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20th CENTURY MUSIC

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