Exam 4 Study GuideTwentieth Century culture19th & 20th Century –isms

Genre CheckListening Summary Check

Exam format

20th Century general terms

atonalitypolytonalityostinatosprechstimmetwelve-tone systemtone row (set, series)aleatoric (chance) music

quotation musicinvented notationvaudevillereviewoperettamusical (musical

theater)

Composers studied in 20th Century unitKnow how they and theirmusic fit into 20thC culture.

DebussyStravinskySchoenbergBartokStillCoplandGinasteraCageVareseZwilichAdamsBernstein

Other 19th & 20th

Century notablesKnow their significant contributions to 20th Century culture.

WagnerMalarme, PoeMonet, Manet, Renoir, DegasMunchPicassoTS EliotBoulangerWebberSondheim

19th & 20th Century -Isms

Monumentalism

Cyclicism

Symbolism

Impressionism

Expressionism

Primitivism

Neoclassicism

Minimalism

Serialism (Twelve-tone)

Total serialism (1950s)

Nationalism

Exoticism

Internationalism

ChantMassMotetMadrigalConcerto (solo or grosso)FugueOperaSuite (dance suite)ChoraleChorale preludeCantataOratorioString quartet

Serenade (divertimento)SymphonyEtudeLied (art song)MiniatureProgram symphonyConcert overtureSymphonic poem (tone poem)Incidental musicElectronic musicQuotation musicMusical

Crossed out items will NOT be included in the exam’s genre check area.

Genre Check

20th Century Listening Summaries

Debussy Afternoon of a FaunStravinsky Rite of SpringSchoenberg Pierrot LunaireBartók Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt 2: Game of PairsStill Afro-American Symphony, Mvt 3Copland Variations from Appalachian SpringGinastera Estancia Suite, Danza Final: MalamboCage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared PianoVarese Poem ElectroniqueZwilich Concerto Grosso, 1985Adams Short Ride on a Fast MachineBernstein Tonight from West Side Story

Crossed out pieces will NOT be included in Exam 4.

Exam Information

56 multiple choice questions◦28 questions on listening◦28 questions on culture, chronology, genres,

-isms, technical termsOp-Scan gradedExam grades and final letter grades

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