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.   absolute music
B.   aleatoric music
C.   program music
Question #2
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called:
A.   absolute music
B.   program music
C.   incidental music
Question #3
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was:
A.   the composer Clara Schumann
B.   the actress Harriet Smithson
C.   the writer George Sand
Question #4
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:
A.   the idée fixe
B.   the Dies irae
C.   the subject
Question #5
Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A.   a witches' orgy
B.   a pastoral scene
C.   a diabolical march
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 witches at the composer’s funeral
B.   the falling of the guillotine’s blade
C.   the last image of his beloved
Question #7
In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?
A.   the fourth
B.   the fifth
C.   the first
Question #8
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique exemplifies the type of program music known as:
A.   the symphonic poem
B.   the concert overture
C.   the program symphony
Question #9
Which of the following is NOT true about Hector Berlioz?
A.   He was a German Romantic composer.
B.   Some of his works have a literary basis.
C.   He was a genius at orchestration.
Question #10
The character development in Symfonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the_______.
A.   program
B.   contrabassoon
C.   idée fixe
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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