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.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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 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.
first
B.
fourth
C.
second
D.
fifth
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.
the Bohemian artist.
B.
the grotesque and supernatural.
C.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
D.
Shakespeare.
Question #8
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
A.
program music.
B.
incidental music.
C.
chamber music.
D.
absolute music.
Question #9
One of Berlioz’s key areas of innovation was orchestration.
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #10
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____ music.
A.
absolute
B.
pure
C.
chamber
D.
program
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.
four
B.
one
C.
five
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.
theme and variations form.
B.
All possible answers.
C.
character development.
D.
thematic transformation.
Question #15
The idée fixe
A.
All possible answers.
B.
represents Harriet Smithson.
C.
is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
D.
represents the beloved.
Question #16
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
A.
the composer Clara Schumann.
B.
the writer George Sand.
C.
the actress Harriet Smithson.
D.
the playwright Victor Hugo.
Question #17
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the
A.
idée fixe.
B.
Dies irae.
C.
"fate motive."
D.
subject.
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.
a rich patron
B.
winning the Prix de Rome
C.
commissions from La Scala
D.
becoming a canon of the Church
Question #20
Which describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A.
a ball
B.
a witches’ orgy
C.
a pastoral scene
D.
a diabolical march
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