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.   Middle Eastern
B.   Western European
C.   Asian
D.   Eastern European
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 Hungary.
D.   collecting the folk music of Catalunya.
Question #4
Bartók was a virtuoso _____ and was a master of composition for that instrument.
A.   pianist
B.   percussionist
C.   violinist
D.   cellist
Question #5
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
A.   is an uncharacteristic, one-movement work.
B.   follows the traditional three-movement structure of a concerto.
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Bartók’s goal was to collect and categorize the music of the Swedish people.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
Bartók wrote Concerto for Orchestra
A.   while doing field work with his fellow composer, Kodály.
B.   as the result of a commission from the Hungarian government.
C.   during his student years at the Royal Academy in Budapest.
D.   after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died.
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.   All possible answers.
D.   harsh clarinet melody
Question #10
In his music, Bartók
A.   All possible answers.
B.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
C.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
D.   created an entirely personal language.
Question #11
Which statement does NOT reflect early-twentieth century nationalism in music?
A.   Romantic national schools continued into the twentieth century.
B.   The modern Russian school is represented by Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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.   preferred program to absolute music.
B.   focused equally on program and absolute music.
C.   preferred absolute to program music.
D.   wrote neither program nor absolute music.
Question #13
Neo-Classical composers did NOT
A.   value form above expression.
B.   attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting.
C.   retain traditional genres.
D.   revive early eighteenth-century forms.
Question #14
Neo-Classical composers emulated the music of
A.   Beethoven and Wagner.
B.   composers of the Second Viennese School.
C.   Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
D.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Question #15
Neo-Classical composers:
A.   All possible answers.
B.   turned away from nineteenth-century models.
C.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
The study of non-Western and traditional music within its unique cultural context is called
A.   musicology.
B.   anthropology.
C.   ethnomusicology.
D.   sociology.
Question #18
Twentieth-century nationalism
A.   strove to parallel nationalist movements of earlier generations.
B.   was a direct continuation of nineteenth-century practices.
C.   differed from nineteenth-century nationalism in that they were interested in notating folk music precisely.
D.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
Question #19
Which composer’s music does Bartók quote in the fourth movement of Concerto for Orchestra?
A.   Dmitri Shostakovich
B.   Igor Stravinsky
C.   George Frederic Handel
D.   Sergei Prokofiev
Question #20
Which does not describe early-twentieth century nationalist composers?
A.   They took recording equipment into the field to preserve songs.
B.   Composers were interested in preserving folk songs exactly.
C.   They were unable to preserve folk melodies without modern recording technologies.
D.   They approached music with a scientific spirit.

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