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Q: The most important function of music in film is to establish a mood.
Q: The Imperial March is an example of: a. source music. c. overscoring. b. underscoring. d. none of the answers shown here
Q: The Imperial March is associated with: a. Darth Vader. c. Yoda. b. Luke Skywalker. d. Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Q: A film character listening to the car radio is an example of: a. underscoring. c. chance music. b. source music. d. none of the answers shown here
Q: A theme associated with a particular character is called: a. underscoring. c. a leitmotif. b. source music. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: ________ occurs when music comes from an unseen source, often an invisible orchestra. a. Source music c. Overscoring b. Underscoring d. Leitmotif
Q: Which of the following film scores was composed by John Williams? a. Schindlers List b. Titanic c. Ghostbusters d. Braveheart
Q: John Williams was the music director and principal conductor of the: a. Los Angeles Philharmonic. c. Boston Pops. b. New York Philharmonic. d. Vienna Philharmonic.
Q: Which of the following characterizes the career of John Williams? a. He was a composer for the TV series Gilligans Island. b. He was the composer for films such as Jaws and Star Wars. c. He is a composer and conductor of concert music. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Music that is performed on screen and is part of the drama itself is called: a. underscoring. c. counter to the action. b. leitmotifs. d. source music.
Q: Which of the following best describes the music at the climax of The Godfather? a. The mood reflects the action. b. The mood runs counter to the action. c. No music is heard until the last moment. d. The lack of music creates a sense of realism.
Q: Why is music important to film? a. It can reveal the emotions of the characters. b. It can suggest a time and place. c. It can tell the audience where or when the story takes place. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Describe how Leonard Bernstein combined vernacular musical styles with the traditions of musical theater in West Side Story.
Q: Describe the origins of American musical theater, citing specific examples.
Q: Jerome Robbins choreographed West Side Story.
Q: In the mid-1800s, Boston became the cultural center of the United States.
Q: Bernsteins West Side Story draws on Afro-Cuban dance rhythms.
Q: Bernsteins West Side Story deals with rival youth gangs in Los Angeles.
Q: Leonard Bernstein composed both popular and art music.
Q: Leonard Bernstein was the first American-born musician to be appointed conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
Q: The musical has remained exclusively an American art form not attempted by composers from other countries.
Q: Lady Be Good helped usher in the golden age of American musicals.
Q: American musical theater developed from the variety show and European comic opera or operetta tradition.
Q: What popular Afro-Cuban dance with a fast, syncopated beat did Bernstein incorporate into West Side Story? a. tango c. cha-cha b. mambo d. none of the answers shown here
Q: What city became the cultural center of the United States in the mid-1800s? a. Chicago c. New York b. Boston d. Los Angeles
Q: What are the ethnic origins of the mambo? a. Spanish c. Mexican b. Afro-Cuban d. Brazilian
Q: Bernsteins West Side Story updates the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between: a. Tony and Maria. b. the Jets and the police. c. the Jets and the Sharks. d. African Americans and Puerto Ricans.
Q: Which of the following wrote the lyrics for West Side Story? a. Leonard Bernstein c. Stephen Sondheim b. Oscar Hammerstein d. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Q: West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeares: a. Twelfth Night. c. Macbeth. b. Merchant of Venice. d. Romeo and Juliet.
Q: Which of the following operas was the inspiration for Jonathan Larsons rock opera Rent? a. The Marriage of Figaro c. Carmen b. La Bohme d. Pagliacci
Q: Which of the following is an example of a rock musical? a. Sweeney Todd b. Evita c. Rent d. Sunday in the Park with George
Q: Which of the following is a musical by the British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber? a. Sweeney Todd c. Wicked b. Les Misrables d. The Phantom of the Opera
Q: Which of the following musicals ushered in what many consider the golden age of the American musical? a. The Phantom of the Opera c. Show Boat b. Oklahoma! d. South Pacific
Q: Who composed the first black production to play in a major Broadway theater? a. Scott Joplin c. Will Marion Cook b. Jelly Roll Morton d. Victor Herbert
Q: Victor Herbert revamped operetta to American tastes with works such as: a. Babes in Toyland c. Finians Rainbow b. Show Boat d. My Fair Lady
Q: Gilbert and Sullivan, Johann Strauss Jr., and Victor Herbert all composed: a. operettas. c. Broadway musicals. b. Hollywood musicals. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Which of the following is considered Americas unique contribution to theater? a. operetta c. the musical b. pantomime d. ballad opera
Q: Discuss the importance of collaboration between George Crumb and performers in an age of specialization and experimentation.
Q: In Caballito negro, Crumb treats the voice as a virtuosic instrument.
Q: Crumb has a special affinity for the poetry of Robert Frost and has set many of the poets text to music.
Q: George Crumb taught composition at several colleges and universities across the United States.
Q: George Crumbs music does not include non-Western sounds.
Q: Crumb relies on the extraordinary creativity of others for his works to be successful.
Q: In Crumbs Caballito negro, the vocalist is asked to whinny like a horse.
Q: The mood of Crumbs Caballito negro can be described as grimly playful.
Q: What prize did Crumbs Echoes of Time and the River win in 1968? a. a Peoples Choice Award c. an Academy Award b. the Nobel Prize for music d. a Pulitzer Prize
Q: Caballito negro is scored for: a. soprano and flute. c. flute and percussion. b. soprano, metallic percussion, and flute. d. soprano and metallic percussion.
Q: Quickly moving the tongue as though rolling an R while blowing into the flute is known as: a. aleatoric technique. c. flutter-tonguing. b. tongue rolling. d. prepared flute.
Q: Who wrote the text for Caballito negro? a. Robert Frost c. George Crumb b. Federico Garca Lorca d. Emily Dickinson
Q: Crumbs Caballito negro is included in a book of: a. madrigals. c. piano preludes. b. song cycles. d. chamber works.
Q: Discuss why 4'33" is considered one of the most radical statements made against the traditions of Western music.
Q: Describe the influence of non-Western culture on twentieth-century composers of Western music.
Q: Cages Sonatas and Interludes approximates the sounds of the Japanese koto.
Q: Cages Sonatas and Interludes is concerned with timbral effects and the rhythmic grouping of sounds.
Q: John Cage was born in Berlin, and studied music at the Paris Conservatory.
Q: Henry Cowell developed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave.
Q: Cages most important contribution to twentieth-century music was the idea of chance, or aleatoric, music.
Q: John Cage was the first composer to pluck the piano strings directly with his fingers.
Q: Cages Sonatas and Interludes are traditional works for the standard grand piano.
Q: John Cages 4'33" questions the distinction between music and noise.
Q: Prior to each performance for John Cages prepared piano pieces, materials are inserted between the strings entirely at random.
Q: The composers Henry Cowell and Harry Partch were highly influenced by a variety of non-Western musics.
Q: The insertion of foreign substances at crucial points in the strings of a grand piano is called: a. aleatoric. c. gourd trees. b. prepared piano. d. cone gongs.
Q: How many of the pianos eighty-eight keys are prepared for Cages Sonatas and Interludes? a. eighty-eight c. twenty-five b. forty-five d. none
Q: Who composed works in which the performers make choices by throwing dice? a. John Cage c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. David Tudor
Q: Which composer developed the tone cluster and the plucking of the piano strings directly with the fingers? a. John Cage c. Harry Partch b. Henry Cowell d. George Crumb
Q: Groups of adjacent notes played on the piano with the fist, palm, or forearm are known as: a. noise. c. microtones. b. tone clusters. d. prepared piano.
Q: The form of Cages Sonata V, from Sonatas and Interludes, is: a. binary. c. rondo. b. ternary. d. sonata-allegro.
Q: John Cages Sonatas and Interludes is a work for: a. chamber ensemble. c. violin and piano. b. prepared piano. d. synthesizer.
Q: John Cages Sonatas and Interludes evokes the sounds of: a. the bagpipe of eastern Europe. c. the Javanese gamelan. b. the Japanese koto. d. the sitar of India.
Q: Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument? a. Sonatas and Interludes c. I Ching b. Fontana Mix d. 4'33"
Q: Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano? a. Harry Partch c. Henry Cowell b. John Cage d. Pierre Boulez
Q: Harry Partch experimented with the _____ tuning system. a. microtonal c. pentatonic b. modal d. whole-tone
Q: Which innovative composer constructed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave and built instruments with this tuning? a. Aaron Copland c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. John Cage
Q: Which of the following composers combined Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles and experimented with exotic scales? a. Aaron Copland c. Henry Cowell b. Harry Partch d. John Cage
Q: Discuss how Silvestre Revueltas evoked the character of traditional Mexican music in Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca.
Q: Discuss the nationalistic and modernistic aspects of the music of Silvestre Revueltas.
Q: Silvestre Revueltas was killed during the Spanish Civil War.
Q: Son from Revueltass Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca features a mariachi band.
Q: Homenaje a Federico Garca Lorca blends the traditions of Mexican-vernacular and European-modernist music.
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