One Day More - Les Mis AS

What features are evident in Valjean's leitmotif at the start of this chorus?

• Shimmering rising semiquavers played by xylophone and flute

• Shimmering falling semiquavers played by glockenspiel and right hand keyboard

• Shimmering rising and falling semiquavers played by right hand keyboard, glockenspiel and flute

• A rising perfect fourth with 3 repeated pitches

When does 'One Day More' arrive in the structure of Les Miserables?

• During the Epilogue
• End of Act 1
• Beginning of Act 2
• Intermission

Who composed the text that Les Miserables is based on?

• Jane Austen
• Leo Tolstoy
• Charles Dickens
• Victor Hugo

What historical event is the backdrop to this musical?

• World War II
• Renaissance
• French Revolution
• American Civil War

What characterises Marius and Cosette's first entry together? Tomorrow you'll be worlds away...

• parallel 6ths and dotted rhythms

• triplet rhythms and parallel 3rds

• unison texture and dotted rhythms

• parallel 3rds and dotted rhythms

What melodic traits characterise the Thenardiers?

• Ostinato, repeated semiquavers with repeated pitches and a falling 4th

• ostinato, repeated semiquavers with a rising 4th

• repeated, conjunct semiquavers and a falling 4th

How does the composer evoke the military atmosphere using the orchestra?

• Snare rolls, fanfare trumpets and dotted rhythms

• Prominent brass, an absence of percussion

• Snare rolls and figures, fanfare trumpets and straight crotchet rhythms

What is the opening key of this chorus?

• G major
• A major

• C# minor
• The opening key of the chorus is D major.

What key does the composer modulate to for the final climax?

• G major
• A minor
• E minor
• C major

What structural device is used in the opening to bind the work together?

• A rising, A major scale in semibreves

• A rising, A major scale in minims

• A descending A major scale in minims

• A rising A major scale in minims