Music Test #5 part 1

Music in the 20th century can generally be described as...

experimental

Many 20th century composers created music NOT for...

the general public

In much 20th century music, ______&_______ become more important than ________&_______.

timbre and rhythm, melody and harmony

Unresolved ________&______ are not rare in 20th century music.

dissonances and sustained tension

Through new sounds and concepts devised in 20th century music, ___________ was not always adequate.

traditional notation

Avant-garde compositions are considered more important as.....

musical ideas than as music.

Primarily known as a 20th century composer, Schoenberg did not prefer ______ of post-romantic style.

large orchestras

_______ music is basically different with each performance.

chance

________'s music was not well received in the US, before his death in 1945.

Bartok

_______ is a style of composition that seeks the greatest effect from the least amount of material.

minimalism

Minimalism does not use an abundance of ______ or _____ in a single piece of music.

musical patterns, ideas

20th century composers did not value the need to _______ above artistic integrity.

appeal to the masses

20th century music reflected an ________ world

unsettled

The music of mainstream America and its ethnic groups reflected more than ________ influences.

three or four

Ives was quick to embrace the new ________ of 20th century music.

experimental techniques

Although much of Ives' music is ______ and some of it hard to perform, his works have been ___________.

extremely complex, widely accepted

________ was not interested in innovation, regardless of past musical practices.

Copland

_______ became an important compositional device in modern music.

silence

The concept of impressionism originated with a group of _________.

french painters

_________ in music was a reaction against the German music of Brahms and Wagner.

Impressionism

An impressionistic composer is ________.

Claude Debussy

Impressionism represents the transition from 19th century ________ to the complexities of __________.

romanticism, 20th century practices

Debussy's "La Mer" is about the..

wind and sea

Avant-garde composers write _________ music.

experimental

__________'s fame began around 1910 in Paris with Russian ballet.

Stravinsky

At its first performance "__________" produced a riot.

The Rite of Spring

A 12-tone atonal melody is called a...

tone row

The father of 12-tone technique is __________.

Arnold Schoenberg

Schoenberg retired as professor of composition from ______.

UCLA