MUSIC 10

I. Read each item carefully and write the answer of your choice in your paper.
1. A French movement in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Expressionism Impressionism Neoclassicism Avant-garde
2. Which of the following composers was the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and
the focal point for other impressionist composers?
Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel Bela Bartok Igor Stravinsky
3.The following are Claude Debussy’s compositions EXCEPT:
Claire de Lune La Mer Bolero L’ Enfant Prodigue
4.His compositional style is mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of
harmonic treatment.
Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel Bela Bartok Igor Stravinsky
5.Ravel’s work includes the following EXCEPT:
Bolero String Quartet Pavane for a dead Princess Pierrot Lunare
6.It dealt with the parameters or the dimensions of sound in space.
Expressionism Impressionism Neoclassicism Avant-garde
7.He is the “Father of American Jazz”.
Claude Debussy George Gershwin Bela Bartok Igor Stravinsky
8.The following are George Gershwin’s compositions EXCEPT:
Claire de Lune An American in Paris Rhapsody in blue La La Lucille
9.His big break came when he was asked to substitute for the ailing Bruno Walter in conducting
New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert in 1943.
Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel Bela Bartok Leonard Bernstein
10.Bernstein’s work include the following EXCEPT:
Bolero Musical of West Side Story Tonight Candide

II. Carefully read the sentences below and identify the term being asked.
Primitivistic music Concerto for Orchestra Bela Bartok
Neo-classicism Sergel Prokofieff
___________1. It is atonal through the stressing of one note as more important than the others,
combines two familiar or simple ideas together creating new sounds.
___________2. A five-movement work composed late in Bartok’s life, features the exceptional
talents of its various soloists in an intricately constructed piece.
___________3. A moderating factor between the emotional excesses of the Romantic period and
the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism.
___________4. His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique, pulsating rhythms,
melodic directness, and a resolving dissonance.
___________5. He was inspired by the performance of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach
Zarathustra to write his first nationalistic poem.

III. Essay. 5 points each.

1. Which among the musical movements is more likely to pique your interest? Why? Elaborate
your answer.
2. Which among the musical movements is less likely to pique your interest? Why? Elaborate your
answer.
3. If you would become a composer of any genre. What will be your music be all about? What kind
of genre do you think your music will be?