Listenings for Exam 2

Question 1

Reflets dans l’aua (reflections in the water)

Answer 1

By Debussy
Solo piano
Impressionistic (describes a feeling using obscure tonal centers)

Question 2

Nocturnes I-III

Answer 2

By Debussy
Symphonic poem
1899

Question 3

Dans le foret de septembre

Answer 3

By Faure
Song cycle
Male voice and piano (sad)

Question 4

Elle est gravement gale

Answer 4

By Boulanger
Lieder
Odd tone of voice, could be male or female singer

Question 5

Salome

Answer 5

By Strauss

Opera in one act

Question 6

Humming chorus and final act

Answer 6

From Madame Butterfly
By Puccini
Opera

Question 7

Rite of Spring

Answer 7

By Stravinksy
Ballet
Primitive human life

Question 8

Pierrot Lunaire 
Listen to: 
No. 7
No. 8 
No. 14 
No. 21

Answer 8

By Schoenberg
Melodrama
Sounds creepy

Question 9

Wozzeck
Listen to:
Act I Scene I
Act III Scene 2 and 3

Answer 9

By Berg
Opera
German

Question 10

Piano Piece Op. 11 no. 1

Answer 10

By Schoenberg

Solo piano piece

Question 11

Piano Prelude Op. 74 no. 5

Answer 11

By Scriabin

Prelude

Question 12

Ballad of Mack the Knife

Answer 12

By Weill

Ballad opera

Question 13

En sourdine

Answer 13

By Debussy
Song cycle
Piano and female voice