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The World of Music, 5/e
David Willoughby
Music of the Twentieth Century

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

Deliberate absence of a tonal center:
A)chromaticism
B)continuo
C)atonality
D)polytonality
2

Avant-garde is
A)in front of the orchestra.
B)in the forefront of experimentation.
C)a French style of nationalism.
D)electronic music.
3

Music ensembles
A)are large.
B)are similar to those in the nineteenth century.
C)are made up of conventional instruments.
D)are large and small.
4

La Mer was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
5

Symphony of Psalms was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
6

Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) was written by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
7

Atonality was an important compositional technique used by
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
8

Folk music was an important compositional influence on
A)Debussy.
B)Stravinsky.
C)Schoenberg.
D)Bartók.
9

Bartók was a native of
A)Austria.
B)Germany.
C)Hungary.
D)Yugoslavia.
10

Schoenberg was a native of
A)Austria.
B)Germany.
C)Hungary.
D)Yugoslavia.
11

Debussy was a native of
A)France.
B)Germany.
C)England.
D)Brazil.
12

Which composer became an American citizen?
A)Stravinsky.
B)Schoenberg.
C)Bartók.
D)all of the above.
13

The patronage system in recent decades was primarily
A)church.
B)aristocracy.
C)the public.
D)the universities.
14

Chromaticism is prevalent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

Nonmetric music is prevalent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16

Technology is central to much twentieth-century music
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17

Twentieth-century melodies are typically conjunct.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18

Polytonality is rare in twentieth-century music.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19

The Ondes Martinot is common in contemporary avant-garde music.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20

Sprechstimme is a style of electronic music composition.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
21

Timbre is one of the most important elements in modern music.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
22

Nonmetric music is common in modern music.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
23

New notational systems have been developed to accommodate modern avant-garde techniques.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE








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