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.
concerto
C.
symphonic poem
D.
symphony
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.
physician.
B.
baker.
C.
music critic.
D.
composer.
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 falling of the guillotine’s blade
B.
the last image of his beloved
C.
his awakening from the dream
D.
the witches at the composer’s funeral
Question #5
In which movement does Berlioz use the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath")?
A.
second
B.
fifth
C.
fourth
D.
first
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.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
B.
Shakespeare.
C.
the Bohemian artist.
D.
the grotesque and supernatural.
Question #8
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.
absolute music.
B.
program music.
C.
chamber music.
D.
incidental 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.
pure
B.
chamber
C.
program
D.
absolute
Question #11
Which describes the genre of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
A.
concert overture
B.
symphonic poem
C.
incidental music
D.
program symphony
Question #12
Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements?
A.
one
B.
five
C.
three
D.
four
Question #13
The Dies irae heard in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is
A.
a recurring theme.
B.
the idée fixe.
C.
a motive that represents the beloved.
D.
the well-known religious plainchant tune.
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.
character development.
B.
All possible answers.
C.
thematic transformation.
D.
theme and variations form.
Question #15
The idée fixe
A.
represents Harriet Smithson.
B.
is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
C.
All possible answers.
D.
represents the beloved.
Question #16
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
A.
the actress Harriet Smithson.
B.
the composer Clara Schumann.
C.
the playwright Victor Hugo.
D.
the writer George Sand.
Question #17
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the
A.
idée fixe.
B.
subject.
C.
"fate motive."
D.
Dies irae.
Question #18
The transformations of the fixed idea in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique take on literary as well as musical significance.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #19
What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy?
A.
winning the Prix de Rome
B.
a rich patron
C.
becoming a canon of the Church
D.
commissions from La Scala
Question #20
Which describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A.
a witches’ orgy
B.
a ball
C.
a diabolical march
D.
a pastoral scene
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