This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about various composers and music genres from the late 19th century to the 20th century. It tests knowledge of Expressionist, Impressionist, Electronic, and Chance/Aleatory music as well as composers such as Debussy, Schoenberg, Berg, Stravinsky, and Cage. Key composers and works are identified for each major genre and period discussed.

2. 1. Expressionism originated in what county?
A. France
B. Germany
C. Poland
D. United States
2. Which Norwegian painter painted the expressionist work The Scream?
A. Munch
B. Da Vinci
C. Monet
D. Manet
3. In interrupted intermezzo, from concerto for orchestra by Bartok, the
intermezzo is a theme from which country? What is it interrupted by?
A. Hungary, A flamenco dance
B. France, A Flamenco dance
C. Austria, Nazi invasion
D. Hungary, Nazi invasion age

3. 4. A well-known post-romantic composer was:
A. Debussy
B. Berg
C. Mahler
D. Cage
5. We studied a piece written in honour of Frederico Garcia Lorca. Which
composer used Lorca's poetry?
A. Webern
B. Crumb
C. Revueltas
D. Berg
6. Stravinsky's l'Histoire du Soldat is what genre?
A. Opera
B. Cantata
C. Small scale theatre work
D. Chamber symphony

4. 7. What were Stravinsky's three periods?
A. Expressionism
B. Nationalism
C. Primitivism
D. Neoclassicism
E. Aleatoricism
F. Serialism
8. Debussy strived to recreate the sound of the Javanese Gamelan.
A. True
B. False
9. Schoenberg uses diatonic harmonic language in Pierrot Lunaire.
A. True
B. False
10. 20th century composers felt the need to appeal to the masses.
A. True
B. False

5. 1. Define music from the Impressionism,
Expressionism, Electronic and Chance
music;
2. Recognize the development of music from
Impressionism, Expressionism, Electronic
and Chance music period; and
3. Name the different famous composers and
their famous works.

6.  What is Impressionism music for you?
 What is Expressionism music for you?
 What is Electronic music for you?
 What is Chance music for you?

7. - Started in France
Term borrowed from the field of Visual Arts
- To move away from the tradition of
describing reality to depicting joys of life and
the beauties of nature.
- To capture a momentary glimpse of a subject

8.  Programmatic
 Neomodality
 Open Chords
 Whole-tone Mode
 Parallelism
 Wide Intervals

9. - The foremost Impressionist composer, born I
France on August 22, 1862.
- At 10 yrs old entered the Paris Conservatory
- Graduated in 1884 and won the Prix de Rome
Works
Orchestral Works
 Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun
 La Mer ( The Sea)
 Nocturnes

10. Piano Compositions
 Petite Suite
 Suite Bergamasque
 Children’s Corner
 Estampes
 Images
Stage Works
 Jeux
 Pelleas and Melisande

11. - Emphasizes intense in subjective emotion
rather than portraying the outward
appearances.
Three Composers in Expressionism
Arnold Schoenberg
Alban Berg
Anton Webern

12.  Pierrot Lunaire, A Survivor from Warsaw
 Wozzeck and Lulu
 Five Pieces for Orchestra
Techniques and Methods
Atonality
Twelve-tone System
Multiple Serialization

13. - One of the most influential composers of the
20th century, was born in Austria in 1874.
Works
 Pierrot Lunaire
 A Survivor from Warsaw
 The Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto

14. - The use of electronic equipments and and
instruments.
- Started from musique concrete.
Features
-not limited to human performance
-need to create new ways of notating
-considered time instead of the elements of
beat

15. -or aleatory music. This concept ids based on
chance selection of musical materials.
Five Categories of Musical Indeterminacy
-Composer determinacy of Randomly chosen
event
-Composer determinacy of Randomly ordered
event
-Use of Indeterminate notation

16. -Music notated traditionally but performed
indeterminately
-Pure Performer Indeterminacy

17. - Born n the US in 1912.
- The most important figure in aleatory music.
Works
 Music of Changes
 Imaginary Landscapes
 4’33’’

18. United States
- Morton Feldman
- Earle Brown
- Christian Wolf
- Nam June Paik
- Barney Childs
- Lukas Foss
- Larry Austin
European
-Karlheinz
Stockhausen
-Zyklus
-Yannis Xenakis