Posted: February 20th, 2017

Tamra says that the difference between an opera and a musical is that the opera includes more spoken word than singing. Eduardo says that the musical contains singing with some spoken dialog. Who is correct in citing the difference?

1. Which one of the following composers is best known for promoting aleatory music?

2. Which of the following composers wrote the music for West Side Story?

3. Tamra says that the difference between an opera and a musical is that the
opera includes more spoken word than singing. Eduardo says that the musical
contains singing with some spoken dialog. Who is correct in citing the
difference?

4. The first African American to have a major opera performed by a major
American opera company was

5. The _______ is a xylophone-like instrument with tubular resonators under
each bar.

6. Public Enemy’s abrasive rap recording “Fight the Power” has a
basic pulse of

7. For the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chinese-American _______ was
enlisted to play the cello to offset the Asian-sounding erhu.

8. The musical movement that started in the mid-1960s on the West Coast was the
_______ movement.

9. The progression of four basic chords that was used in many popular songs of
the 1950s and 1960s is referred to as _______ chord progression.

10. Notes that begin a phrase before a downbeat are known as pick-up notes or
a/an

11. Einstein on a Beach was a unique opera because it

12. Agnes de Mille choreographed Aaron Copland’s Rodeo to blend

13. Which song crossed racial boundaries by achieving success on both the
R&B and pop charts?

14. A musical style that combines traditional and modern elements is called

15. A repeated melodic and rhythmic figure in the lower register of the piano
is typical of the Afro-Cuban dance music known as

16. The musician who ushered in the twentieth-century era of
virtuosic rock guitar playing was

17. A modern-day retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is carried out in the musical

18. Which of John Cage’s works has been perceived by some as a joke?

19. The type of music that blended the musical styles of jump blues and
honky-tonk was

20. The hand-clapping at the beginning of the song “Please Mr.
Postman” is known as the