Music History 2 Exam 1

Beethoven studied with

The most obvious antecedent to the symphony is the

 Who established the conventional form of opera seria?

How did English church music of the early Classical period compare with that of other countries?

An die ferne Geliebte is a(n)

Beethoven published his late string quartets in full score because

The second movement of a symphony by Haydn is often

Which composer established the standard four-movement structure of a symphony?

After Idomeneo premiered in Munich in 1781, Mozart moved to Vienna and earned money as

How does the sonata-rondo third movement of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata stand apart from the rondos of Haydn & Mozart?

The second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, is a

Domenico Scarlatti spent much of his career in

One of the first composers of piano concertos was

Haydn’s String Quartets Op. 76

Who of the following was one of the great singers of the early eighteenth century?

Haydn spent much of his career working at

German comic opera, inspired by English ballad opera, was known as

What is one distinguishing feature of Italian opera buffa in comparison to comic opera of other countries?

How does Mozart’s The Magic Flute reflect its genre of Singspiel?

Haydn’s compositions frequently combine

Where did Haydn become more familiar with the oratorio?

How was the Eroica Symphony received?

Haydn’s String Quartets Opp. 9, 17, and 20 differ from four-movement symphonic form in that

In 1790, Johann Peter Salomon invited Haydn to compose and conduct symphonies in

What critic championed Beethoven, suggesting performers treat his music differently than that of other composers?

Rondo form includes

Mozart composed three Italian comic operas with librettist

What event in Beethoven’s life took place toward the beginning of his middle period?

 During his middle period, what was 1 event that allowed Beethoven more artistic freedom than most composers enjoyed?

In sonata form, a section that follows the recapitulation, affirming tonic and expanding some themes, is the

How does Beethoven achieve unity among the movements of his String Quartet, Op. 132?

How does the slow movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 open?

Mid-nineteenth-century theorists thought sonata form contained three sections, the first called the

Which of the following was a common type of binary form in the Classical era?

According to Heinrich Christoph Koch, the second period of the second section

What was one challenge facing Beethoven in his late period?

The symphonie concertante is

Before the 1750s, what music could be expected in French opéra comique?

Eighteenth-century church music was most heavily influenced by

From 1768, some of Haydn’s symphonies,those in minor keys with an emotionally agitated character, can be associated with

What is one stylistic aspect of Beethoven’s middle-period music?

Beethoven died in

In simple binary form, the second part

What shift occurred in opera seria in the 1720s and 1730s?

 Among eighteenth-century opera reformers, what was one primary concern?

Intermezzi were performed

 What was the usual role of the winds in the mid-eighteenth-century orchestra?

Which city was especially prominent in the early history of the symphony?

 The largest category in Beethoven’s output from his first decade in Vienna is

Beethoven’s Fidelio is about

What is one way that Mozart’s adult compositional style was influenced by his unusual childhood?

What is one common plot device in comic opera, demonstrated by Pergolesi’s La serva padrona?

Beethoven held off on publishing string quartets and symphonies until he had won early successes because

Haydn’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, has earned the nickname "The Joke" because of

In The Beggar’s Opera, how does John Gay satirize London society?

Haydn’s earliest surviving and last completed works belonged to which genre?

In opera seria, arias

Music for English ballad opera included

Which of the following is an innovation in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9?

Why is Haydn sometimes called "the father of the symphony"?

How does Beethoven treat the theme in theme and variations form in his late works?

By the end of the eighteenth century, the typical symphony had

Approximately how many symphonies did Haydn write?

Haydn’s original contract with the Esterházy family forbade him from

Beethoven was born in

 What is typical of Haydn’s minuet and trio symphony movements?

Haydn made his last public appearance for a performance of what work?

 By the late eighteenth century, the favorite keyboard instrument was the

What was one way that composers built dramatic tension at the end of an act in comic opera?

Besides music written for public concerts,in what other context was orchestral music heard in the early Classical period

How do Mozart’s later symphonies differ from the earlier ones?

 In the development sections of Hayden's sonata form movements, what typically happens

An opera seria contains

How many movements are in Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 131?

Which of the following is an innovation in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5?

 What element of opera buffa derives from Italian commedia dell’arte?

How did serious Italian opera arrive in Russia?

According to Heinrich Christoph Koch, sonata form contains

The first movements of J. C. Bach’s concertos blend elements of sonata form with

Following in the tradition of J. C. Bach, Mozart’s piano concertos contain a first movement that

The symphonies of Giovanni Battista Sammartini contain

Subjects that served as musical discourse in Classic-era music have been called

How did Gluck achieve operatic reform?

Which musical element is most important in Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas?

How do C. P. E. Bach’s clavier sonatas reflect empfindsam style?

William Billings’s fuging tunes feature