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