Listening Gallery: Making Music Modern
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Problem
1:
How is ambiguity created in the following excerpt?
Musical Example:
Webern, Six Pieces for Orchestra, II
Correct!
Incorrect.
All of the above contributed to the movement’s ambiguity.
Problem
2:
Correct!
Incorrect.
All of the above are true except for the absence of literal repetition: An oscillation between two notes in the low register occurs twice during the piece. However, many sonic events occur once only; and the recurrence of the oscillation is hard to foretell.
Problem
3:
How is ambiguity created in the following excerpt?
Musical Example:
Elliott Carter, Eight Etudes and a Fantasy, II
Correct!
Incorrect.
Carter writes in a personal musical language. His second etude for winds consists of a rapid passage that is played over and over by each of the four winds. However, each starts on a different note, leading to dissonant combinations; and the voices are out-of-phase, leading to weak rhetorical reinforcement.
Silence does not play a role. The flute begins alone, establishing an expository statement. Each instrumental part consists only of literal repetition--so these three choices are less accurate.
Problem
4:
How is ambiguity created in the following excerpt?
Musical Example:
LaMonte Young, “A Wisp” from Remembering a Naiad
Correct!
Incorrect.
All are true.
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Last edited by Elizabeth Gregory on Jan 11, 2007 10:50 am US/Central.