Impressionism in music is characterized by
a stress on tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity.
When viewed closely, impressionist paintings are made up of
tiny colored patches
The most important impressionist composer was
Claude Debussy
In music, the early twentieth century was a time of
revolt and change
The most famous riot in music history occurred in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of
Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Composers in the twentieth century drew inspiration from
folk and popular music from all cultures,
the music of Asia and Africa,
European art music from the Middle Ages throughthe 19th century
the music of Asia and Africa,
European art music from the Middle Ages throughthe 19th century
The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by
Arnold Schoenberg
During the first quarter of the Twentieth Century many composers left Russia because of
the violence of the Russian Revolution
To create fresh sounds, twentieth-century composers used
scales borrowed from nonwestern cultures.
ancient church modes.
scales they themselves invented.
All answers are correct
ancient church modes.
scales they themselves invented.
All answers are correct
Radio broadcasts of live and recorded music began to reach large audiences during the
1920s
Impressionist painting and symbolist poetry as artistic movements originated in
France
Many of Debussy’s songs are set to poems by the symbolist poet
Paul Verlaine
Striking a group of adjacent keys on a piano with the fist or forearm will result in
tone cluster
Among the unusual playing techniques that are widely used during the twentieth century is the _______, a rapid slide up or down a scale.
glissando
1920-1950
the neoclassical movement in music roughly encompassed the years
forms and stylistic features of earlier periods
neoclassicism compositions are characterized by
johann sebastian bach
neoclassicism composers modeled many of their works after the compositions of
