978-1259892707 Test Bank Part V The Classical Period Part 2

A. It is a musical composition for orchestra, usually in four movements.

68. The slow movement of a symphony is usually not ______.

A. the second movement

69. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. In most classical symphonies, each movement is a self-contained composition with its own themes.

70. The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the ______.

A. first

71. The slow movement of a classical symphony ______.

A. is usually in theme and variations form

72. The last movement of a classical symphony ______.

A. is most often in sonata or sonata-rondo form

73. One way that unity is often achieved in the classical symphony is by the use of the same ______.

D. rhythm in all four movements

74. A classical concerto usually lasts around _______.

A. 5 minutes

75. A classical concerto is a three-movement work for ______.

D. vocal soloist and orchestra

76. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. A classical concerto combines the virtuosity and interpretive abilities of a soloist with the wide range of tone color and

dynamics of the orchestra.

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Learning Objective: Know the movements and characteristics of a concerto of the classical era

Topic: Concerto

Feedback: In contrast to a symphony’s four movements, a classical concerto has three: (1) fast, (2) slow, and (3) fast. A concerto

has no dance-related movement.

77. The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the ______.

A. harpsichord

78. What is the essence of a classical concerto?

A. Development of a single theme over the course of the work

79. A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is ______.

D. fast, slow, dance-related, fast

80. The first movement of a classical concerto ______.

A. is in the same form as a classical symphony

81. The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it does not have a ___________ movement.

A. sonata form

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Learning Objective: Know the movements and characteristics of a concerto of the classical era

Topic: Concerto

Feedback: A classical concerto has no dance-related movement, such as a minuet or scherzo.

82. A classical concerto greatly relies on a soloist’s ______.

A. education

83. A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer’s virtuosity is called ______.

D. da capo

84. A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a ______.

A. signal from the soloist

85. Classical chamber music is designed ______.

A. to display the virtuosity of the players

86. The most important form of classical chamber music is the ______.

A. piano trio

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Learning Objective: Know the characteristics of classical chamber music

Topic: Chamber music

Feedback: The most important form in classical chamber music is the string quartet, written for two violins, a viola, and a cello.

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven wrote some of their most important music in this form.

87. A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music ______.

A. does not use sonata form

88. The string quartet ______.

A. usually consists of four movements

89. The classical string quartet is a musical composition for ______.

A. violin, viola, cello, and bass

90. Which of the following statements is not true?

91. The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is ______.

D. fast, rondo, fast

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Learning Objective: Know the characteristics of classical chamber music

Topic: Chamber music

Feedback: A string quartet is similar to a symphony in the way its four movements unfold: (1) fast, (2) slow, (3) minuet or

scherzo, (4) fast.

92. The piano trio is a musical composition for ______.

A. three pianos

93. Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the noble Hungarian family

of ______.

D. Kadar

94. Which of the following was not one of Haydn’s duties while in the service of the Esterházys?

A. Composing all the music requested by his patron

95. Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered ______.

D. an equal by his employer

96. Although Haydn spent most of his time in Hungary, he often traveled to ________, where his music was performed often and

greatly admired.

A. Paris

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B. Venice

C. Florence

D. London

97. Haydn’s two popular oratorios are entitled The Seasons and ______.

D. Elijah

98. Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104 ______.

A. operas

99. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Haydn’s music?

A. The music is robust and direct, radiating a healthy optimism.

100. Along with his symphonies, Haydn’s ___________ are considered his most important works.

A. operas

101. Mozart was born in ______.

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A. Salzburg, Austria

B. Eisenach, Germany

C. Bonn, Germany

D. Rohrau, Austria

102. By the age of six, Mozart could ______.

A. play the harpsichord and violin

103. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Mozart wrote masterpieces in all the musical forms of his time.

104. Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart ______.

A. received an excellent formal education in Salzburg

105. Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.

D. Paris

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Feedback: When he was twenty-five, Mozart left provincial Salzburg and traveled to Vienna, intending to achieve success as a

freelance musician.

106. Mozart composed his Requiem ______.

A. for his own funeral

107. Mozart’s Requiem was ______.

A. composed by a nobleman using Mozart’s name

108. Which of the following is not one of Mozart’s three masterpieces of Italian opera?

A. Così fan tutte

109. Why did Mozart’s music fall out of favor with Vienna audiences towards the end of this life?

D. The Viennese were very musically intelligent and thought Mozart’s music was not well crafted.

110. Don Giovanni, in Mozart’s opera of that name, is _____.

A. a despotic Italian nobleman

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Topic: Opera

Topic: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Feedback: Don Giovanni is based on the tales of Don Juan, the legendary Spanish lover.

111. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 ______.

A. is in G major

112. The Third Symphony of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of _________ as the embodiment

of heroism and democratic ideals.

A. George Washington

113. Beethoven ______.

A. was a brilliant pianist

114. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. The finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is based on Schiller’s poem about human brotherhood, Ode to Joy.

115. We have a record of Beethoven’s struggle with his musical material because he did what?

A. Described his struggles in letters to friends

116. Beethoven’s late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include ______.

A. Missa solemnis

117. What following technique did Beethoven use more extensively in his late works?

D. Basso continuo

118. Beethoven’s sixteen __________ are generally considered among the greatest music ever composed.

A. piano concertos

119. Beethoven is often credited as being ______.

A. the pioneer of light classical music

120. Beethoven’s only opera is entitled ______.

A. The Magic Flute

121. The opening motive of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 has a ____________ rhythm.

A. short-long-short

122. Beethoven, in comparison with earlier composers, was far more extensive and explicit in marking __________ in his scores.

A. dynamics

123. Beethoven greatly expanded the _____________ section of the sonata-form movement and made it more dramatic.

A. introduction

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Learning Objective: Know the characteristics of classical chamber music 8

Learning Objective: Know the important trends in European music from 1750 to 1820 11

Learning Objective: Know the movements and characteristics of a concerto of the classical era 11

Learning Objective: Know the pattern of movements in a symphony of the classical era 10

Learning Objective: Know the structural pattern of a minuet and trio 9

Learning Objective: Know the structural pattern of a rondo 9

Learning Objective: Know the structure of a theme and variations movement 4

Learning Objective: Know the structure of sonata (sonata-allegro) form 13

Learning Objective: List the instruments of the orchestra in the classical era 2

Learning Objective: Recall the biography of Franz Joseph Haydn 6

Learning Objective: Recall the biography of Ludwig van Beethoven 4

Learning Objective: Recall the biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5

Learning Objective: Summarize European culture in the classical era 9

Learning Objective: Summarize the musical works of Franz Joseph Haydn 5

Learning Objective: Summarize the musical works of Ludwig van Beethoven 8

Learning Objective: Summarize the musical works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6

Topic: Chamber music 8

Topic: Classical music 15

Topic: Classicism 4

Topic: Concerto 11

Topic: Dynamics 1

Topic: Franz Joseph Haydn 13

Topic: Instrument families 1

Topic: Ludwig van Beethoven 15

Topic: Minuet and trio 9

Topic: Opera 2

Topic: Requiem 2

Topic: Rondo 9

Topic: Sonata form 14

Topic: Symphony 14

Topic: Texture 1

Topic: Theme and variations 4

Topic: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 13