symphonic poem terms

Question 1

impressionism in music

Answer 1

• paralleled the French movement in visual art
• employs expanded harmonic vocabulary:
• – whole-tone, modal, pentatonic scales
• • • -parallel chords
• suggests images rather than directly depicting them
• features innovative orchestral colors, including individual treatment of instruments and use of muted instruments
• metric pulse is frequently obscured

Question 2

symbolism

Answer 2

• a French literary movement of the late 19th century
• symbolist writers include Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé
• authors sought to suggest subject matter rather than depict it specifically
• stressed the beauty of the word itself