Exploring Modern Music and Art

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Music in which the composer leaves musical decisions to the performer is known as chance, or

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aleatoric music

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A trend away from objective representation in painting led to

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abstract expressionism

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Who is the inventor of the "prepared piano"?

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John Cage

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Minimalism often considers the role of texture and its impact on the process.

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True

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In the 1970s, Steve Reich spent a month playing with and listening to drummers in

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Ghana

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What is a recording that remakes an earlier, often successful recording with the goal of reaching a wider audience?

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cover

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Neo-Romantic composers embraced aspects of which?

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nineteenth-century orchestral sound

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Underscoring in film music refers to which?

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music coming from an unseen source

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Intervals smaller than half steps are called

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microtones

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In order to be completely original, composers almost never quote or pay homage to earlier composers and musicians.

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False