Music History 2 Exam 1

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

The symphonies of Giovanni Battista Sammartini contain

What was one challenge facing Beethoven in his late period?

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

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

The most obvious antecedent to the symphony is the

Haydn spent much of his career working at

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

An die ferne Geliebte is a(n)

How did Gluck achieve operatic reform?

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

 Who established the conventional form of opera seria?

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

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

Eighteenth-century church music was most heavily influenced by

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

Beethoven died in

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

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

How did serious Italian opera arrive in Russia?

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

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

In simple binary form, the second part

Haydn’s compositions frequently combine

Domenico Scarlatti spent much of his career in

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beethoven studied with

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

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

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

Beethoven published his late string quartets in full score because

Where did Haydn become more familiar with the oratorio?

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

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

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

Rondo form includes

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

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

William Billings’s fuging tunes feature

Beethoven was born in

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An opera seria contains

Intermezzi were performed

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

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

The symphonie concertante is

Music for English ballad opera included

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

Approximately how many symphonies did Haydn write?

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

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

The second movement of a symphony by Haydn is often

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

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

In opera seria, arias

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

According to Heinrich Christoph Koch, sonata form contains

Beethoven’s Fidelio is about

How was the Eroica Symphony received?

One of the first composers of piano concertos was

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

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

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

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

Mozart composed three Italian comic operas with librettist

Haydn’s String Quartets Op. 76

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

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

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

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