" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Schoenberg's earliest works were influenced by __________."; q1a="German Romanticism"; q1b="French impressionism"; q1c="Russian nationalism"; q1d="all of the above"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="a"; q2="Atonality is __________."; q2a="another word for "dodecaphony""; q2b="arranging a piece around a pitch center but without a hierarchy"; q2c="defined as any system that does not have a central pitch"; q2d="another word for modality"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="c"; q3="Sprechstimme<\/i> is __________."; q3a="a German opera form that uses spoken dialogue"; q3b="a vocal technique that combines speech and song"; q3c="a song cycle composed by Schoenberg"; q3d="an untexted vocal part that complements an instrumental work"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="b"; q4="Pierrot Lunaire<\/i> uses what techniques?"; q4a="Sprechstimme<\/i> and twelve-tone serialism"; q4b="Sprechstimme<\/i> and short unifying motives"; q4c="Sprechstimme<\/i> and indeterminacy"; q4d="twelve-tone serialism and pointillism"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="b"; q5="Schoenberg developed twelve-tone technique during what period of his life?"; q5a="before 1908"; q5b="around 1908–1914"; q5c="during World War I"; q5d="between World War I and 1930"; q5e="after 1930"; q5review=""; q5answer="d"; q6="Alban Berg's twelve-tone style differs from others' in that __________."; q6a="he used tone rows that include or suggest triads"; q6b="he only used non-retrogradable tone rows"; q6c="he also applied the twelve-tone system to rhythm and dynamics"; q6d="all of the above"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="a"; q7="The artistic movement that influenced Schoenberg and Berg is __________."; q7a="impressionism"; q7b="expressionism"; q7c="pre-Raphaelites"; q7d="cubism"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="Which of these composers did not use Sprechstimme<\/i>?"; q8a="Schoenberg"; q8b="Berg"; q8c="Webern"; q8d="All of these composers used Sprechstimme<\/i>."; q8e="None of these composers used Sprechstimme<\/i>."; q8review=""; q8answer="c"; q9="Wozzeck<\/i>"; q9a="Schoenberg"; q9b="Berg"; q9c="Webern"; q9d="Boulez"; q9e="Messiaen"; q9review=""; q9answer="b"; q10="Moses und Aron<\/i>"; q10a="Schoenberg"; q10b="Berg"; q10c="Webern"; q10d="Boulez"; q10e="Messiaen"; q10review=""; q10answer="a"; q11="Violin Concerto"; q11a="Schoenberg"; q11b="Berg"; q11c="Webern"; q11d="Boulez"; q11e="Messiaen"; q11review=""; q11answer="b"; q12="Quartet for the End of Time<\/i>"; q12a="Schoenberg"; q12b="Berg"; q12c="Webern"; q12d="Boulez"; q12e="Messiaen"; q12review=""; q12answer="e"; q13="Le Marteau sans maitre<\/i>"; q13a="Schoenberg"; q13b="Berg"; q13c="Webern"; q13d="Boulez"; q13e="Messiaen"; q13review=""; q13answer="d"; q14="The composer whose works are very short and use sparse textures."; q14a="Schoenberg"; q14b="Berg"; q14c="Webern"; q14d="Boulez"; q14e="Messiaen"; q14review=""; q14answer="c"; q15="Darmstadt was the site of __________."; q15a=""Holiday courses for new music""; q15b="Webern's death"; q15c="the premiere of Pierrot Lunaire<\/i>"; q15d="all of the above"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="a"; q16="Ionisation<\/i> uses which of these techniques?"; q16a="application of serial techniques to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and timbre"; q16b="a battery of percussion instruments plus anvils, chains, and a siren"; q16c="computer-generated sounds in combination with live singers"; q16d="pitch clusters with rhythms decided by the performers"; q16e="none of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="b"; q17="Musique concrète<\/i> is __________."; q17a="music that incorporates taped sounds"; q17b="music that portrays objects such as buildings and highways"; q17c="music that uses Classical forms and randomly decided pitches"; q17d="computerized music"; q17e="none of the above"; q17review=""; q17answer="a"; q18="Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima<\/i> uses what technique?"; q18a="indefinite pitches on a pitch continuum"; q18b="MIDI"; q18c="pre-recorded taped sounds from nature"; q18d="all of the above"; q18e="none of the above"; q18review=""; q18answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. --> <body>This page requires a browser that can display frames.<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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