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mus 27-28 quiz ?

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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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