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Davideckstein7

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Which idea best describes the purpose of twelve-tone music?
 
 

a. manipulating everyday sounds recorded on tape to form an unexpected sonic
  experience
  b. creating musical unity while simultaneously guaranteeing the perfect equality
  of a pitches so that none seems like a tonal center
  c. elevating random noise to the level of art
  d. to eliminate time-honored compositional practices as well as modern
  technology in order to create works that are hypnotic in their effect
  e. to emphasize emotional states by conveying the fear and anxiety an object
  generates in the mind of the composer



Question 2

Compositions that place such elements as pitch, timbre, rhythm, and dynamics
  in a fixed order is called:


 
 

a. twelve-tone composition
  b. Expressionism
  c. serial music
  d. atonal music
  e. chance music




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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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