1. Multiple Choice Debussy’s Prélude à “L’Après-midi d’un faune” was inspired by _________.

Question

A. a song by Schubert
B. a painting by Renoir
C. a poem by Mallarmé
D. a play by Goethe
2. 7. Which of the following is one of the ways in which Debussy’s Prélude à “L’Après-midi d’un faune” breaks with the compositional styles of the past?
A. It is only loosely in a key.
B. It has no meter signature.
C. It uses graphic notation.
D. It is played by a computer
answer both

Answer 1

1. C. a poem by Mallarmé
2. A. It is only loosely in a key.