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1
Which of the following statements is not true of Ravel?
A)He was a brilliant orchestrator.
B)He composed a large number of works in all genres.
C)He was a master craftsman.
D)He had a taste for exotic musical idioms.
2
Ravel's Bolero originated as a(n)
A)piano composition commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein
B)ballet commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubinstein
C)entrance composition for the Prix de Rome
D)student exercise in modulation and key relationships
3
While some of Ravel's music has the fluid, misty, atmospheric quality associated with impressionism, he does not fit neatly into any stylistic category because his
A)music is too clearly defined in form and tonality
B)melodies are more closely related to nineteenth-century French composers
C)music is too classically balanced in phrase structure
D)all of the above
4
Which of the following works is not by Maurice Ravel?
A)La Valse
B)Rhapsody espagnole
C)Voiles
D)Daphnis et Chloé
5
Bolero reflects Ravel's fascination with
A)Spanish music
B)obsessive rhythmic repetition
C)tone color
D)all of the above





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