U4 1750-1800

Question 1

What is a rapid alternation between two notes called?

Accepted Answer

Trill

Question 2

No conductor is necessary for chamber music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What is the movement structure of a classical concerto?

Accepted Answer

Fast, Slow, Fast

Question 4

Today’s performers of 1750-1800 concertos often play cadenzas composed by other performers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which type of soprano is prized for her florid and high-pitched sound?

Accepted Answer

Coloratura

Question 6

How many half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes are there in a whole note?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 8 and 16

Question 7

What does the basic theme of Symphony no. 5, I by Beethoven consist of?

Accepted Answer

Three long notes and one short note

Question 8

Which statement about 1750-1800 cadenzas is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

Soloists would avoid using thematic material from the movement just played.

Question 9

What is a rondo that includes a development section called?

Accepted Answer

Sonata rondo

Question 10

A sonata recapitulation brings the movement to a conclusion.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Double exposition in concerto sonata-form means that only the orchestra, not the soloist, introduces the themes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true about Beethoven's music compared to Haydn and Mozart's?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven did not use sonata form.

Question 13

When do cadenzas most often occur in solo concertos?

Accepted Answer

Toward the end of the fast movements, typically the first movement

Question 14

Operas are usually divided into two to four large sections called ______.

Accepted Answer

acts

Question 15

Which statement about a “pants role” is true?

Accepted Answer

A “pants role” indicates a female singer sings the part of a man.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT contained in a 1750-1800 sonata?

Accepted Answer

A scherzo section

Question 17

What follows the double exposition?

Accepted Answer

Development

Question 18

What is true of rondo form?

Accepted Answer

The first theme keeps returning.

Question 19

What is an orchestral conductor not responsible for?

Accepted Answer

None of these aspects

Question 20

It is important that each voice maintain its melodic independence in a fugue.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is the instrumental makeup of a piano trio?

Accepted Answer

Violin, cello, and piano

Question 22

What did Beethoven do in his fifth symphony that had not been done by composers before him?

Accepted Answer

He introduced cyclic form, which unites the symphony using a common theme.

Question 23

What is the instrumental makeup of a string quartet?

Accepted Answer

Two violins, one viola, and one cello

Question 24

In the aria ‘Non più andrai’ from Marriage of Figaro, what instruments accompany the singer?

Accepted Answer

A full orchestra

Question 25

The conductor helps guide phrasing. What is phrasing?

Accepted Answer

How smoothly or detached a musical line is played

Question 26

What is musical articulation, which a conductor helps to direct?

Accepted Answer

How specific notes are stopped and started

Question 27

This section of the sonata introduces two themes on which the composition is based.

Accepted Answer

Exposition

Question 28

In the development section of the sonata form, the tonal center changes frequently. What is this process called?

Accepted Answer

Modulation

Question 29

How would a concerto soloist let the conductor know that a cadenza was ending?

Accepted Answer

The soloist would play a trill.

Question 30

Why did composers and performers begin to write out cadenzas starting at the end of the 1750-1800 period?

Accepted Answer

Composers wanted more control over what was played by the soloist.

U4 1750-1800

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U4 1750-1800

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