PNU WESTERN MUSIC PART 1

This music originates from the populace and is handed, spread, and passed orally. It has simple melody.

• Folk music

• Acoustic music

• New age

• Ethnic music

Which of the following styles of performing is used by Schoenberg in his composition “Pierrot Lunaire” where the lyrics of the song are half-sung and half-spoken?

• Inversion

• Rap

• Sprechstimme

• Retrograde

Who among the following personalities is a well-known impressions composer of the 20th century?

• Bela Bartok

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

• Claude Debussy

Which of these compositions are not from the Classical era?

• The Marriage of Figaro

• Fur Elise

• Symphonies Fantastique

• Don Giovanni

It is a free form for solo voice with accompaniment in which the vocal melody approximates the natural rhythm and pitch inflection of the text.

• Recitative

• Chorale

• Aria

• Hymn

It is a song for solo and accompaniment in which the vocal part is written in a fairly complex style, often with several notes to each syllable of the text.

• Recitative

• Chorale

• Aria

• Hymn

Who is the composer of the “Branderburg Concerto”?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig Van Beethoven

• Johanne Sebastian Bach

• Franz Josef Haydn

It is the period of subjectivity, emotionalism, imbalance and fantasy.

• Romantic

• Contemporary

• Classical

• Baroque

It is a religious or sacred song, usually a metrical poem to be sung by a congregation.

• Anthem

• Hymn

• Motet

• Gregorian Chant

In which period in music history was the new tonal system invented characterized by the different kinds of ideology and music, the use of important technologies in producing sound and music and the widespread nationalistic spirit of music?

• 16th century

• 19th century

• 18th century

• 20th century