The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as
polychord
The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as
Bela Bartok
The most famous riot in music history occurred in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of
Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
A fourth chord is
a chord in which the tones are a fourth apart, instead of a third
In twentieth-century music
string players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows.
dissonance has been emancipated.
percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous.
Twentieth-century composers incorporated elements of folk and popular music within their personal styles because
they were attracted to the unconventional rhythms, sounds, and melodic patterns
Ostinato refers to a
motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section
All of the following composers worked in the early years of the twentieth century except
Hector Berlioz
A chord made of tones only a half step or a whole step apart is known as
tone cluster
The use of two or more contrasting and independent rhythms at the same time is known as
polyrhythm
A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section is called
ostinato
Striking a group of adjacent keys on a piano with the fist or forearm will result in
tone cluster
A piano is often used in twentieth-century orchestral music to
Add a percussive edge
Which of the following statements is not true?
Composers in the early twentieth century drew inspiration only from serious art music and their own intellect, ignoring popular and folk music
Three-tone chords built in thirds
triad
up to about 1900 chords were divided into two opposing types:
consonant and dissonant
In addition to creating new chord structures, twentieth-century composers...
-explored alternatives to the traditional tonal system
-used scales other than major or minor
-breathed new life into the church modes, scales that had been used widely before 1600
The complete rejection of a tonal center, or treating each of the twelve tones equally, is called..
Atonality
American Jazz, with it's syncopated rhythms and improvisational quality, had an influence on who?
French Composer, Claude Debussy, Russian Composer, Igor Stravinsky and American Composers Aaron Copland & George Gershwin
ALL THE ABOVE
The purposeful avoidance of any tonal relationship is called what?
Atonality
In music, the early twentieth century was a time of
revolt and change.
Which of the following statements are not true?
Twentieth-century music follows the same general principles of musical structure as earlier periods.
Which of the following is not an alternative to the traditional organization of pitch used by twentieth-century composers?
Tonic- dominant harmonies
(tone cluster)
Which of the following composers was not stimulated by the folklore of his native land?
Anton Webern
Bela Bartok is from the city of
Budapest
Which of the following statements is not true?
Atonality is the use of all twelve major keys at the same time.
Which of the following statements is not true?
Composers in the early twentieth century drew inspiration only from serious art music and their own intellect, ignoring popular and folk music.
Which of the following statements is not true?
The rhythmic resources of twentieth-century music have remained the same as those of the baroque, classical and romantic eras.
Which of the following statements is not true?
The general principle that determines whether a chord is stable or not remains the same in the twentieth century as it did in the nineteenth.
