MUSIC

Question 1

Characteristics of Impressionism Music

Answer 1

• Innovative chords and progressions leading to mild dissonances
• Based on the 19th century painting of Claude Monet’s,
  Impression Sunrise
• Translucent and hazy forms, as if trying to see through a rain-
  drenched window
• Melodies were meant to createan emotional mood rather than a specific picture.

Question 2

Where was Impressionism Music inspired?

Answer 2

Claude Monet’s Impression Sunrise

Question 3

-Father of Modern School Composition ( Made of total of more or less 227 compositions )

Answer 3

Claude Debussy(1862-1918)

Question 4

Most popular piano composition of Claude Debussy

Answer 4

Claire de Lune ( Moonlight Sonata )

Question 4

-Composed BOLERO featuring the
largest crescendo ever created - made a total
of 60 musical pieces

Answer 4

Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )

Question 5

He taught himself music theory and is credited with the
development of the twelve-tone system and explored on the
chromatic harmonies - Composed 213 musical
pieces

Answer 5

Arnold Schoenberg ( 1874 - 1951)

Question 6

-He featured shifting rhythms and polytonality -His musical
outputs are 127 piece

Answer 6

Igor Stravinsky ( 1882 - 1971 )

Question 7

The term Expressionism “_______”, because like the painter Wassily Kandinsky he avoided “_____________” to convey powerful feelings in his music.

Answer 7

was probably first applied to music in 1918, especially to Schoenberg, traditional forms of beauty

Question 8

is a term, like Impressionism, originated in the visual arts and was then applied to other arts including music Instead of gauzy impressions of natural beauty,

Answer 8

Expressionism

Question 9

Expressionism looks inward to
the ______ and ____ lurking in the subconscious mind.

Answer 9

anger, fear

Question 10

The term Expressionism was originally borrowed from ______ and _______. Artists created vivid pictures, distorting colors and shapes to make unrealistic images that suggested strong emotions. Expressionist composers poured intense emotional
expression into their music and explored the subconscious mind.

Answer 10

visual art and literature

Question 11

CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPRESSIONISM MUSIC

Answer 11

Extremes of pitch
* High level of dissonance
* Constantly changing textures
* Extreme contrasts of dynamics
* Angular melodies with wide leaps
* ‘Distorted’ melodies and harmonies

Question 12

One of the most influential figures of the Post-Impressionism
movement in France, seen as pioneer of 20th century Expressionism. His use of color, rough brushwork and primitivist composition, anticipated Fauvism (1905) as well as German
Expressionism.

Answer 12

Vincent Van Gogh

Question 13

This music is tonal through the stressing of one note as more important than the others. New sounds are synthesized from old ones by juxtaposing (placing close together for contrasting effect) two simple events to create a more complex new event.

Answer 13

PRIMITIVISM

Question 13

This music is tonal through the stressing of one note as more important than the others. New sounds are synthesized from old ones by juxtaposing (placing close together for contrasting effect) two simple events to create a more complex new event.

Answer 13

PRIMITIVISM

Question 14

combines two familiar or simple ideas together,creating new sounds

Answer 14

PRIMITIVISM

Question 15

There was a partial return to the classical form of writing music with carefully modulated dissonances.

Answer 15

NEO-CLASSICISM

Question 16

The composers using this style showed a moderating factor
between the emotional excesses of the Romantic period and the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism.

Answer 16

NEO- CLASSICISM

Question 17

It adopted a modern, freer use of the seven-note diatonic scale.

Answer 17

NEO-CLASSICM

Question 18

CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRIMITIVISM STYLE

Answer 18

● Rhythms have clear profiles
● Meters can have beats of unequal
length
● Meters may change frequently
● Two or more meters can be juxtaposed
on top of each other to create poly
meters
● Composers often emphasized the
musical element of rhythm in their
effort to express an ancient or
aboriginal attitude

Question 19

CHARACTERISTICAS OF A NEO-CLASSICM STYLE

Answer 19

1. Combined tonal harmonies with slight
   dissonances
2. Modern, freer use of the seven-note
   diatonic scale
3. Emphasis on rhythm
4. Contrapuntal texture
5. Expanded tonal harmony

Question 20

HOW IS PRIMITIVISM LINKED TO NEO-
CLASSICISM?

Answer 20

Primitivism has links to Exoticism using materials from other cultures, to Nationalism through the use of indigenous materials
to specific countries, and to Ethnicism through the use of materials from European Ethnic groups. Two well-known proponents of this style were Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok. It eventually evolved into Neo-classicism.

Question 21

Another musical style in the 20th century, the_____
It is a French term which means favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas.

Answer 21

AVANT-GARDE

Question 22

CHARACTERISTICS OF AVANT GARDE

Answer 22

1. Alters musical continuity
2. Expresses sound strange to the ears
3. Improvises unique instruments is a necessity
4. Acquires new attitude toward musical mobility
5. Deals with the parameters or dimensions of sound in space
6. Does not conform to traditional rules in harmony, melody and rhythm

Question 23

This is a device that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer.

Answer 23

Music synthesizer or electronic sound synthesizer.

Question 24

has a sound box that naturally amplifies the sound produced by the vibration of the
strings.

Answer 24

Classical Violin

Question 25

Does not have a sound box. To hear the sound that has been played, electric violins need to amplify it through an external
device such as an amp or speakers.

Answer 25

Electric Violin

Question 26

Is a communication standard that allows digital music gear to speak the same language. It’s a protocol that allows computers, musical instruments and other hardware to communicate.

Answer 26

MIDI ( MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFERE )

Question 27

MIDI never transmits an actual audio signal— BUT it is ______ only. That means that if a MIDI keyboard does not have an onboard sound source like a synth or sampler, it will not make any sound

Answer 27

INFORMATION

Question 28

is a piano app that allows you to compose music, play your own music in a best way you can.

Answer 28

VIRTUAL PIANO KEYBOARD

Question 29

The composers in this period usually uses _________ with the use of the tape recorder to capture
sounds in the environment.

Answer 29

musique concrete

Question 30

He was considered an “innovative French-born composer.” -He earned the title, “Father of Electronic Music.”

Answer 30

EDGARD VARESE ( 1883 - 1965 )

Question 31

Varese invented the term “_______” which means that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together to
capture a whole new definition of sound.

Answer 31

organized sound

Question 32

The__________ as Varese’s musical compositions were described with his advanced
techniques in tape-based sound proving revolutionary.

Answer 32

Stratospheric Colossus of Sound

Question 33

He is a central figure in the realm of music. The climax of his composition came in 1977 when he announced the
creation of LICHT (Light).

Answer 33

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN ( 1928 )

Question 34

Work of Karlheinz : a piece for 3 orchestras that moved music through time and space;

Answer 34

Gruppen ( 1957 )

Question 35

Work of Karlheinz: a work that pushed
the tape machine to its limits;

Answer 35

Kontakte ( 1960 )

Question 36

Work of Karlheinz: an ambitious 2-hour
work of 40 juxtaposed songs and
anthems from around the world.

Answer 36

Hymnen ( 1957 )

Question 37

He was a ground breaker in creating music that coupled
acoustic instruments with electronic sounds.

Answer 37

MARIO DAVIDOVSKY ( 1934 - 2019 )

Question 38

He was an American composer who was noted for compositions
combining the live musical instruments with pre-taped
electronic music.

Answer 38

MARIO DAVIDOVSKY ( 1934 - 2019 )

Question 39

Davidovsky won the _______ in 1971.

Answer 39

won the Pulitzer Prize .

Question 40

is music in which some element of the composition is
left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed
work’s realization is left to the determination of the
performer(s).

Answer 40

CHANCE / ALEATORIC MUSIC

Question 41

The latin word of Alea meaning ______

Answer 41

dice

Question 42

One of the famous composers of the 20th century who
challenged the very idea of music by manipulating musical
instruments to achieve new sounds was __________________

Answer 42

JOHN CAGE ( 1912 - 1992 )

Question 43

He experimented with what came to be known as
chance music. He was considered more of a musical
philosopher than a composer.

Answer 43

JOHN CAGE ( 1912 - 1992 )

Question 44

An example of chance music is _____________where the pianist merely opens the piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece.

Answer 44

John Cage’s Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds (4’33”)