Chapter 49. Mythical Impressions: Program Music at the End of the Nineteenth Century

poem

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" draws its program from a Symbolist

Russian

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

whole-tone scale

Impressionist composers explored the

cymbals

In the last section of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" antique X are introduced

impressionism

It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris; It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry; It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style.

Claude Debussy

The most important French Impressionist composer was

mythological faun in a dream like state

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

Monet

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

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"?

symphonic poem

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

flute

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

rhapsodic, free meter

Which metric is Avaz of Bayate Esfahan?

dancelike, shifting meter

Which metric is Gankino horo?

polymetric (multiple simultaneous patterns)

Which metric is Gota?

six-note

Which scale is Avaz of Bayate Esfahan?

tritonic

Which scale is Gota ?

pentatonic

Which scale is In a Mountain Path?

Debussy: Jeux de vagues

evocative of waves in the sea; floating movement with vague meter

Afternoon of a Faun

homophonic texture; chromaticism; antique cymbals; "blue" chords

chordophones, both bowed and struck

instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard w/ In a Mountain Path

folklike aerophones

instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard w/ Los Jilicatas

nasal operatic voice

instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard w/ Story of the Red Lantern

metallophones

instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard w/Tabuh Kenilu Sawik

impressionist music

is characterized by free rhythm.

Paris World Exposition

provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.

Ravel: Boleroq

snare drum evokes Spanish dancer's castanets; regular triple meter

impressionist music

unresolved dissonances, rich orchestral color, modal scales

Programmatic forms

used by Impressionists

impressionist composers

used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.

Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé

were highly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a poet from the United States