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1
Composers who write non-conventional sounds for conventional instruments are doing so merely for sound effects.
A)True
B)False
2
Edgard Varese is known as the "hobo composer."
A)True
B)False
3
Harry Partch's instruments often divide the octave into 43 different parts.
A)True
B)False
4
One of the first synthesizers to make music was located at Columbia University.
A)True
B)False
5
Aleatoric music is music composed by a computer randomly determining the sounds produced by an oscillator.
A)True
B)False
6
Milton Babbitt uses extensions of the twelve-tone technique to compose his music.
A)True
B)False
7
John Cage's commitment to Zen Buddhism proved to have profound effects on his compositions.
A)True
B)False
8
Improvisation is one form of chance music.
A)True
B)False
9
John Cage flatly stated that silence does not exist.
A)True
B)False
10
Aleatoric music can also be called random music.
A)True
B)False





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