A) Classical venues B) Mass appeal C) Silent films D) Elite audiences
A) The 1960s B) The 1970s C) The 1980s D) The 1950s
A) Charlie Parker B) Duke Ellington C) Ornette Coleman D) Louis Armstrong
A) Count Basie B) Glenn Miller C) Sun Ra D) Benny Goodman
A) Art Tatum B) Fats Waller C) Bix Beiderbecke D) Albert Ayler
A) Stan Getz B) Chet Baker C) Miles Davis D) Dave Brubeck
A) The 1970s B) The 1990s C) The 1980s D) The 1960s
A) Traditional and acoustic B) Simple and commercial C) Aggressively avant-garde or pretentiously progressive D) Soft and melodic
A) Disco producers B) Grunge pioneers C) Glam metal bands D) Post-punk artists
A) Greg Tate B) John Coltrane C) Ornette Coleman D) Miles Davis
A) 1978 B) 1998 C) 1988 D) 1968
A) Jazz B) Hip-hop C) Post-punk D) Rock
A) Hey Jude B) Let It Be C) Revolution 9 D) Yesterday
A) The Beatles (The White Album) B) Abbey Road C) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band D) Revolver
A) 1968 B) 1964 C) 1972 D) 1970
A) The penultimate track B) The opening track C) The final track D) The exact middle track
A) A critique of existing aesthetic conventions B) A strict adherence to classical rules C) A passive acceptance of the status quo D) A celebration of traditional values
A) Directly inside traditional boundaries B) At the very center of classical tradition C) Below the standard traditions D) Outside tradition
A) Romantic style B) Symphonic style C) Baroque style D) Electronic style
A) Anton Webern B) John Cage C) Josquin des Prez D) Richard Wagner
A) Ryan Minor B) John Cage C) Edward Lowinsky D) Larry Sitsky
A) Edward Lowinsky B) Ryan Minor C) Harry Partch D) Larry Sitsky
A) John Cage's 4'33" B) Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire C) Claude Debussy's La Mer D) Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
A) To sing instead of playing B) To play only classical melodies C) To improvise loudly without stopping D) Not to play their instruments during its entire duration
A) An acoustic failure B) A traditional symphony C) Not a musical work in the normal sense, only an occasion for a Zen-like meditation D) A standard orchestral masterpiece
A) Relaxation and soothing of the listener B) Strict adherence to harmonic rules C) Pure commercial entertainment D) Political, social, and cultural critique
A) Milton Babbitt, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, and György Ligeti B) Richard Wagner and Josquin des Prez exclusively C) Only John Cage and Harry Partch D) Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, George Antheil, and Claude Debussy
A) They rejected the use of instruments entirely B) They only composed electronic music C) They never conceived their music for the purpose of goading an audience D) Their music was too traditional and tonal
A) Milton Babbitt and Elliott Carter B) Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy C) John Cage and Harry Partch D) Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern
A) To replicate classical rules precisely B) To break through various rules and regulations of traditional culture C) To promote mainstream cultural values D) To preserve traditional culture without alteration
A) Political critique B) Audience participation C) Only commercial success D) Everything else
A) A traditional and comforting sound world B) A purely commercial sound world C) A transcendental and mysterious sound world D) A predictable and harmonious sound world
A) Major scales, diatonic harmony, and rhythm B) Hint, metaphor, symbol, association, imagery, synesthesia and perception C) Strict counterpoint, fugue, and sonata-allegro form D) Literal storytelling and clear narrative structures
A) Strictly chronological historical events B) Standard classical themes and variations C) Seemingly unrelated but essentially very important events D) Commercial pop melodies |