20th C. test Study guide (1/08 update)

As promised, here are some things you need to be sure you know, in no particular order.

1. What did composers draw inspiration from?
   
2. Terms:
   
   • Glissando
     
   • Ostinato
     
   • New playing techniques
     
   • polytonality
     
   • bitonality
     
   • atonality
     
   • polyrhythm
     
   • ostinato
     
   • prepared piano
     
   • quotation music
     
   
   
3. Which composer is tied to which movement - and basic characteristics of the music of each movement
   
   • impressionism
     
   • expressionism
     
   • primitivism
     
   • neoclassicism
     
   • minimalism
     
   • electronic music
     
   • Aleatoric (chance) music
     
4. Listening - same as before. Drawn from your CDs.
   
5. PLUS: possibly a piece you've never heard before, that I will want you to comment on. We've had enough listening and discussion through the semester that you should be able to listen to a piece and make some intelligent comments and guesses as to what type of music it is. This would be graded on the quality of your opinions and how well you phrase them (so you CAN get credit even if you guess wrong - as long as you back up your opinion!)