Santa Fe New Music Advanced Quiz

Santa Fe New Music is about the music of our time - an eclectic range of styles, aesthetics, methods, and approaches to the ever changing world of new music.

We invite you to test your knowledge with the Santa Fe New Music advanced online quiz. Answer these questions to see how much you know about 20th century composers, conductors, famous pieces, popular styles, and much, much more!

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1. Which living American composer has appeared in "South Park"? (Hint - he also wrote the music for a Jim Carrey movie, among many others.)
John Adams
Steve Reich
Phillip Glass
David Lang
2. The opera "Nixon in China" by John Adams is written in which 20th century style?
Impressionist
Serialist
Minimalist
Aleatoric
3. Following "Nixon in China," which opera about current events did Adams compose?
Ollie and the Contras
The Death of Klinghoffer
Professor Atom
Talk Show Opera
4. If, as composer and leading new music critic Kyle Gann say, in the mid- 1980's, the "Downtown" New York composer scene began winning over the "Uptown" (academia) school that had dominated much of the mid-century, 12-tone compositional trends, which composer would NOT be worried for his or her ability to make a living?
Elliot Carter
Milton Babbit
Pauline Oliveros
Charles Wuorinen
5. John Cage's infamous composition 4'33" is a piece that lasts four minutes 33 seconds and calls for no notes or sounds. The piece was premiered in 1952 and became notorious for its approach. How many movements does the piece have?
One
Two
Three
Four
6. Which of these composers would NOT generally be associated with the Fluxus movement?
John Cage
Yoko Ono
Steve Reich
Christian Wolff
7. Gyorgy Ligeti, the Romanian composer who died in 2006, may best be remembered for the various pieces featured in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. His 1962 piece "Poeme Symphonique," programmed by SFNM in 2003, features 100 of what "instrument"?
Clocks
Metronomes
Wind-up toys
Player Pianos
8. Which 1970's work by Steve Reich brought minimalism to the wider public and was a hit as an LP album?
Grooving Phases
Music in 4 Parts for 80 Musicians
Music On and On to the Sunset
Music for 18 Musicians
9. Which of these famous classical music conductors is NOT also a composer?
Michael Tilson Thomas
James Levine
Esa Pekka Salonen
Pierre Boulez
10. What string quartet has specialized in the music of our time for over 30 years and released dozens of widely available CDs?
Crow Nose Quartet
Julliard String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet
Kronos Quartet
11. Name the notorious work by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who died last December.
Underwater Brass Quintet
Helicopter String Quartet
Orgy for Orchestra
Drumming on the Moon
12. Which Fluxus era work did SFNM Artistic Director John Kennedy perform the second known performance of while a student at Oberlin?
Nam June Paik - Danger Music for Dick Higgins: Creep Into the Vagina of a Living Whale
Yoko Ono - Cut Piece
Nam June Paik - The Young Penis Symphony
Annea Lockwood - Piano Burning

What is your age?

Under 18 Years Old

18 to 24 Years Old

25 to 30 Years Old

31 to 40 Years Old

41 to 50 Years Old

51 to 60 Years Old

Over 60 Years Old

What is your gender?

Male

Female

1. Which living American composer has appeared in "South Park"? (Hint - he also wrote the music for a Jim Carrey movie, among many others.)

John Adams

Steve Reich

Phillip Glass

David Lang

2. The opera "Nixon in China" by John Adams is written in which 20th century style?

Impressionist

Serialist

Minimalist

Aleatoric

3. Following "Nixon in China," which opera about current events did Adams compose?

Ollie and the Contras

The Death of Klinghoffer

Professor Atom

Talk Show Opera

4. If, as composer and leading new music critic Kyle Gann say, in the mid- 1980's, the "Downtown" New York composer scene began winning over the "Uptown" (academia) school that had dominated much of the mid-century, 12-tone compositional trends, which composer would NOT be worried for his or her ability to make a living?

Elliot Carter

Milton Babbit

Pauline Oliveros

Charles Wuorinen

5. John Cage's infamous composition 4'33" is a piece that lasts four minutes 33 seconds and calls for no notes or sounds. The piece was premiered in 1952 and became notorious for its approach. How many movements does the piece have?

One

Two

Three

Four

6. Which of these composers would NOT generally be associated with the Fluxus movement?

John Cage

Yoko Ono

Steve Reich

Christian Wolff

7. Gyorgy Ligeti, the Romanian composer who died in 2006, may best be remembered for the various pieces featured in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. His 1962 piece "Poeme Symphonique," programmed by SFNM in 2003, features 100 of what "instrument"?

Clocks

Metronomes

Wind-up toys

Player Pianos

8. Which 1970's work by Steve Reich brought minimalism to the wider public and was a hit as an LP album?

Grooving Phases

Music in 4 Parts for 80 Musicians

Music On and On to the Sunset

Music for 18 Musicians

9. Which of these famous classical music conductors is NOT also a composer?

Michael Tilson Thomas

James Levine

Esa Pekka Salonen

Pierre Boulez

10. What string quartet has specialized in the music of our time for over 30 years and released dozens of widely available CDs?

Crow Nose Quartet

Julliard String Quartet

Tokyo String Quartet

Kronos Quartet

11. Name the notorious work by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who died last December.

Underwater Brass Quintet

Helicopter String Quartet

Orgy for Orchestra

Drumming on the Moon

12. Which Fluxus era work did SFNM Artistic Director John Kennedy perform the second known performance of while a student at Oberlin?

Nam June Paik - Danger Music for Dick Higgins: Creep Into the Vagina of a Living Whale

Yoko Ono - Cut Piece

Nam June Paik - The Young Penis Symphony

Annea Lockwood - Piano Burning

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