Chapter 41

A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.
Select one:
a. symphony
b. symphonic poem
c. program symphony
d. concerto

c. program symphony

Berlioz’s father expected him to follow in his footsteps as a

Select one:
a. composer.
b. physician.
c. baker.
d. music critic.

b. physician.

In the fourth movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantasique, what does the loud chord immediately after the solo clarinet’s statement of the idée fixe represent?
Select one:
a. the last image of his beloved
b. the falling of the guillotine’s blade
c. the witches at the composer’s funeral
d. his awakening from the dream

b. the falling of the guillotine’s blade

In which movement does Berlioz use the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath")?
Select one:
a. first
b. second
c. fourth
d. fifth

d. fifth

March to the Scaffold and Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath embody the Romantic era’s fascination with
Select one:
a. the Bohemian artist.
b. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
c. Shakespeare.
d. the grotesque and supernatural.

d. the grotesque and supernatural.

Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called
Select one:
a. absolute music.
b. program music.
c. incidental music.
d. chamber music.

a. absolute music.

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____ music.
Select one:
a. absolute
b. program
c. chamber
d. pure

b. program

Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements?
Select one:
a. one
b. three
c. four
d. five

d. five

The appearances of the recurring theme in Symphonie fantastique are varied in harmony, rhythm, meter, tempo, dynamics, register, and instrumental color. This is known as
Select one:
a. thematic transformation.
b. character development.
c. theme and variations form.
d. All possible answers.

a. thematic transformation.

The Dies irae heard in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is
Select one:
a. a recurring theme.
b. a motive that represents the beloved.
c. the well-known religious plainchant tune.
d. the idée fixe.

c. the well-known religious plainchant tune

The idée fixe

Select one:
a. is a recurring motive that appears in every movement.
b. represents the beloved.
c. represents Harriet Smithson.
d. All possible answers.

d. All possible answers.

The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was
Select one:
a. the composer Clara Schumann.
b. the writer George Sand.
c. the actress Harriet Smithson.
d. the playwright Victor Hugo.

c. the actress Harriet Smithson.

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the
Select one:
a. subject.
b. idée fixe.
c. Dies irae.
d. "fate motive."

b. idée fixe.

What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy?
Select one:
a. winning the Prix de Rome
b. a rich patron
c. becoming a canon of the Church
d. commissions from La Scala

a. winning the Prix de Rome

Which describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?

Select one:
a. a pastoral scene
b. a diabolical march
c. a witches’ orgy
d. a ball

b. a diabolical march

Which describes the genre of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?

Select one:
a. program symphony
b. symphonic poem
c. concert overture
d. incidental music

a. program symphony

Which important events occur in the FIRST movement of Symphonie fantastique?
Select one:
a. The artist dreams that he has killed his beloved; he hears the idée fixe for an instant.
b. The artist meets the beloved and is inspired at once; the idée fixe is introduced.
c. On a summer evening, the artist sees the beloved from afar; a shepherd plays the idée fixe.
d. The artist meets the beloved at a ball; the idée fixe is in waltz time.

b. The artist meets the beloved and is inspired at once; the idée fixe is introduced.

Which of the following is an element of program music?
Select one:
a. literary or pictorial associations
b. title or explanatory note
c. suggests specific characters and events
d. All possible answers.

d. All possible answers.

Which statement is NOT true?
Select one:
a. Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven.
b. Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works.
c. Berlioz wrote for the largest orchestra that had ever been used up to that point.
d. Symphonie fantastique was Berlioz’s only programmatic work.

d. Symphonie fantastique was Berlioz’s only programmatic work.

Who was Harriet Smithson?
Select one:
a. a leading composer of program music
b. a touring concert pianist
c. Berlioz’s patron
d. a Shakespearean actress

d. a Shakespearean actress

Who was the first great proponent of musical Romanticism in France?
Select one:
a. Hector Berlioz
b. Felix Mendelssohn
c. Franz Liszt
d. Clara Schumann

a. Hector Berlioz

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is connected to the composer’s personal life.
Select one:
True
False

true

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music.
Select one:
True
False

false

One of Berlioz’s key areas of innovation was orchestration.
Select one:
True
False

true

The transformations of the fixed idea in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique take on literary as well as musical significance.
Select one:
True
False

true