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