listening quiz 7

Question 1

quiet, beginning is similar to swan lake or rigeletto, prominent oboe, minor

Answer 1

Claude Debussy, “Nuages” from Nocturnes (1897-99)

Question 2

octave piano beginning, many octaves

Answer 2

Claude Debussy “Reflets dan I’eau” from Images Book 1 (1905)

Question 3

minor, voices, suspenseful, strings and piano

Answer 3

Arnold Schoenberg “Nacht” from Pierrot Lunaire op. 21 (1912)

Question 4

pinao and strings, full voice beginning, loud, full texture

Answer 4

Arnold Schoenberg “Enthauptung” from Pierrot Lunaire op. 21 (1912)

Question 5

strings intertwining. repeats, female voice

Answer 5

Arnold Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 mvt. 4 (1907-8)

Question 6

staccato, articulations, repeats, forte pianos, expressive, dynamics, french horn lick

Answer 6

Igor Stravinsky “Danse des adolescentes” from The Rite of Spring (1911-13)

Question 7

drum in background, light articulation, build up, suspense, cannot escape

Answer 7

Igor Stravinsky, “Danse sacrale” from the Riste of Spring (1911-13)

Question 8

beginning horn, more classical than the others, movie score sound towards the end

Answer 8

Igor Stravinsky Finale from L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1910)