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