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Impressionist Era In Music 1890-1940

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Debussy study music?

a)

USC

b)

Cal State Long Beach

c)

University of North Texas

d)

Paris Conservatory of Music

2.

In his early _____ he seemed to have crystallized his musical style.

a)

20s

b)

30s

c)

40s

d)

50s

3.

He is famous for his innovations in ________________ and _______ writing.

a)

orchestration; piano

b)

polyphony; harpsichord

c)

rhythm; brass band

d)

none of these

4.

His __________ and Etudes for the piano are some of the most impressive "miniatures" since the time of the early Romantics.

a)

Inventions

b)

Symphonies

c)

Preludes

d)

Concertos

5.

Another famous work by Debussy is the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" for _________________.

a)

band

b)

piano

c)

violin

d)

orchestra

6.

The term impressionism was borrowed from painting.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

The term impressionism was borrowed from painting.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Claire de Lune is also known as Moonlight.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Impressionism serves as a way to convey strong emotions.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What country was Erik Satie from?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Portugal

11.

What instrument did Erik Satie play?

a)

Tuba

b)

Trombone

c)

Piano

d)

Xylophone

12.

What was Mr. Satie NOT considered?

a)

Strange

b)

Absurd

c)

Insane

d)

Normal

13.

Where did the Impressionist Movement begin?

a)

Austria

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

England

14.

Who were the first artists to create Impressionist art?

a)

Painters

b)

Musicians

c)

Dancers

d)

Sculptors

15.

Which Impressionist composer served in the military as an ambulance driver during the First World War?

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Pytor Tchaikovsky

d)

Maurice Ravel

16.

Who wrote Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Maurice Ravel

d)

Pytor Tchaikovsky

17.

Who wrote Bolero?

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Maurice Ravel

c)

Richard Strauss

d)

Johann Strauss II

18.

True or False? Impressionist Music is represented by ambiguity and vagueness in terms of harmony and rhythm.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Impressionist composers used _________ to paint "blurry" or "washed together" portraits of sound.

a)

dissonance

b)

whole tone scale

c)

Asian influenced melodies

d)

All of the above

20.

True or False? The Impressionist Movement marks a point where the newest trends in arts and music became separated from the daily life of the average person.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

It is a characteristic of Impressionist Music where instruments were played to create a darker sound.

a)

atmosphere

b)

unusual scales

c)

use of tone color

d)

spaces

22.

It is a compositional work for the moonlight

a)

Claire De Lune

b)

La Mer

c)

Minuet in G

d)

Bolero

23.

These are the two great impressionist composer:

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Maurice Ravel

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel

e)

Claude Monet & Maurice Ravel

24.

Impressionism music conveys atmosphere and subtle emotion contrasting expression of Romantic period.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Impressionism music overlapped two eras, what are those?

a)

Romantic & Modern Era

b)

Classical & Baroque

c)

Contemporary & Medieval