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"?