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20th CENTURY MUSIC

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    History of music in the 20th century
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  • Music written without any particular key is called:
    atonal
    polytonal
    multitonal
    nontonal
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  • Music written in more than 1 key at the same time is called:
    multitonal
    monotonal
    polytonal
    atonal
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  • Composers who used music to "paint" soft musical pictures were called ___________ composers.
    neoclassic
    romantic
    avant garde
    impressionist
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  • Composers who returned to musical elements of earlier times like the Baroque and Classical were called ___________ composers.
    neoclassical
    romantic
    impressionist
    avant garde
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  • Composers who often used experimental techniques in their music were called __________ composers.
    impressionist
    avant garde
    romantic
    neoclassic
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  • Which of these used jazz elements in his compositions?
    John Cage
    George Gershwin
    Charles Ives
    Claude Debussy
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  • Which composer used jazz and hispanic elements in his music for "West Side Story"?
    John Cage
    Leonard Bernstein
    Aaron Copland
    Igor Stravinsky
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  • John Cage wrote music for a ________________ piano, one that makes strange sounds because foreign objects are placed in it.
    prepared
    studded
    messed
    hacked
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  • True or False: The music of the 20th century was very diverse.
    True
    False
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  • Which of these musical styles did NOT emerge during the 20th century?
    rhythm and blues
    country western
    dance
    rock and roll
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