Chapter 32

Question 1

Gustav Mahler

Answer 1

German, Kindetotenlieder/Das Lied von der Erde

Question 2

Kindertotenlieder

Answer 2

Gustav Mahler, Orchestral song cycle

Question 3

Das Lied von der Erde (“Song of the Earth”)

Answer 3

Gustav Mahler, Symphony with voice

Question 4

Richard Strauss

Answer 4

German, Salome/Elektra/Der Rosenkavalier

Question 5

Salome

Answer 5

Richard Strauss/Wilde, Opera

Question 6

Oscar Wilde

Answer 6

Irish poet and playwright, Salome

Question 7

Elektra

Answer 7

Richard Strauss/Hofmannsthal, Opera

Question 8

Der Rosenkavalier

Answer 8

Richard Strauss/Hofmannsthal, Opera

Question 9

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Answer 9

Austrian poet and librettist, Elektra/Der Rosenkavalier

Question 10

Claude Debussy

Answer 10

French, Pelléas and Mélisande/Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”/Nocturnes/La mer

Question 11

symbolism/impressionism

Answer 11

A style that focuses more on capturing a feeling or experience more than achieving accurate depiction, Claude Debussy

Question 12

Pelléas and Mélisande

Answer 12

Claude Debussy, Opera

Question 13

Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”

Answer 13

Claude Debussy, Tone poem

Question 14

Nocturnes

Answer 14

Claude Debussy, Tone poem

Question 15

La mer (“The Sea”)

Answer 15

Claude Debussy, Tone poem

Question 16

octatonic scale

Answer 16

An eight-note musical scale composed of alternating whole and half steps, Claude Debussy

Question 17

whole-tone scale

Answer 17

A musical scale composed of entirely whole steps, Claude Debussy

Question 18

Maurice Ravel

Answer 18

French, Daphnis and Chloé/Tombeau de Couperin

Question 19

Daphnis and Chloé

Answer 19

Maurice Ravel, Ballet

Question 20

Tombeau de Couperin

Answer 20

Maurice Ravel, Piano/Orchestral suite

Question 21

neoclassicism

Answer 21

A style that focuses on aesthetics and intellectualism instead of raw emotion, Maurice Ravel

Question 22

Sergei Rachmaninov

Answer 22

Russian, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini/Prelude in G Minor

Question 23

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini

Answer 23

Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano and orchestra work

Question 24

Prelude in G Minor

Answer 24

Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano work

Question 25

Alexander Scriabin

Answer 25

Russian, Poem of Ecstasy/Vers la flamme

Question 26

mystic chord

Answer 26

C F# Bb E A D, Alexander Scriabin

Question 27

Poem of Ecstasy

Answer 27

Alexander Scriabin, Tone poem

Question 28

Vers la flamme ("Towards the Flame")

Answer 28

Alexander Scriabin, Piano work

Question 29

Isaac Albéniz

Answer 29

Spanish, Iberia

Question 30

Iberia

Answer 30

Isaac Albéniz, Piano work

Question 31

Enrique Granados

Answer 31

Spanish, Goyescas

Question 32

Goyescas

Answer 32

Enrique Granados, Piano work

Question 33

Manuel de Falla

Answer 33

Spanish, The Three-Cornered Hat

Question 34

The Three-Cornered Hat

Answer 34

Manuel de Falla, Ballet

Question 35

Cecil Sharp

Answer 35

British folksong collector, contributed to the British folksong revival

Question 36

The Planets

Answer 36

Gustav Holst, Orchestral suite

Question 37

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Answer 37

Ralph Vaughan Williams, String orchestra work

Question 38

Leoš Janáček

Answer 38

Czech, Jenůfa

Question 39

Jenůfa

Answer 39

Leoš Janáček, Opera

Question 40

Jean Sibelius

Answer 40

Finnish, Finlandia

Question 41

Kalevala

Answer 41

A collection of Finnish folklore and mythology epic poetry, Jean Sibelius

Question 42

Finlandia

Answer 42

Jean Sibelius, Symphonic poem

Question 43

rotational form

Answer 43

Repeatedly cycling through a series of thematic elements that are varied each time, Jean Sibelius

Question 44

teleological genesis

Answer 44

A process of generating a theme from motivic fragments, Jean Sibelius

Question 45

Erik Satie

Answer 45

French, Gymnopédies/Embryon desséchés/Parade

Question 46

Gymnopédies

Answer 46

Erik Satie, Piano work

Question 47

Embryon desséchés ("Dried Embryos")

Answer 47

Erik Satie, Orchestral work

Question 48

Parade

Answer 48

Erik Satie, Ballet

Question 49

futurism

Answer 49

A rejection of traditional instruments and pitches in music making, instead embracing aspects like microtones and different instruments/"ultra-modern 'Coffeehouse-ism'", Erik Satie

Question 50

Giacomo Puccini

Answer 50

Italian, La Bohème/Madame Butterfly

Question 51

La Bohème

Answer 51

Giacomo Puccini, Opera

Question 52

Madame Butterfly

Answer 52

Giacomo Puccini, Opera

Question 53

Edward Elgar

Answer 53

British, Enigma Variations

Question 54

Enigma Variations

Answer 54

Edward Elgar, Orchestral work