Vocabulary - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - P. 115

Question 1

What is the term that Franz Liszt created for an orchestral program music that has one movement, free in form and follow a story or a painting?

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 1

symphonic poem

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Question 2

What is the term that suggests instead of depict (describe) images? Techniques used include vague metric pulse, new instruments, new ways of playing instrument and different scales such as whole-tone, modal and pentatonic scales

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 2

Impressionism in music

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Question 3

What is the term for a late 19th
century French literary movement in which authors suggest the subject matter rather than depict (describe) specifically?

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 3

Symbolism

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Question 4

Define symphonic poem

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 4

Franz Liszt invented symphonic poem for an orchestral program music that has one movement, free in form and follow a story or a painting.

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Question 5

Define Impressionism in music

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 5

Impressionism in music comes from impressionism in painting. It suggests instead of depict (describe) images. Techniques used include vague metric pulse, new instruments, new ways of playing instrument and different scales such as whole-tone, modal and pentatonic scales

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Question 6

Define Symbolism

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 6

It is a late 19th century French literary movement in which authors suggest the subject matter rather than depict (describe) specifically. One such author was Mallarme.

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