WorksheetsImpressionist Era In Music 1890-1940
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where did Debussy study music?
USC
Cal State Long Beach
University of North Texas
Paris Conservatory of Music
In his early _____ he seemed to have crystallized his musical style.
20s
30s
40s
50s
He is famous for his innovations in ________________ and _______ writing.
orchestration; piano
polyphony; harpsichord
rhythm; brass band
none of these
His __________ and Etudes for the piano are some of the most impressive "miniatures" since the time of the early Romantics.
Inventions
Symphonies
Preludes
Concertos
Another famous work by Debussy is the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" for _________________.
band
piano
violin
orchestra
The term impressionism was borrowed from painting.
TRUE
FALSE
The term impressionism was borrowed from painting.
TRUE
FALSE
Claire de Lune is also known as Moonlight.
TRUE
FALSE
Impressionism serves as a way to convey strong emotions.
TRUE
FALSE
What country was Erik Satie from?
Italy
France
Germany
Portugal
What instrument did Erik Satie play?
Tuba
Trombone
Piano
Xylophone
What was Mr. Satie NOT considered?
Strange
Absurd
Insane
Normal
Where did the Impressionist Movement begin?
Austria
Germany
France
England
Who were the first artists to create Impressionist art?
Painters
Musicians
Dancers
Sculptors
Which Impressionist composer served in the military as an ambulance driver during the First World War?
Claude Debussy
Richard Wagner
Pytor Tchaikovsky
Maurice Ravel
Who wrote Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?
Claude Debussy
Richard Wagner
Maurice Ravel
Pytor Tchaikovsky
Who wrote Bolero?
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Richard Strauss
Johann Strauss II
True or False? Impressionist Music is represented by ambiguity and vagueness in terms of harmony and rhythm.
True
False
Impressionist composers used _________ to paint "blurry" or "washed together" portraits of sound.
dissonance
whole tone scale
Asian influenced melodies
All of the above
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.
True
False
It is a characteristic of Impressionist Music where instruments were played to create a darker sound.
atmosphere
unusual scales
use of tone color
spaces
It is a compositional work for the moonlight
Claire De Lune
La Mer
Minuet in G
Bolero
These are the two great impressionist composer:
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Claude Monet
Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel
Claude Monet & Maurice Ravel
Impressionism music conveys atmosphere and subtle emotion contrasting expression of Romantic period.
True
False
Impressionism music overlapped two eras, what are those?
Romantic & Modern Era
Classical & Baroque
Contemporary & Medieval
