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Who created the work Impression: Sunrise? |
| | A) | Claude Monet |
| | B) | Claude Debussy |
| | C) | Maurice Ravel |
| | D) | Richard Wagner |
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Debussy was an outspoken critic of which composer? |
| | A) | Wagner |
| | B) | Ravel |
| | C) | Berlioz |
| | D) | Schumann |
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How did Debussy move from one tone color to another in Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun? |
| | A) | By contrasting large and small groups of instruments, similar to the technique used in the Baroque concerto grosso. |
| | B) | By inserting piano glissandos between changes in tone color. |
| | C) | By clapping two delicate antique cymbals. |
| | D) | By beginning a melody with one instrument and continuing the melody with another instrument. |
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Which of the following characteristics is not a typical of Impressionist music? |
| | A) | steady rhythmic pulse |
| | B) | fragile and decorative beauty |
| | C) | sensuous tone colors |
| | D) | elegance and refinement |
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Glissando is... |
| | A) | the gradual slowing down of the tempo often heard at the end of a work of music. |
| | B) | the last name of the Italian impressionist composer, Angelo Glissando. |
| | C) | the swelling of volume, up and down, that is often associated with impressionist music. |
| | D) | the drawing of a finger up or down a series of adjacent notes. |
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What was the name of the poetic style that experimented with rhythm, sound, and the clustering of images to suggest moods or emotions? |
| | A) | Impressionism |
| | B) | Cubism |
| | C) | Symbolism |
| | D) | Surrealism |
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Which of the following statements does NOT describe Impressionist painting? |
| | A) | Impressionist painters used patches and dabs of color to build up an image. |
| | B) | Impressionist painters worked outdoors in bright afternoon light. |
| | C) | Mood, atmosphere, and the richness of nature were among the major inspirations for impressionist painters. |
| | D) | Impressionist painters sought to capture literary reality instead of visual interpretations of subjects. |
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All of the following descriptions apply to the Impressionist movement in music, except... |
| | A) | The Impressionist movement in music emphasized mood and atmosphere. |
| | B) | The Impressionist movement in music frequently used nature as a subject. |
| | C) | The Impressionist movement in music introduced dance rhythms and music from nonwestern cultures. |
| | D) | The Impressionist movement in music cast off the pompous, heavy, and serious quality of the Romantic German tradition. |
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Which programmatic orchestral piece by Debussy depicts, in a general way, a forest creature? |
| | A) | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| | B) | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun |
| | C) | Boléro |
| | D) | La Mer |
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How does Ravel's music differ from Debussy's music? |
| | A) | Ravel had a classical orientation toward form and balance. |
| | B) | The ultimate aim of Ravel's music was the creation of beautiful sound. |
| | C) | Ravel rejected German Romanticism. |
| | D) | Ravel wrote primarily for voice. |
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What did Debussy and Ravel have in common? |
| | A) | They rejected nonwestern modes and scales. |
| | B) | They shared an attraction to the rhythms of Spanish dance music. |
| | C) | They avoided nonwestern instrumental tone colors. |
| | D) | They were both Belgian. |
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What negative criticism did some people have at the first performance of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande? |
| | A) | It had a subtle and elusive quality. |
| | B) | Throughout the work the orchestra dominated over the voices. |
| | C) | It lacked form and melody. |
| | D) | It had bold orchestral tone colors. |
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