Technically, avant-garde music is highly demanding.
true
In composing, Crumb uses techniques and instruments from various world musics.
true
Whose poetry did George Crumb set in his second book of madrigals
Frederico
George Crumb wrote his song cycle Ancient Voices of Children expressly for:
Jan
Soprano Cathy Berberian is known for:
specializing in avant-garde singing.
The prevalent rhythm in Crumb’s Caballito negro is meant to:
emulate the sound of a galloping horse.
George Crumb is representative of avant-garde composition in the United States.
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true
Which of George Crumb’s works won a Pulitzer Prize in 1968?
Echoes
Which pianist specialized in avant-garde piano performance?
David Tutor
Contemporary music rarely calls for highly virtuosic performance skills
fALSE
How many books of madrigals did George Crumb write?
Four
What instruments accompany the voice in Crumb’s Caballito negro?
metallic percussion and flute
The harmony in Crumb’s Caballito negro is primarily:
atonal
The phrases that mention death in Crumb’s Caballito negro are represented musically by:
a descending melodic line
The “white” tone singing style in the vocal part of George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children is a style in which the singer:
sings without vibratto
Which composer has written several compositions on the poetry of Federico García Lorca?
crumb
The erhu is:
Two stringed fiddle
The gamelan orchestra is made up largely of percussion instruments.
true
The yangqin is a
hammer dulcimer
The composer Abing was a street musician
true
John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes is a work for
false
Abing’s music is viewed as traditional because:
it was created through improvisation and transmitted orally.
Harry Partch was a serious proponent of microtonal music
true
Cage’s work Sonatas and Interludes is written for
prepared piano
The gamelan orchestra used in Patalon consists of
various percussion instruments
Traditional music from Iran, North India, and China all rely heavily on the process of:
improv
The form of Sonata V from Sonatas and Interludes is:
binary
Sheng’s China Dreams uses traditional Chinese instruments
false
John Cage’s work 4’33” challenges the differentiation between music and noise.
true
Which musical effect in China Dreams is NOT drawn from the composer’s native culture?
juxtaposition
The sléndro tuning used by the gamelan is based on a seven-note system.
false
The different sections of Patalon are marked by changes in:
dynamics
The sitar is an instrument from
north india
Chinese traditional music is generally transmitted in notated form.
false
The gamelan is a traditional orchestra from Japa
false
Bright Sheng is a Japanese-American composer.
false
The Chinese term “jia hua” refers to
the ornamentation style
ohn Cage’s work 4’33” is known for its consonant harmonic writing.J
False
The function of Patalon is to:
indtroduce
The five-note tuning system used in gamelan music is called:
slendro
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Sonata V
interdmediacy
Bright Sheng tries to blend Eastern and Western cultures in his compositions, including China Dreams.
tru
Henry Cowell is known for combining Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles.
true
Gongs belong to the category known as:
metallohphones
The colotomic structure of a piece refers to the interaction between the melodic movement and the cyclical rhythmic structure.
true
The colotomic structure of a piece refers to the interaction between the melodic movement and the cyclical rhythmic structure.
true
Which composer invented new instruments capable of microtonality?
harry
Who is the inventor of the “prepared piano”?
john cage
One of Henry Cowell’s innovations was the prepared piano
false
The prepared piano required in Sonatas and Interludes simulates a:
gameland
John Cage’s work 4’33” challenges the differentiation between music and noise.z
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In 1983 a new standardized communication protocol known as _________ was adopted.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Poème electronique was composed for the 1958 World’s Fair by
edgard
One of the best-selling synthesizers of all time is the:
yamaha dx7
Which famous performer premiered Machover’s Begin A
yo yo ma
Sound recorded onto magnetic tape can be altered
both
The first completely integrated package of electronic components for sound generation was
rca synth
Modern composers take advantage of the Internet in performanc
true
Tape music uses not only natural but electronically generated sounds.
true
John Chowning of Stanford University pioneered
digital frequency modulation synthesis
Which work by Tod Machover features a glove controller worn by the conductor?
bug mugra
The German school of electronische Musik in the 1950s pioneered capturing natural sound
false
Besides MIDI and FM synthesis, __________ also became an affordable reality for musicians and composers in the 1980s.
digital sampling synthesizers
Which composer is associated with writing for hyperinstruments?
tod machover
The French school of musique concrète:
uses natural songs
The electronic instrument, the theremin, was used solely in art music compositions.
false
Computers can interact with synthesizers via a MIDI interface.
true
Which famous performer premiered Machover’s Begin Again Again . . . ?
yoyo ma
Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen represents the German school of:
electronishine
Tod Machover’s Toy Symphony allows the audience to participate in the creative process
true
Which of the following best describes the Illiac Suite for String Quartet?
It was composed by a software program written by Hiller and Isaacson
The composer who helped found the San Francisco Tape Music Center was:
pauline
The invention of FM synthesis was a motivating factor in composition in the 1960s
false
The first electronic music composition commissioned by a record company was Switched-On Bach.
false
Max Mathews of Bell Labs pioneered:
computer synthesis
MIDI allows synthesizers to communicate with other synthesizers and computers.
true
Which literary classic inspired Tod Machover’s Begin Again Again . . . ?
dante
Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral is:
tone poem
Thea Musgrave wrote the Oscar-winning soundtrack for the film The Red Violin.
false
All of the following are Neoromanticists EXCEPT:
john adams
Pärt’s Cantate Domino is an example of a style called spiritual minimalism.
true
The title blue cathedral refers to:
Higdon’s younger brother’s name.
Which of the following is NOT true of Neoromanticism?
it emphasizes
Which of the following is NOT true of the vocal style heard in Cantate Domino?
the harmony constant
Minimalism embraces the intellectual style of Schoenberg and Webern.
false
Mr. Tambourine Man incorporated all of the following EXCEPT:
exact quotations dylans melody
Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man is a song cycle set to the texts of:
bob
Which is NOT true of Pärt’s Cantate Domino?
pärt
The ancient tone of Pärt’s Cantate Domino is created by largely open hollow intervals of thirds and sixths
false
Minimalist music is based on the repetition of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic patterns.
true
Pärt invented a style all his own called:
tinntinn
Arvo Pärt is associated with a style called:
spiritual
Composer John Adams was influenced by rock albums such as Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon.
true
The composer Arvo Pärt abandoned serialism for a style he developed called:
tinn tinn
The ninety-minute masterwork In C was written by minimalist composer:
terry
Contemporary composers such as Libby Larsen are noted for setting the texts of classic novels in music.
true
Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral opens with bell-like timbres, a style known as:
tin tinn
All of the following are operas by Adams EXCEPT:
einstein on the beach
Some of Pärt’s early works were inspired by the music of J. S. Bach.
true
Jennifer Higdon credits the music of ______________ for her understanding of music’s communicative powers.
beatles
John Adams’s Doctor Atomic is based on a comic book hero.
false
The text for Cantate Domino comes from:
psalms
Which of the following is NOT true of the vocal style heard in Cantate Domino?
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