Exam: 250723RR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, PART 2
1. Agnes de Mille choreographed Aaron Copland's Rodeo to blend
A. ballet with tap.
B. square dance with Irish jig.
C. ballet with square dance.
D. jazz with ballet.
2. The hand-clapping at the beginning of the song "Please Mr. Postman" is known as the
A. vamp.
B. ostinato.
C. shuffle groove.
D. hook.
3. Einstein on a Beach was a unique opera because it
A. was written in Chinese.
B. had a single violinist.
C. was exclusively recitative.
D. had no plot and very little singing.
4. John Cage's Indeterminacy is an example of _______ music.
A. silent
B. aleatory
C. achromatic
D. idiosyncratic
5. A repeated melodic and rhythmic figure in the lower register of the piano is typical of the Afro-Cuban
dance music known as
A. guaguancó.
B. salsa.
C. mambo.
D. reggae.
6. Tamra says that the difference between an opera and a musical is that the opera includes more spoken
word than singing. Eduardo says that the musical contains singing with some spoken dialog. Who is correct
in citing the difference?
A. Eduardo
B. Tamra
C. Neither Tamra nor Eduardo
D. Both Tamra and Eduardo
7. In the song "Tonight" from the musical West Side Story, the composer distributed two basic melodies
among different characters to create a kind of _______, in which nothing disappears but new layers are
constantly introduced.
A. consonant counterpoint
B. dissonant form
C. layered presence
D. additive form
8. The first African American to have a major opera performed by a major American opera company was
A. Scott Joplin.
B. William Grant Still.
C. Robert Johnson.
D. Langston Hughes.
9. The type of music that blended the musical styles of jump blues and honky-tonk was
A. jazz.
B. Motown.
C. hip hop.
D. rock 'n' roll.
10. Which one of the following composers is best known for promoting aleatory music?
A. John Cage
B. Franz Wozzek
C. Richard Strauss
D. Béla Bartók
11. Which of John Cage's works is perceived by some to be a gimmick?
A. Einstein on a Beach
B. Illiac Suite
C. 4'33"
D. Imaginary Landscape no. 4
12. Which song crossed racial boundaries by achieving success on both the R&B and pop charts?
A. "School Day"
B. "Fight the Power"
C. "Please Mr. Postman"
D. "My Ding-a-Ling"
13. Notes that begin a phrase before a downbeat are known as pick-up notes, or a/an
A. duck walk.
B. anacrusis.
C. call and response.
D. shuffle groove.
14. The musical movement that started in the mid-1960s on the West Coast was the _______ movement.
A. rock
B. psychedelic
C. folk
D. progressive
15. A musical style that combines traditional and modern elements is called
A. postmodernism.
B. minimalism.
C. modernism.
D. exhibitionism.
16. A modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is carried out in the musical
A. West Side Story.
B. The Mikado.
C. My Fair Lady.
D. H.M.S. Pinafore.
17. Public Enemy's abrasive rap recording "Fight the Power" has a basic pulse of _______ beats per
minute.
A. 120
B. 106
C. 60
D. 86
18. For the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chinese-American _______ was enlisted to play the
cello to offset the Asian-sounding erhu.
A. Yo-Yo Ma
B. Tan Dun
C. Ang Lee
D. Xiaohui Ma
19. A chromatic scale consists entirely of
A. whole steps.
B. tonal centers.
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C. half steps.
D. quarter steps.
20. The musician who ushered in the twentieth-century era of virtuosic rock guitar playing was
A. Chuck Berry.
B. Chet Atkins.
C. Jimi Hendrix.
D. Brian Wilson.
