Review for Test #2

During what time of year is The Nutcracker usually performed in?

Beethoven described the opening motive of his 5th Symphony as "fate knocking at the door"

Why is Haydn's Symphony No. 94 nicknamed "Surprise"?

Which is a true statement about Mozart's career?

Don Giovanni recounts the tale of ______, the aristocratic, amoral womanizer.

The libretto to Don Giovanni was written by

Which term refers to Wagner's concept of total artwork?

At the age of eleven, Beethoven supported his mother and two brothers as a(n)

Debussy was considered to be a composer of impressionist music.

Which of the following describes a typical string quartet ensemble?

The concerto was a new genre of the Classical era.

Which describes the musical elements of Mozart's Don Giovanni?

Beethoven and _____ were both important composers of piano sonatas who performed their own works in concert.

Wagner was a famous Russian composer.

There is no break between the _______ movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony because they are linked by a transition.

The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.

Which family of Hungarian princes did Haydn work for?

Wagner's operas are considered to be nationalistic because they...

What did Wagner call his operas?

Tchaikovsky was a famous Russian composer.

The favored chamber ensemble in the Classical era was the string quartet.

What happens to Don Giovanni at the end of the opera?

Music with no literary basis is referred to as

Which composer worked for a good deal of his life under the patronage system?

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite is a work that suggests Scandinavian nationalism

A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a

The word "seria" means

Chamber music generally implies a large ensemble, with more than one player to a part.

The literal translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is