Ch. 49 Mythical Impressions: Program Music at the End of the Nineteenth Century
The most important French Impressionist composer was
Claude Debussy
Impressionist composer often made use of a strongly accented meter
False
We can hear the profound changes in musical style between the 19th and 20th centuries using several different genres. Listen to the 3 examples and then match the musical trait
Ghana (three note) Iran (six note scale with microtonal) China ( 5 note)
Which of the following are true of Impressionism
It developed in parallel with the Symbolist It was initially a term denoting scorn It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris
The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns which?
Mythological faun in a dream like state
Which genre describes the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
Symphonic poem
Impressionist composer explored the whole tone scale
True
Impressionist composer used various non- Western scale patterns in their works
True
programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists
False
Match the meter description to the piece it describes
Ghana (polymetric) Iran (free meter) China (dance like)
Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music?
Modal scale Unresolved dissonance Rich orchestral color
Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise
Monet
Match each musical instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard at the 1889 Exhibition
Red Lantern China (nasal operatic voice) Peru (folklike aero phones) Mountain Path China ( Chordophones) Indonesia (metallophones)
Which French Symbolist poets were highly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a poet from the United States?
Stephane Mallarme Paul Verlaine
The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world
True