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.
symphonic poem
C.
symphony
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.
music critic.
B.
composer.
C.
baker.
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 witches at the composer’s funeral
B.
the last image of his beloved
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.
fifth
B.
second
C.
first
D.
fourth
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 grotesque and supernatural.
B.
the Bohemian artist.
C.
Shakespeare.
D.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
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.
concert overture
B.
incidental music
C.
symphonic poem
D.
program symphony
Question #12
Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements?
A.
five
B.
one
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.
the well-known religious plainchant tune.
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.
theme and variations form.
B.
All possible answers.
C.
thematic transformation.
D.
character development.
Question #15
The idée fixe
A.
is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
B.
represents the beloved.
C.
represents Harriet Smithson.
D.
All possible answers.
Question #16
The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
A.
the composer Clara Schumann.
B.
the writer George Sand.
C.
the playwright Victor Hugo.
D.
the actress Harriet Smithson.
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.
subject.
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.
winning the Prix de Rome
B.
a rich patron
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 pastoral scene
B.
a diabolical march
C.
a ball
D.
a witches’ orgy
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