.   ethnomusicology.
B.   anthropology.
C.   sociology.
D.   musicology.
Question #18
Twentieth-century nationalism
A.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
B.   strove to parallel nationalist movements of earlier generations.
C.   differed from nineteenth-century nationalism in that they were interested in notating folk music precisely.
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.   Composers were interested in preserving folk songs exactly.
B.   They were unable to preserve folk melodies without modern recording technologies.
C.   They took recording equipment into the field to preserve songs.
D.   They approached music with a scientific spirit.

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