Impressionism in Music

Impressionistic music made use of...

• whole tone scales (hexatonic)

• chance (aleatoric)

• graphic notation

• tone row

Which of the following would you NOT expect in an impressionist piece?

• Parallel chords

• 7th, 9th and 11th chords

• Unresolved dissonances

• strict counterpoint

Which of the following is an impressionist composer?

• Debussy

• Mozart

• Cage

• Glass

Which of the following is an impressionist composer?

• Ravel

• Britten

• Bartok

• Glass

The piece 'Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faun' was written by...

• Debussy

• Ravel

• Delius

• Reich

The piece 'Pavane pour infante defunte' was written by...

• Debussy

• Ravel

• Delius

• Reich

The piece 'Bolero' was written by...

• Debussy

• Ravel

• Delius

• Reich

The following characterizes impressionistic music EXCEPT:

• It has irregular rhythm

• Applies atonality

• Uses the whole-tone scale

• Employs unresolved dissonance

Which scale is usually used in the impressionistic genre of music?

• Harmonic Scale

• Minor Scale

• Whole-tone Scale

• Chromatic Scale

Which of the following describes a 20th century music style which had 'blurring of harmony through use of modes and parallel harmony' as one of its characteristics?

• Impressionism

• Minimalism

• Expressionism

• Aleatoric