Duplicate of Classical Period of Music (1750-1820)

Question 1

Which of the following were composers in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 2

Which components of instrumentation are used in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Strings are predominant

Question 3

Which of the following describes the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Often called the "enlightenment", Composers wanted to add more human emotion to music

Question 4

Which components of dynamics are included in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Used in a thematic way

Question 5

Which of the following are components of texture within in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Less dense than Baroque or Romantic periods

Question 6

Which of the following is true to describe the life of a classical musician?

Accepted Answer

Some were freelance but had to rely on getting commision

Question 7

Which of the following occurred in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Industrial revolution allowed new instruments to be made

Question 8

Which of the following describes Classical music?

Accepted Answer

Absolute music

Question 9

Which of the following statements are true to describe society and the thought of music?

Accepted Answer

The first public concerts with paid admission occured, Public was demanding impersonal, but tuneful/elegant music

Question 10

Which forms were used in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Rondo

Question 11

Which answers are characteristics of the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Clarity

Question 12

Which components of style are used in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Strictly followed forms of the period

Question 13

Bonus Questions: Fur Elise

Accepted Answer

Beethoven, Most people can only play the first two lines

Question 14

Which of the following was occurring in society during the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Aristocracy was replacing monarchy and the church as patrons

Question 15

Which of the following are components of melodies within the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Clearly defined musical phrases of varying lengths

Question 16

Economic wealth shifted from the aristocracy to the ........

Accepted Answer

Middle class merchants and Bankers

Questions 16