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European Mainstream and the Beginning of the 20th Century, Part 1

1. The early 20th century saw all of the following countries distance themselves from German models and seek their own musical idenity except:
A Austria
B Russia
C Hungary
D England
2. All of the following were trends in music composition at the beginning of the 20th century except:
A re-discovery of folk music traditions
B minimalism
C interest in non-Western music traditions
D music designed for the "proletariat"
3. Non-Western and folk music can be characterized by all of the following except
A complex rhythmic patterns
B use of pentatonic scales
C performances without a clear beginnign and end
D a strong sense of sub-dominant/tonic relationships
4. Aleatory music
A is based on a 12-tone row
B must use non-traditional instruments such as factory sirens
C was first used by Arnold Schoenberg.
D leaves many decisions about the composition to the performer.
5. All of the following are characteristic of Bartók's music except.
A percussive use of the piano
B use of medieval modes
C use of Slavic folk songs
D tonal ambiguity
6.Bartók is more concerned about melody than counterpoint:
A True
B False
7. Bartók's "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta" contains all of the following except:
A mirror form
B frequent use of tritone
C ethnic dance rhythms
D regular metric markings within each movement
8. Prokofiev's early works were characterized by all of the following except:
A primitive, driving rhythm
B serialism
C use of folk stories
D tonal melodies with wide skips
9. All of the following are Prokofiev works inspired by Russian folklore or history except:
AAlexander Nevsky
BThe Love for Three Oranges
CLady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District
DPeter and the Wolf
10. Prokofiev composed the score for the following film:
AAlexander Nevsky
BThe Battle of Britain
CMemorial to Lidice
Dnone of the above
 

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