Chapter 49: Mythical Impressions: Program Music at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Which of the following are true of Impressionism? *It developed in parallel with Symbolist movement in poetry. *It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris. *It is mainly an Italian art form. *It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style.
*It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry. *It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris. *It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style.
Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music? *rich orchestral color *strict rhythms *modal scales *unresolved dissonances
*modal scales *rich orchestral color *unresolved dissonances
The most important French Impressionist composer was ______.
Claude Debussy
Which French Symbolist poets were highly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a poet from the United States, and which were not? *Voltaire *Stephane Mallarme *Paul Verlaine *Jean Racine
Correct *Paul Verlaine *Stephane Mallarme Incorrect *Jean Racine *Voltaire
Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise? *Debussy *Picasso *Monet
Monet
True or false: Impressionist composers explored the whole-tone scale.
True
Debussy was influenced by the non-_______ scales and instruments he encountered at the ______ World Exhibition of 1889.
Western; Paris
Which genre describes the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"? *symphony *symphonic poem *suite
symphonic poem
Match the Debussy and Ravel work with the traits that fit each. *snare drum evokes Spanish dancer's castanets *floating movement with vague meter *regular triple meter *evocative of waves in the sea *Debussy: Jeux de vagues, from La mer *Ravel: Bolero
Debussy: Jeux de vagues, from La mer *evocative of waves in the sea *floating movement with vague meter Ravel: Bolero *snare drum evokes Spanish dancer's castanets *regular triple meter
True or false: Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.
False
True or false: Programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists.
False
Match the meter description to the piece it describes *dancelike, shifting meter *polymetric (multiple simultaneous patterns) *rhapsodic, free meter *Gankino horo (Bulgaria) *Gota (Ghana) *Avaz of Bayate Esfahan (Iran)
Gankino horo (Bulgaria): dancelike, shifting meter Goto (Ghana): polymetric (multiple simulatenous patterns) Avaz of Bayate Esfahan (Iran): rhapsodic, free meter
Match the musical trait to the three musical examples. *tritonic (three-note) scale *pentatonic (five-note) scale *six-note scale with microtonal inflections *Gota (Ghana) *Avaz of Bayate Esfahan (Iran) *In a Mountain Path (China)
Gota (Ghana): tritonic (three-note scale) Avaz of Bayate Esfahan (Iran): six-note scale with microtonal inflections In a Mountain Path (China): pentatonic (five-note scale)
Match each instrumental and vocal timbre that was heard at the 1889 Exhibition to the example it describes. *nasal operatic voice *metallophones *chordophones, both bowed and struck *folklike aerophones *Los Jilicatas (Peru) *In a Mountain Path (China) *Story of the Red Lantern (China) *Tabuh Kenilu Sawik (Indonesia)
Los Jilicatas (Peru): folklike aerophones In a Mountain Path (China): chordophones, both bowed and struck Story of the Red Lantern (China): nasal operatic voice Tabuh Kenilu Sawik (Indonesia): metallophones
True or false: Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.
True
True or false: The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.
True
The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns which? *mythological creature meets school age children in war-torn Britain *magic ring that brings bad luck to its owner *baby deer just finding its legs *mythological faun in a dream-like state
mythological faun in a dream-like state
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" draws its program from a Symbolist _______.
poem
