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.   Hungarian
D.   Czech
Question #2
Bartók and Kodály collected 2,000 songs and dances representing various _____ cultures.
A.   Eastern European
B.   Western European
C.   Middle Eastern
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.   cellist
B.   percussionist
C.   violinist
D.   pianist
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.   as the result of a commission from the Hungarian government.
B.   while doing field work with his fellow composer, Kodály.
C.   after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died.
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 broad theme heard in the strings
B.   harsh clarinet melody
C.   a plaintive tune in the oboe and flute
D.   All possible answers.
Question #10
In his music, Bartók
A.   embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism.
B.   evoked the folk traditions of his homeland.
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.   Early-twentieth century composers were not interested in nationalist expressions.
D.   The modern English school is represented by Benjamin Britten.
Question #12
Neo-Classical composers
A.   preferred program to absolute music.
B.   preferred absolute to program music.
C.   wrote neither program nor absolute music.
D.   focused equally on program and absolute music.
Question #13
Neo-Classical composers did NOT
A.   retain traditional genres.
B.   revive early eighteenth-century forms.
C.   attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting.
D.   value form above expression.
Question #14
Neo-Classical composers emulated the music of
A.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
B.   composers of the Second Viennese School.
C.   Beethoven and Wagner.
D.   Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
Question #15
Neo-Classical composers:
A.   turned away from nineteenth-century models.
B.   focused on craftsmanship and balance.
C.   All possible answers.
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.   sociology.
B.   musicology.
C.   anthropology.
D.   ethnomusicology.
Question #18
Twentieth-century nationalism
A.   borrowed freely from distant cultures.
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.   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.   Dmitri Shostakovich
B.   George Frederic Handel
C.   Igor Stravinsky
D.   Sergei Prokofiev
Question #20
Which does not describe early-twentieth century nationalist composers?
A.   They were unable to preserve folk melodies without modern recording technologies.
B.   Composers were interested in preserving folk songs exactly.
C.   They took recording equipment into the field to preserve songs.
D.   They approached music with a scientific spirit.

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