Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 34 Quiz

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Question #1
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called:
A.   aleatoric music
B.   program music
C.   absolute music
Question #2
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called:
A.   absolute music
B.   incidental music
C.   program music
Question #3
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was:
A.   the composer Clara Schumann
B.   the writer George Sand
C.   the actress Harriet Smithson
Question #4
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:
A.   the subject
B.   the idée fixe
C.   the Dies irae
Question #5
Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A.   a diabolical march
B.   a witches' orgy
C.   a pastoral scene
Question #6
What does the loud chord immediately after the statement of the idée fixe in the solo clarinet at the end of the fourth movement in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique represent?
A.   the falling of the guillotine’s blade
B.   the last image of his beloved
C.   the witches at the composer’s funeral
Question #7
In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?
A.   the first
B.   the fourth
C.   the fifth
Question #8
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique exemplifies the type of program music known as:
A.   the program symphony
B.   the symphonic poem
C.   the concert overture
Question #9
Which of the following is NOT true about Hector Berlioz?
A.   He was a genius at orchestration.
B.   He was a German Romantic composer.
C.   Some of his works have a literary basis.
Question #10
The character development in Symfonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the_______.
A.   idée fixe
B.   program
C.   contrabassoon
Question #11
One of Berlioz’s key innovations was his orchestration effects.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #12
Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #13
Music that is designed without intended literary or pictorial meanings is called program music.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
Program music composers do not indicate the intended meaning of the program music.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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