CH 49 music quiz

The term "Impressionism" was taken from a work by the painter

Claude Monet

Which is true of Debussy's career and compositional output?

Debussy helped establish the French song (mélodie) as a national art form., Debussy won the Prix de Rome at age 22.,Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande brought him public recognition.

Which American poet strongly influenced the poems of the French poets Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine?

Edgar Allan Poe

Which statement does NOT apply to Impressionist composers?

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

A pastoral poem by the Symbolist writer _______ inspired Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun."

Stéphane Mallarmé

The Impressionist movement began in which city?

Paris

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

a mythological creature in a dreamlike state

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

accented rhythmic drive

Impressionist painters were NOT interested in

the grandiosity of Romantic art.

Which of the following relates to Debussy's use of the orchestra in comparison with Romantic composers?

veiled sounds, flutes in the lower register, use of harp cleats glockenspiel, muted horns

How was dissonance viewed by Impressionist composers?

as a goal in itself, freed from the need to resolve

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

chromatic and languorous

Symbolist poets sought to

evoke images through suggestion.

The hazy, dreamy quality of Impressionism is captured in the opening of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" through the use of which instruments?

flute and harp

Impressionism in music took place

in the late 1800s

Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element of Impressionist music?

large-scale forms

What is one example of daring new tone combinations explored by Impressionist composers?

ninth chord

Impressionism began as a movement in

painting

Greater subtlety and expressive ambiguity in Impressionist music were achieved through all of the following EXCEPT:

percussive dissonance

Which genre describes Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

symphonic poem

The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is

ternary (A-B-A').

Impressionist painters

tried to capture the freshness of their first impressions on canvas

Symbolism was the literary equivalent of Impressionism.

True

The term "Impressionism" was originally one of derision in academic circles.

True

Which Russian dancer choreographed the ballet version of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Vaslav Nijinksy