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| Twentieth century composers who devised new methods of writing, performing, and understanding music were known as | Revolutionaries
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| Schoenberg's 20th century revolutionary technique affecting melody and harmony was called | The 12 tone technique
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| In the listening example Afro-American Symphony, 3rd movement, William Grant Still employs the following instrument (atypical in the orchestra) | The banjo
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| Exploration of previously unknown aspects of musical sound is known as experimentalism. True or False? | True
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| In Copland's Variations on Shaker Hymn from Appalachian Spring Suite, the form is | Theme and variations
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| Music in which some elements of the composition are left to the decision of the performers or to chance is known as | Aleatory music; Indeterminate music; Chance music
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| Experimental composer ________ became successful in the insurance business | Charles Ives
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| In the listening example General Putnam's Camp from Three Places in New England by Charles Ives, the genre is | Symphonic tone poem
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| In the listening example General Putnam's Camp from Three Places in New England by Charles Ives subject matter and use of patriotic American songs are examples of nationalism. True or False? | True
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| Music consisting of reordered and electronically altered sounds is known as | Musique concrete
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| This term is used to describe an instrument whose timbre and pitches have been altered by the application of foreign materials on or between the strings | Prepared piano
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| In the listening example The Perilous Night by John Cage, the composer presents a variety of unusual timbres with various objects placed in the | Paino
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| American composer who encouraged other Americans to write music professionally | Aaron Copland
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| One of the first and finest ethnomusicologists | Bela Bartok
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| A Parisian composer and teacher who gave superb instruction to several notable composers | Nadia Boulanger
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| _____________ was the first black American to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra | William Grant Still
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| __________ was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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| In the listening example Concerto Grosso 1985, first movement by Ellen Zwilich, the composer alternates 20th century musical elements with those of another musical stylistic period, the __________ | Baroque Period
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| The American composer _________ wrote art music and popular music, flavoring both with jazz | George Gershwin
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| The composer Samuel Barber followed Copland's lead to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. True or False? | True
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