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.   Western European
C.   Eastern European
D.   Middle Eastern
Question #3
Bartók and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály are known for
A.   instituting a doctoral program in ethnomusicology.
B.   establishing the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra.
C.   collecting the folk music of Catalunya.
D.   collecting the folk music of Hungary.
Question #4
Bartók was a virtuoso _____ and was a master of composition for that instrument.
A.   percussionist
B.   violinist
C.   cellist
D.   pianist
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.   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.   after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died.
B.   as the result of a commission from the Hungarian government.
C.   during his student years at the Royal Academy in Budapest.
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.   harsh clarinet melody
D.   a plaintive tune in the oboe and flute
Question #10
In his music, Bartók
A.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
B.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
C.   All possible answers.
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.   Romantic national schools continued into the twentieth century.
C.   The modern English school is represented by Benjamin Britten.
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 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.   attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting.
B.   value form above expression.
C.   retain traditional genres.
D.   revive early eighteenth-century forms.
Question #14
Neo-Classical composers emulated the music of
A.   Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
B.   Beethoven and Wagner.
C.   composers of the Second Viennese School.
D.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Question #15
Neo-Classical composers:
A.   All possible answers.
B.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
C.   turned away from nineteenth-century models.
D.   strove for purity of line and proportion.
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.   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.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
C.   was a direct continuation of nineteenth-century practices.
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.   Igor Stravinsky
C.   Dmitri Shostakovich
D.   George Frederic Handel
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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