Quaver Impressionist Period Quirky Quiz

The Impressionist Period lasted from

• 1750-1820

• 1870-1910

• 1600-1750

• 1910-2010

The Impressionist Period in music was about creating

• passion

• balance

• fancy music

• atmospheres

Which two composers were most influential during the Impressionist period?

• Copland and Mahler

• Debussy and Ravel

• Rebussy and Davel

• Phineas and Ferb

Who was a famous Impressionist painter who also experimented during this time?

• Monet

• Warhol

• Brunelleschi

• Da Vinci

what major invention was created during the Impressionist Period?

• the helicopter

• the light saber

• Nintendo DS

• the telephone

During the Impressionist period, composers...

• did not use instruments in the orchestra.

• experimented and created new sounds with the instruments they already had.

• learned how to play the instruments.

• built different instruments.

Composers experimented with __________ during the Impressionist period by adding new notes.

• ways of amplifying music

• food

• chords

• songs

Debussy wrote his piece 'La Mer' about the _______.

• sea

• clouds

• rain

• trees

During the Impressionist period, composers used a new scale called _______________.

• the tone scale

• the whole tone scale

• the normal scale

• the impressionist scale

How did Quaver describe the sound of the whole tone scale?

• Spooky and scary

• Surprising and exciting

• Imaginative and dreamy

• Fancy and frilly