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

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