SHOSYS ACADEMY 12 TEST: TRENDS IN WESTERN MUSIC
Kelvin Sholar
1 Introduction To The Blog Series
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2 Testing Recall Of TITLE
In Lesson 12, we learned about trends in western music. Here in this Test, remembrance is assessed; the primary task for the student is to find cues in test questions that make it easy to remember answers. There may be more than one correct answer for a given test question. Correct answers are given at the end of this test.
2.1 Test Questions
1. Knowledge of trends and sequences concern:
a). processes
b). specifics
c). directions
d). movements of phenomena
2. Alban Berg was an:
a). American composer
b). German composer
c). Austrian composer
3. Listeners try to sum complex compositions up into a single simple:
a). melody
b). title
4. Western melodies were composed by the exact repetition of phrases; which creates____
a). symmetry
b). sequence
5. Long melodies (themes) often take place over the course of an ____ number of bars:
a). odd
b). even
6. In Western music, themes were developed ____ over ____ numbers of bars:
a). slowly, few
b). slowly, many
c). quickly, few
d). quickly, many
7. In Western music, themes were developed through:
a). exact repetitions
b). sequences
8. In Western music, relations of tempo and note-values derive from:
a). mechanical movement
b). bodily movement
c). old dance forms
9. In Western music, the music of the nineteenth century is almost always:
a). monophonic
b). polyphonic
c). homophonic
3 Test Answers
1. Knowledge of trends and sequences concern:
a). processes
c). directions
d). movements of phenomena
2. Alban Berg was an:
c). Austrian composer
3. Listeners try to sum complex compositions up into a single simple:
a). melody
4. Western melodies were composed by the exact repetition of phrases; which creates____
a). symmetry
5. Long melodies (themes) often take place over the course of an ____ number of bars:
b). even
6. In Western music, themes were developed ____ over ____ numbers of bars:
b). slowly, many
7. In Western music, themes were developed through:
a). exact repetitions
b). sequences
8. In Western music, relations of tempo and note-values derive from:
a). mechanical movement
b). bodily movement
c). old dance forms
9. In Western music, the music of the nineteenth century is almost always:
c). homophonic
4 Bibliography
Berg, Alban. Why Is Schoenberg’s Music So Difficult To Understand?. Vienna: Musikblaetter des Anbruch, 1924
Bloom, B. S.; Engelhart, M. D.; Furst, E. J.; Hill, W. H.; Krathwohl, D. R. Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives: The Classification Of Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Company, 1956
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018
Reich, Willi. The Life and Work of Alban Berg. New York: 1982