Chapter 49

accented rhythmic drive

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

False

Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period.

Large-scale forms

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

True

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

False

impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

True

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

ternary (A-B-A')

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

mythological creature in a dreamlike state

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

True

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

Chromatic and with a free rhythm

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