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Question 1

Classicism aimed to construct an ideal vision of life and nature in tune with Enlightenment goals of realism and more

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What was the leading musical city during the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Vienna, Austria

Question 3

Who was Figaro?

Accepted Answer

a fictional character who symbolizes the challenge to the old order

Question 4

In music history, to what does the Classical (with a capital C) refer?

Accepted Answer

the music shares similar features to art and architecture of the time, Classical refers to the mature stlyes of later 18th century composers, Composers include: Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

Question 5

What were the two characteristic intellectual currents of the age?

Accepted Answer

reason, sentiment

Question 6

Humanitarianism is the promotion of human welfare

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

In religion, the Enlightenment valued individual faith and practical morality over the supernatural and church

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What is the galant style?

Accepted Answer

Relates elegance and courtliness; a simple melody with light accompaniment

Question 9

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

Accepted Answer

1750-1820

Question 10

What is the Empfindsam style?

Accepted Answer

turns of harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, and speech-like melodies, sentimental style; intimate, sensitive, and subjective tendencies

Question 11

What was the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

the celebration of reason, a philosophical movement in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries

Question 12

The philosophes were the English leaders of the Enlightenment

Accepted Answer

False

CHWM Pages 301-308

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CHWM Pages 301-308

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