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

The most important French Impressionist composer was

Claude Debussy

Impressionist composer often made use of a strongly accented meter

False

We can hear the profound changes in musical style between the 19th and 20th centuries using several different genres. Listen to the 3 examples and then match the musical trait

Ghana (three note) Iran (six note scale with microtonal) China ( 5 note)

Which of the following are true of Impressionism

It developed in parallel with the Symbolist It was initially a term denoting scorn It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris

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

Mythological faun in a dream like state

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

Symphonic poem

Impressionist composer explored the whole tone scale

True

Impressionist composer used various non- Western scale patterns in their works

True

programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists

False

Match the meter description to the piece it describes

Ghana (polymetric) Iran (free meter) China (dance like)

Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music?

Modal scale Unresolved dissonance Rich orchestral color

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

Monet

Match each musical instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard at the 1889 Exhibition

Red Lantern China (nasal operatic voice) Peru (folklike aero phones) Mountain Path China ( Chordophones) Indonesia (metallophones)

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

Stephane Mallarme Paul Verlaine

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

True