Test 3

Question 1

Define pointalistic composition.

Answer 1

Expected the listeners to be able to connect related pitches like the painting connects same collared dots
Constantly changing orchestral colors (Like Mahler on drugs)

Webern

Question 2

What piece is associated with pointalism?

Answer 2

Webern Symphony Op. 21: mvt. 1 Ruhig schreitend

Question 2

What are some characteristics of the expressionist movement?

Answer 2

Exploring concepts of the human psyche. Art: distortion of outlines and body parts. Could be abstract but doesn’t have to be.

Question 3

Name one expressionist painter and the name of their piece.

Answer 3

Art: Ludwig Kirchner Street Dresden

Question 4

Name one expressionist poet and the name of their poem.

Answer 4

George Trakl “Night Song”

Question 5

Who are the expressionist composers talked about in class.

Answer 5

Weber and Schoenberg

Question 6

Describe some characteristics of traditional Bulgarian music.

Answer 6

Bulgarian folk music had asymmetrical meters m. 25 in Bartok’s’ song
2+3+3 (pg. 292 in anthology)
Bartok got drones probably from Bulgarian bagpipe music. M. 5 in song

Question 7

How is an atonal piece unified?

Answer 7

Motivic Realtionships. Twelve-tone rows. Developing variations

Theme fragments

Question 8

Define the basic elements of serialism.

Answer 8

Serial structure

Question 9

Define serial structure

And associate a composer

Answer 9

Each contrapuntal line is a row answered by an inversion of that row.HUge shifts in register. Disjunct melody.

Webern

Question 10

Define Tone Cluster. Who used this?

Answer 10

Bartok

Question 11

Define Pentatonic Scale. Who used this?

Answer 11

Bartok

Question 12

Define Pedal Point. Who used this?

Answer 12

Bartok

Question 13

Define Symmetrical patterns. Who used this?

Answer 13

Webern and Bartok

Question 14

What is the name and genre of Duke Ellingtons piece?

Answer 14

Cotton Tail. Big Band Jazz

Question 15

Define Contrafact

Like contract.

Answer 15

new tune over borrowed harmonic progression that was used in an earlier piece. Chorus of Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm is used in Ellington’s piece

Question 16

What is the name and Genre of Weill’s piece?

Answer 16

“Ballad of Mack the Knife” from Threepenny Opera. Moritat

Question 17

Define Moritat

Answer 17

murder ballad. A song glorifying the life of a criminal. Listing off a criminals crimes

Question 18

What was the name and genre of King Olivers piece?

Answer 18

West End Blues. New Orleans Jazz

Question 19

What is the name and genre of Milhauds piece?

Answer 19

The Creation of the World, 1st tableau. Ballet. Neoclassical

Question 20

What is the name and genre of Schoenbergs piece?

Answer 20

Pierrot Lunaire “Nacht”. Melodrama. Expressionism

Question 21

Define melodrama

Answer 21

Style of vocal writing with approximate pitches and exact rhythms.

Question 22

Define Passacaglia.

Answer 22

Type of ostinato. Used by Schoenberg

Question 23

What is the name and genre of Bessie Smiths piece?

Answer 23

Backwater Blues. Blues.

Question 24

What is the name and genre of Stravinskys peice?

Answer 24

Octet for wind Instruments. Mvt. 1 Sinfonia. Octet. Neoclassical

Question 25

What is the name and genre of Bartoks piece?

Answer 25

Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Adagio. Modernsim

Question 26

What is the name and genre of Weberns piece?

Answer 26

Symphony op. 21 mvt. 1. Pointalism

Question 27

Define Neoclassicism

Answer 27

Reviving older pieces and styles. Imitating and evoking preromantic styles

Question 28

Describe Stravinskiy neoclassical compositions.

Answer 28

Modern dissonance Neutrality Rapid changes in meter Discontinuities and juxtapositions in mood Superimposition of multiple layers Ostinatos with Classical Era forms and Baroque style rhythms ## Footnote Octet for Wind Instruments mvt. 1

Question 29

Define Blues

Answer 29

Blues notes, Scales degrees 3 5 6 which are placed for expressive purposes Phrases descended to the tonic. Bessie Smith Backwater Blues

Question 30

Define New Orleans Jazz

Answer 30

Creole people were classically trained and could read music African Americans were and could not. They were more improvisatory. Took inspiration from Ragtime.Instead of R hand syncopation it was specific instruments Instead of L hand having a march like Bass, it was specific instruments. Jelly Roll Morton ## Footnote Also, West End Blues

Question 31

What were the ideals of Les Six

Answer 31

Seeking to free French music from foreign domination. Anti-romantic. Valued simplicity and clarity.

Question 32

Who were the members of Les Six?

Answer 32

Honegger. Milhaud. Poulenc. Tailleferre. Auric. and Durey.

Question 33

Discuss the political movement that Weill and Brecht were associated with.

Answer 33

New objectivity. Opposed complexity. Valued familiarity. | Weimar Republic

Question 34

Define Swing | And associate with a composer

Answer 34

Jazz meant to accompany dancing. Big Band Jazz like Duke Ellington

Question 35

Describe the ways Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper (Threepenny Opera) was influenced by 18th century music and by jazz.

Answer 35

18th century texts A chorale-like melody French Overture American Jazz Street Music 1 tune from the Beggar's Opera Cabaret Performances

Question 36

Define Scat Singing

Answer 36

Mimicking instruments with the voice. Luis Armstrong.

Question 37

Discuss some of the Serbo-Croatian elements of Bartoks piece

Answer 37

Short accented notes with long 32nd note ornamentations

Question 38

Describe cyclical characteristics of Bartoks piecce

Answer 38

Tritones. Fugue theme fragments. Characteristics the unify the works.