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
