CH 49 CHAPTER QUIZ

Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Chromatic and with a free rhythm

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

False

Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period.

False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music?

Large-scale forms

Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.

True

The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.

True

The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers.

True

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____.

accented rhythmic drive

The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____.

mythological creature in a dreamlike state

The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____.

ternary (A-B-A')