Music: Chapter 34

Which of the following is true of Ravel's compositional style?

Both a and b

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

Chromatic and freely flowing

Which of the following is NOT a work by Ravel that has remained in the popular repertory?

Myrrha

The songs from Don Quixote to Dulcinea were originally intended for a film.

true

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

Woodwinds

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

large-scale forms

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

False

Neoclassical artists and composers looked back to the Romantic era for inspiration.

False

Puccini and Mahler were the last composers to be attracted to new, exotic scales.

False

Ravel focused solely on music and art from France.

False

Ravel's music rarely looks to influences from other cultures.

False

The whole-tone scale, a favored device of Impressionist composers, is built entirely of semitones.

False

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

Symphonic Poem

Ravel enjoyed praise from audiences and critics alike in his travels to:

The United States

Impressionist composers used the church modes of the Middle Ages and various non-Western scale patterns in their works.

True

Many composers in the early twentieth century continued to be influenced by non-Western music.

True

Maurice Ravel is considered a Post-Impressionist composer.

True

Programmatic music continued in the Impressionist period.

True

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" features:

homophonic textures

The program for this work concerns:

mythological creature in a wine enduced sleep

Ravel is considered a post-Impressionist because of his:

return to the basic conceptions of form

What is the form of Ravel's Drinking Song from the Don Quixote song cycle?

strophic

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

ternary (A-B-A)

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

True