Music Appreciation Ch.6

97 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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20th century was a time of ___________ and __________.
Revolt, change
Characteristics of modern music include:
Instruments played at top and bottom of ranges, uncommon playing techniques, noise like and percussive sounds.
What is atonality?
Absence of tonality or key
What is the 1st TV opera?
Menotti's "Amahland the Night Vistors"
Impressionism began in ________ and _________ was the most famous impressionist composer.
France, Debussy
What is a faun?
Half man and half goat.
Neoclassical movement was from _____-_______.
1920-1950
The ________________ movement used forms and features of earlier periods.
Neoclassical
_____________ was the director of the Russian Ballet- Ballet Russe.
Serge Diaghilev
Stravinsky's ______________ of 1910 made him a leading composer.
"The Firebird"
There was a riot at the 1913 premiere of _____________.
"The Rite of Spring"
Expressionist Movement was from _______-________.
1905-1925
___________ developed sprechstimme, which is __________________.
Schoenberg, speaking and singing
12 tone composition is called a ________, _________, or ________.
Series, tone row, set.
_________________ uses English, German, and Hebrew.
"A Survivor from Warsaw"