Chapter 44. Mythical Impressions: Program Music at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists.

False

Impressionist composers explored the whole-tone scale.

True

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

ternary (A-B-A')

The most important French Impressionist composer was -Press Space to openClaude DebussyPaul VerlaineClaude Monet.

Claude Debussy

Which of the following is true of Impressionism?

Correct Answer(s) It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style. It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris. It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry. Incorrect Answer(s) It is mainly an Italian art form.

Which French Symbolist poets were highly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a poet from the United States?

Correct Answer(s) Paul Verlaine Stéphane Mallarmé Incorrect Answer(s) Voltaire Jean Racine

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" features which of the following?

Correct Answer(s) chromaticism homophonic texture antique cymbals "blue" chords Incorrect Answer(s) accented rhythmic drive

Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music?

Correct Answer(s) rich orchestral color modal scales unresolved dissonances Incorrect Answer(s) strict rhythms

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

False

Which instrument is featured in the opening melody of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Flute

Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise?

Monet

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" was later choreographed by the great -Press Space to openRussianFrenchGerman dancer Vaslav Nijinksy.

Russian

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

In the last section of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" antique -Press Space to opencymbalstambourinesflutes are introduced.

cymbals

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

mythological creature in a dreamlike state

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" draws its program from a Symbolist -Press Space to openpoemnovelmanifesto.

poem

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

symphonic poem

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

True

Debussy was influenced by the non--Press Space to openAntwerpChicagoEasternNew YorkWesternParis scales and instruments he encountered at the -Press Space to openAntwerpChicagoEasternNew YorkWesternParis World Exhibition of 1889.

Western, Paris

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

True