Chapter 51: Also American: Revueltas and Mexican Musical Modernism
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The musical scene in early twentieth-century Mexico was strongly influenced by:
a. Spanish music. c. Amerindian culture.
b. Hispanic culture. d. all of the answers shown here
2. During the Aztec Renaissance, composers sought to:
a. quote authentic Aztec melodies.
b. discard Western forms and genres.
c. suggest the character of native music.
d. all of the answers shown here
3. Carlos Chávez was a noted:
a. mariachi band leader. c. Mexican art music composer.
b. singer of cowboy songs. d. folk song collector.
4. Silvestre Revueltas’s compositional style is considered representative of:
a. atonal Expressionism. c. dissonant counterpoint.
b. neo-Classicism. d. mestizo realism.
5. Revueltas’s mature compositional style features:
a. Impressionist harmonies.
b. twelve-tone harmonies.
c. actual Mexican folk melodies.
d. a modern harmonic language, polyrhythms, and ostinatos.
6. Which of the following is a work by Silvestre Revueltas?
a. El Salón México
b. Homenaje a Federico García Lorca
c. A Lincoln Portrait
d. L’oiseau de feu
7. Son is a Spanish-language term that refers to:
a. sound. c. song.
b. a traditional song/dance of Mexico. d. a familial relationship.
8. Revueltas’s orchestration for Son is similar to that of:
a. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. c. a Western dance band.
b. a mariachi ensemble. d. a Hollywood film score.
9. People of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry are called:
a. mestizo. c. Mexican.
b. mulatto. d. all of the answers shown here
10. Where did the Aztec Renaissance take place?
a. Mexico c. Harlem
b. New York City d. Spain
11. ________ was a nationalist modernist movement that drew on elements of Mexico’s traditional
culture.
a. Mestizo realism c. Latin realism
b. Mexican realism d. Latin-American realism
12. Silvestre Revueltas was a twentieth-century composer born in:
a. Mexico. c. the United States.
b. Spain. d. Brazil.
13. Which of the following was a poet killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War?
a. Federico García Lorca c. Carlos Chávez
b. Silvestre Revueltas d. Ernest Hemingway
14. What type of traditional ensemble does Revueltas evoke in Son?
a. brass band c. fife and drum
b. mariachi ensemble d. jazz band
TRUE/FALSE
1. The modern music of Mexico is based on the music of indigenous Amerindian cultures and of
Spain.
2. Like Copland, Revueltas wrote music for films.
3. The dedicatee of Revueltas’s orchestral work Homenaje a Federico García Lorca was a famous
Mexican composer and conductor.
4. The Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas lived a long and productive artistic life.
5. The instruments in a mariachi ensemble include trumpets, violins, and guitars.
6. Duelo refers to a type of traditional Mexican song.
7. Homenaje a Federico García Lorca blends the traditions of Mexican-vernacular and
European-modernist music.
8. Son from Revueltas’s Homenaje a Federico García Lorca features a mariachi band.
9. Silvestre Revueltas was killed during the Spanish Civil War.
ESSAY
1. Discuss the nationalistic and modernistic aspects of the music of Silvestre Revueltas.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 286–288
TOP: Revueltas MSC: Applied
2. Discuss how Silvestre Revueltas evoked the character of traditional Mexican music in Homenaje a
Federico García Lorca.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 286–288
TOP: Revueltas MSC: Applied