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Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years
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1750-1820
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Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?
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Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years
1750-1820
Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?
Johann Christian Bach
Which of the following statements is not true?
Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions.
Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period?
Classical music is basically polyphonic.
The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of
strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani.
Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the
church.
The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as
theater, literature & music.
Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
serving a wealthy aristocratic family.
In the classical period, comic operas sometimes
ridiculed the aristocracy.
In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart
became close friends.
Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?
Rondo
Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and
recapitulation.
Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called
motives
The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the
coda.
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Who is the composer of this piece?
Mozart
Which of the following instrument groups is NOT heard in this selection?
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor - Mozart
Percussion
In sonata form, this excerpt features which sections?
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor - Mozart
The recapitulation leading to the coda
Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as
AA'A''A'''A''''.
The _________ movement of the Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variations form.
second.
What is the "surprise" in this movement that gives the symphony its subtitle?
Symphony No. 4 in G-Major - Haydn
A loud chord in a very soft passage.
Who is the composer of the "Surprise" Symphony?
Franz Joseph Haydn
The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work, is in ____________ form.
ABA
The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the
third.
The minuet is in _______ meter.
triple
In many of Beethoven's works, there is a _______ movement instead of the minuet.
scherzo
The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it
moves more quickly
A _____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment.
serenade
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Who is the composer of this piece?
Beethoven
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - 3rd Movement
How is the accompaniment played in the opening minuet?
In an emphatic and staccato manner.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - 3rd Movement
How does the melody in the trio section contrast with the minuet?
It is more legato and moves in smaller steps.
The rondo may be schematically outlined as
ABACABA.
Beethoven - String Quartet in C Minor
In this opening section, the melody is played by which instrument(s)?
The violin plays the melody.
Beethoven - String Quartet in C Minor
Which thematic section does this music represent?
B
Symphony may be defined as
A symphony is an extended, ambitious composition typically lasting between 20 and 45 minutes, exploiting the expanded range of tone color and dynamics of the classical orchestra. A classical symphony usually consists of four movements which evoke a wide range of emotions through contrasts of tempo and mood.
All answers are correct.
The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
fast, slow, dance-related, fast.
The first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast, and in _____ form.
sonata
Which of the following is not true of the symphony?
It is a musical composition for solo instrument and orchestra.
The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the
second
A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for
an instrumental soloist and orchestra.
Which of the following statements is not true?
A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is fast, slow, dance-related, fast.
The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the
piano
The essence of a classical concerto is the
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1.Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years
C. 1750-1820.
2. Which of the following statements is not true of the classical period?
A. Philosophers and writers in the classical period believed that custom and tradition, rather than reason, were the best guides to human conduct.
3.Which of the following statements is not true?
C. Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions.
4. Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period?
D. Classical music is basically polyphonic.
5. The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of
B. strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani.
6. Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?
Trombones 7. A symphony is a
A. four movement work for orchestra.
8. Social mobility during the classical period was
D. an important factor in the rise of the middle class.
9. Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the
A. church.
10. In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by
A. folk and popular music.
12. The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as
13. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Political and economic power shifted during the classical period from the middle class to the aristocracy and the church.
14. Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
C. serving a wealthy aristocratic family.
15. Haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered
A. a skilled servant.
16. Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active,
D. All answers are correct.
17. Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by
D. All answers are correct.
18. In the classical period, comic operas sometimes
B. ridiculed the aristocracy.
19. In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart
B. became close friends.
20. Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the ________ movement of a multimovement work.
A. first B. slow C. final fast D. All answers are correct.
21. Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?
D. Rondo
22. Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and
B. recapitulation.
23. In the exposition of a sonata-form movement
C. the second theme is in a new key.
24. In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement
A. the closing section is in the tonic key.
25. At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a
C. repeat sign.
26. Which of the following statements is not true?
B. The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a sonata form movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition.
27. A transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section is called a
C. bridge.
28. A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by
A. the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.
29. Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called
D. motives.
30. The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the
A. coda.
31. Sonata form should be viewed as
C. a set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.
32. Each successive variation in a theme with variations
A. retains some elements of the theme.
33. Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as
B. AA'A''A'''A''''.
34. Which of the following statements is not true?
C. The recapitulation section is an important way for a composer to develop variations in a theme-and-variations form.
35. Which of the following elements is usually not changed in varying the theme in theme-and-variations form?
C. Length
36. The _________ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variations form. A. first
B. second
37. The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work, is in ____________ form.
A. ABA
38. The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the
C. third.
39. The minuet first appeared around 1650 as a(n)
C. dance at the court of Louis XIV of France.
40. The character of the minuet is best described as
D. stately and dignified.
41. The minuet is in _______ meter.
B. triple
42. In many of Beethoven's works, there is a _______ movement instead of the minuet.
B. scherzo
43. The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it
A. moves more quickly.
44. A _____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment.
C. serenade
45. When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they
D. return to the beginning of the piece and repeat the music.
46. The rondo may be schematically outlined as
A. ABACABA.
47. Which of the following is not true about the rondo?
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