1. This composer was a founding father of the minimalist group. He is best known for his groundbreaking ensemble piece IN C (1964):
A LaMonte Young
B Terry Riley
C John Cage
D Steve Reich |
2. Edgard Varese (1883-1965) is considered a pioneer of the modern avant-garde. Which of the following compositions was one of the first pieces written for electromagnetic tape alone?
A Arcana
B Poeme Electronique
C Integrales
D Deserts |
3. This composer's magnum opus is the in-progress, seven-opera cycle LICHT (1977-2002):
A Karlheinz Stockhausen
B Pierre Boulez
C Iannis Xenakis
D Witold Lutoslawski |
4. This major European festival has been important in fostering new music since its inception in 1921:
A Darmstadt
B Spoleto
C Domaine Musical
D Donaueschingen |
5. The chamber work LE MARTEAU SANS MAITRE (1953-55) set this composer squarely at the forefront of the European avant-garde in the 1950s:
A Pierre Schaeffer
B Pierre Boulez
C Olivier Messiaen
D Marius Constant |
6.The principle of 12-tone combinatoriality is prominent in the works of this famous american serialist:
A Charles Wuorinen
B Roger Sessions
C Elliott Carter
D Milton Babbitt |
7. This member of the Second Viennese School was the most influential of the serial composers after 1945:
A Anton von Webern
B Arnold Schoenberg
C Alban Berg
D Mario Davidovsky |
8. This largely self-taught, highly imaginative American composer was famous for developing his own theoretical system, and for inventing several unique wind and percussion instruments for performing his 'corporeal' works:
A George Perle
B Harry Partch
C Edgard Varese
D John Corigliano |
9. Which of the following compositions does not date from Messiaen's late period?
AIlluminations of the Beyond
BQuartet for the End of Time
CSt. Francis of Assisi
DThe Book of the Holy Sacrament |
10. Graphic notation can be found in the work of all of the following except:
AWilliam Schuman
BKarlheinz Stockhausen
CJohn Cage
DEarle Brown |
11.This composer is best-known for the works THRENODY FOR THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA (1960), the opera PARADISE LOST (1975-78), and the ST. LUKE PASSION (1963-65):
A Witold Lutoslawski
B Andrzej Panufnik
C Krzystof Penderecki
D Gyorgy Ligeti |
12. This work, dating from 1958, was the first fully 12-tone composition of Igor Stravinsky:
A Threni
B Canticum Sacrum
C Movement for piano and orchestra
D Agon |
13. An important member of the European avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s, this serialist is best known for his opera INTOLLERANZA (1960):
A Luciano Berio
B Luigi Nono
C Gian-Carlo Menotti
D Gian Francesco Malipiero |
14. He was one of the last American students of Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979):
A Philip Glass
B George Perle
C David Diamond
D William Schuman |
15. This prolific American composer is famous for his own brand of eastern mysticism and modal orientalisms. He is best-known for his Symphony No. 2: MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN (1955), and the orchestral poem AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES (1970):
A Mario Davidovsky
B Samuel Barber
C Leonard Rosenman
D Alan Hovhaness |
16. This 1971 opera by Benjamin Britten was his most impassioned pacifist work since the WAR REQUIEM (1962):
A Death in Venice
B The Prodigal Son
C Owen Wingrave
D The Turn of the Screw |
17. Beginning with his 1948 Cello Sonata, this American composer began employing a new rhythmic concept he termed metric modulation:
A Roger Sessions
B Aaron Copland
C Robert Suderburg
D Elliott Carter |
18. The concept of indeterminacy in music composition/performance was introduced by this philosopher-composer during the 1950s:
A Pierre Boulez
B John Cage
C Karlheinz Stockhausen
D Robert Moog |
19. The primary proponent of stochastic music in the 20th century:
AIannis Xenakis
BPierre Schaeffer
CJohn Cage
DOtto Luening |
20. An important leader of 20th century English serial composers is:
AMichael Tippett
BPeter Maxwell Davies
CHerbert Howells
DHumphrey Searle |
