Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 41
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Question #1
A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.
A.
program symphony
B.
symphony
C.
symphonic poem
D.
concerto
Question #2
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is connected to the composer’s personal life.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #3
Berlioz’s father expected him to follow in his footsteps as a
A.
baker.
B.
composer.
C.
music critic.
D.
physician.
Question #4
In the fourth movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantasique, what does the loud chord immediately after the solo clarinet’s statement of the idée fixe represent?
A.
the last image of his beloved
B.
the witches at the composer’s funeral
C.
his awakening from the dream
D.
the falling of the guillotine’s blade
Question #5
In which movement does Berlioz use the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath")?
A.
fourth
B.
first
C.
second
D.
fifth
Question #6
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #7
March to the Scaffold and Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath embody the Romantic era’s fascination with
A.
the grotesque and supernatural.
B.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
C.
Shakespeare.
D.
the Bohemian artist.
Question #8
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.
absolute music.
B.
chamber music.
C.
incidental music.
D.
program music.
Question #9
One of Berlioz’s key areas of innovation was orchestration.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #10
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____ music.
A.
absolute
B.
chamber
C.
program
D.
pure
Question #11
Which describes the genre of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
A.
program symphony
B.
incidental music
C.
concert overture
D.
symphonic poem
Question #12
Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements?
A.
three
B.
one
C.
four
D.
five
Question #13
The Dies irae heard in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is
A.
the well-known religious plainchant tune.
B.
the idée fixe.
C.
a recurring theme.
D.
a motive that represents the beloved.
Question #14
The appearances of the recurring theme in Symphonie fantastique are varied in harmony, rhythm, meter, tempo, dynamics, register, and instrumental color. This is known as
A.
thematic transformation.
B.
theme and variations form.
C.
All possible answers.
D.
character development.
Question #15
The idée fixe
A.
represents the beloved.
B.
represents Harriet Smithson.
C.
is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
D.
All possible answers.
Question #16
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
A.
the composer Clara Schumann.
B.
the playwright Victor Hugo.
C.
the actress Harriet Smithson.
D.
the writer George Sand.
Question #17
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the
A.
subject.
B.
Dies irae.
C.
idée fixe.
D.
"fate motive."
Question #18
The transformations of the fixed idea in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique take on literary as well as musical significance.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #19
What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy?
A.
becoming a canon of the Church
B.
a rich patron
C.
winning the Prix de Rome
D.
commissions from La Scala
Question #20
Which describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A.
a diabolical march
B.
a witches’ orgy
C.
a ball
D.
a pastoral scene
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