Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 41
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Question #1
A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.
A.
concerto
B.
symphony
C.
symphonic poem
D.
program 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.
music critic.
C.
composer.
D.
baker.
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 falling of the guillotine’s blade
C.
the witches at the composer’s funeral
D.
his awakening from the dream
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
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 grotesque and supernatural.
D.
the Bohemian artist.
Question #8
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.
chamber music.
B.
absolute 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.
program
B.
absolute
C.
chamber
D.
pure
Question #11
Which describes the genre of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
A.
symphonic poem
B.
concert overture
C.
program symphony
D.
incidental music
Question #12
Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements?
A.
four
B.
five
C.
one
D.
three
Question #13
The Dies irae heard in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is
A.
the well-known religious plainchant tune.
B.
a motive that represents the beloved.
C.
the idée fixe.
D.
a recurring theme.
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.
character development.
C.
All possible answers.
D.
theme and variations form.
Question #15
The idée fixe
A.
All possible answers.
B.
represents the beloved.
C.
represents Harriet Smithson.
D.
is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
Question #16
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
A.
the composer Clara Schumann.
B.
the playwright Victor Hugo.
C.
the writer George Sand.
D.
the actress Harriet Smithson.
Question #17
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the
A.
subject.
B.
idée fixe.
C.
Dies irae.
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #19
What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy?
A.
a rich patron
B.
becoming a canon of the Church
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 witches’ orgy
B.
a pastoral scene
C.
a diabolical march
D.
a ball
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