Claude Debussy quiz
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During which war did Debussy die?
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What illness caused Debussy's death in 1918?
Answer: cancer
Why: Doctors diagnosed his cancer in 1909, so Debussy lived with the illness for nine years.
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Which country's music does Debussy's Pagodes imitate?
Answer: Indonesia
Why: Pagodes weaves in four different pentatonic scales to imitate the melodies of a gamelan.
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Which sunken city's legend inspired La cathédrale engloutie?
Answer: Ys
Why: In the Breton legend, the drowned cathedral rises from the sea on clear mornings when the water is transparent.
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Which country does Debussy's Ibéria portray?
Answer: Spain
Why: Debussy's entire experience of Spain was one brief trip across the border to a bullfight in San Sebastián.
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Where in the score did Debussy put each prelude's title?
Answer: At the end
Why: Each title follows the music in parentheses after three dots, as in (...Voiles).
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How many late sonatas did Debussy live to complete?
Answer: Three
Why: He had planned six; the three he finished are for cello, for flute, viola and harp, and for violin.
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