MUSI 101 Exam 2 Review

A multi-movement work for orchestra is a

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by emphasizing what feature?

What is the instrumentation for the classical string quartet?

Haydn was viewed as what by his patrons, per his contract?

Monteverdi and other early Baroque composers focused on what in their music?

In the Baroque, ________ were not allowed to hold jobs as music directors.

The two biggest composers of the Baroque era were

An oratorio is not intended for religious services, while a __________ often is.

What is the usual order of movements in a classical symphony?

Haydn wrote 104

Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation are the three main sections of

The Baroque orchestra was made up of instruments primarily from what family?

What texture did late Baroque composers increasingly turn to?

An ______ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.

Beethoven is often credited for what role?

Composers of the early Baroque era focused on what texture?

The Third Symphony of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of which leader?

Terraced Dynamics are:

Bach was recognized as the most eminent ______ of his day.

What musical form refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech?

Joseph Haydn spent most of his life as what?

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were all active in this European center for music during the Classical Era

This word was used to refer to emotions or states of mood in music during the Baroque

A short piece that is often played before and introduces a fugue

Henry Purcell was known for composing this famous opera, considered one of the finest ones in English from the Baroque

A movement is what?

Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, roughly encompassed the years ______.

Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" is an important early example of what?

A set of dance-inspired instrumental movements is called

A Lutheran congregational hymn tune:

What is the most important form of classical chamber music?

What type of form features a basic musical idea that is repeated over and over and is changed each time?

What is the main theme of a fugue called?

What is the tempo layout for the movements of a typical concerto grosso?

How can the rondo be schematically outlined?

What feature of baroque music was no longer used in the music of the classical period?

What is a fugue?

Baroque melodies often make use of

A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, set to a biblical text, is called a(n) ___

Successive repetitions of a musical idea at higher or lower pitches:

What is a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment called?

What form is typically used for the first movement of a multimovement work during the classical period?

What genre did Bach NOT write compositions in?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre was known for her mastery of which instrument?

Oratorio is different from opera because it contains no_________

What social change during the eighteenth century lead to a greater public awareness and appreciation for music?

What type of music is Barbara Strozzi best known for?

Arcangelo Corelli was known as a composer and a top-tier ________

Classical chamber music is designed for what purpose?

What usually gives Baroque music its energy and forward drive?

A play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes, and action.

What were the two main keyboard instruments of the Baroque

Beethoven wrote far more and more extreme what in his scores?

A libretto is what?