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WorksheetsDebussy and Impressionism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What are some of the characteristics of impressionism in music?
Tonal clarity and functional harmony
Ambiguous tonality and extended harmonies
Creating pictures with sound using a large symphonic orchestra
Music in service of religious functions
During his time in Italy, Debussy was impressed with
The operas of Donizetti and Verdi
The church music by the 16th-century composers Palestrina and Lassus
In 1884 Debussy won France's most prestigious musical award, the Prix de Rome with
his cantata L'enfant prodigue
his Verlaine cycle, Ariettes oubliées
his opera Pelléas et Mélisande
his symphonic sketches La mer
True or false
Debussy strongly objected to the use of the word "Impressionism" in reference his music
Debussy fully embraced the word "impressionism" in reference to his music
Some of the most important Debussy's compositions are
La Mer
Pelléas et Mélisande
Symphony n. 1
Nocturnes for orchestra
Cantata St. John Passion
The Nocturnes for orchestra were inspired by
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Oscar Claude Monet
After winning the Prix de Rome for composition with his piece L’enfant prodigue, Debussy moved to Roma. How did he like his years at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the Villa Medici?
He hated it, sometimes he was so distressed he was unable to compose.
He had a great time in beautiful Italy. He composed some of his best music there.
How the Exposition Universelle of 1889 influenced Debussy?
Debussy was introduced to Rimsky-Korsakov's music.
Debussy first heard Javanese gamelan music.
Debussy has never attended the Exposition Universelle . He was in England at that time.
Debussy was a gifted
Composer
Pianist
Novelist and poet
All of the above
Debussy dies of
Colon cancer at age of 55.
Old age. He was 88 at his death.
