Unit 8 Expressionist Music

The term expressionism was taken from what movement of the same name?

• French art

• Spanish art

• German art

• American art

Expressionism was a reaction against , the desire for things?

• materialism
• nature

• large orchestras

• Debussy

Composers evoked settings with their music.

• rural
• suburban

• oceanic

• urban

Expressionist music is less straightforward and more:

• musical

• angry

• abstract

• complex

Music composed without a key or primary tonal center is called:

• atonal

• tonal

• major

• minor

Which composer is considered to be the father of modern (12-tone) music?

• Schoenberg

• Webern

• Stravinsky

• Bartók

Which composer expanded the use of the 12-tone system?

• Schoenberg

• Webern

• Shostakovich

• Bartók

Which composer combined expressionist methods with folk music in his compositions?

• Schoenberg

• Stravinsky

• Shostakovich

• Bartók

Which composer’s music is characterized by ambivalent tonality?

• Schoenberg

• Stravinsky

• Shostakovich

• Bartók

Which composer wrote Russian-sounding music and caused a riot with one of his ballets?

• Webern

• Stravinsky

• Shostakovich

• Bartók