What did Mozart best achieve with Don Giovanni?

incorporated aspects of opera seria into comic opera

Which of the following does this probably depict?

A performance of Haydn's The Creation

Periodicity refers to

musical phrasing and how segments relate to a larger whole

Which describes Haydn's Sturm and Drung period?

emphasis on minor tonality and agitated character

What is recitative secco?

speech like song accompanied only by continuo

Which technique is prominent here?

dramatic accents for dynamic contrast

What suggests this is Beethoven?

Rhythmic climax of sforzando in tutti

What was the Heiligenstadt Testament?

Letter in which Beethoven considers suicide

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1
Galant style features
light accompaniment
short phrases
all of the above
clear melodies
2
An improvised instrumental solo before a final orchestral closing statement
ritornello
cadenza
episode
recapitulation
3
What did Mozart best achieve with Don Giovanni?
created the new, exciting, and dynamic character of Giovanni
incorporated aspects of opera seria into comic opera
used recitative and aria interchangeably
exploited the wrong doings of women
4
Which instrument gained most popularity with the symphony?
Oboe
Baryton
Horn
Flute
5
Prolific keyboard sonata composer, most notable for his Sonata in D Major
Mozart
Scarlatti
Sammartini
Salieri
6
Which was NOT a method of Opera Reform?
alternated aria and recitative more freely
less emphasis on the orchestra
sought to make more "natural"
more expressive
7
Which of the following does this probably depict?
A performance of a Haydn string quartet
A performance of Billings' Creation
Mozart on tour as a child prodigy
A performance of Haydn's The Creation
8
Periodicity refers to
musical rhetoric
Composition technique alternating between tonic and dominant
2 measure phrasing of the 18th c.
musical phrasing and how segments relate to a larger whole
9
The room pictured was in the house of the family that supported which composer?
Salieri
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
10
Theme II in an allegro mvmt. usually first appears...
in tonic
in a closely related key
in tonic, then repeated in the closely related key
a whole step higher than theme 1
11
Which reflects Rondo form?
ACABABA
ABCBCBCA
ABABACA
ABACABA
12
This is the opening theme of which Beethoven symphony?
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
13
Which is NOT a characteristic of Mozart's Jupiter symphony?
Adds trumpet and timpani to compliment woodwinds
finale is in rondo form
finale combines sonata form with counterpoint and fugue
features fanfares, flourishes, and dotted rhythms
14
2 or 3 interludes performed between acts of Opera Seria
Intermezzo
ritornello
opera comique
opera reform
15
Define Singspiel
German instrumental genre that is songlike
Austrian song, typically used for dancing and social events
Polish polka
German form of opera
16
Who created the character Figaro?
Jacques-Louis David
Beaumarchais
Rameau
Mozart
17
The 3rd mvmt of a Haydn symphony was usually written as a...
pavane
rondeaux
scherzo
minuet and trio
18
Which was NOT a characteristic of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony?
setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy
use of solo voices and chorus in finale
unusual form in finale
usually long with 6 movements
19
Italian whose poems and dramas composers like Gluck & Mozart set to music
Pergolesi
Bordoni
Metastasio
Hasse
20
Who compared music to rhetoric?
Koch
Voltaire
Sammartini
Haydn
21
Which describes Haydn's Sturm and Drung period?
unconventional dissonances and harmonies
abstract forms
emphasis on minor tonality and agitated character
symphonies are light entertainment
22
William Billings published the
Sacred Harp
New England Psalm Singer
New England Sacred Songs
Treatise on music in the Americas
23
All describe Haydn's classical style EXCEPT
intentional
unconventional
wit/humor
simplistic yet sophisticated
24
Who is this?
Mozart
Gluck
Beethoven
Haydn
25
Which of Bach's sons was among the first to compose piano concertos?
Wilhelm Friedmann
J.C. Bach
J.S. Bach II
CPE Bach
26
What is recitative secco?
speech like song accompanied only by continuo
unaccompanied speech like song
unaccompanied speech like song, but with dramatic flourishes
speech like song accompanied by full orchestra
27
Which technique is prominent here?
Periodicity
movement from V to I
dramatic accents for dynamic contrast
Alberti Bass
28
Bach's son that wrote Sonaten fur Kenner und Liebhaber (Sonatas for connoisseur and amateurs)
Wilhelm Friedmann Bach
J.S. Bach II
CPE Bach
J.C. Bach
29
Sturm und Drang translation
Storm and Stress
Fury and Stress
Storm and Structure
Emotion and Feeling
30
Where did Mozart live and work for most of his adult life?
Paris
Salzburg
Milan
Vienna
31
18th c. intellectual and social movement that heavily influenced art and music
Querelle des bouffons
Philosophy
rationalism
The Enlightenment
32
Beethoven's first period yielded all EXCEPT
Sonate pathétique
Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Fidelio
Op. 18 String quartets
33
Which is NOT a type of comic opera?
opera reform
ballad opera
opera buffa
opera comique
34
Who wrote the librettos for Mozart's most successful operas?
Don Giovanni
Lorenzo Di Medici
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Giovanni Salieri
35
Set of 12 symphonies Haydn wrote after his almost 30 year stay at Esterhazy court
Eroica
London Symphonies
Berlin symphonies
Surprise Symphonies
36
Which city was a musical center for composers like Sammartini and Stamitz?
Berlin
Paris
Salzburg
Vienna
37
What suggests this is Beethoven?
Driving bass
Rhythmic climax of sforzando in tutti
conventional dissonances
light staccato in 2nd measure
38
Which is NOT a precursor to the symphony?
baroque sonata
sinfonia
opera overture
intermezzo
39
What is this a score of?
4- hand keyboard sonata
condensed symphonic score
opera overture
string quartet
40
Which is Haydn NOT necessarily remembered for?
opera
string quartet
symphony
keyboard sonata
41
Haydn's string quartets contributed to...
All of these
A surge in publishing
the rise of the amateur
his playful style, and later his more emotional style
42
Who was Beethoven's teacher?
Beethoven's father
Mozart
CPE Bach
Haydn
43
What was the Heiligenstadt Testament?
Letter in which Beethoven considers suicide
Pamphlet Beethoven wrote to announce he will stop composing
Treatise Beethoven wrote to channel his anger and angst
Letter in which Beethoven rejoices that his hearing improved
44
William Billings' Creation included
polyphony
unconventional dissonances
rich western harmonies
all of the these
45
in 1785, Mozart dedicated six string quartets to who?
Salieri
Haydn
his father, Leopold
the young Beethoven
46
Composer after which the technique of "arpeggiated bass chords in a repeated pattern" is named
Domenico Alberti
CPE Bach
Jacques Louis David
Giovanni Pergolesi
47
Composer for the Mannheim orchestra
Salieri
Sammartini
Stamitz
Grain
48
The Mannheim Orchestra was known for all EXCEPT
impeccable technique
intense dynamic range
crescendos
rise of the virtuoso
49
Digli ch'io son fedele is an aria from
opera seria, La Serva Padrona
opera seria, Cleofide
opera buffa, Cleofide
Intermezzo, La Serva Padrona
50
All describe John Gay's The Beggar's Opera EXCEPT
signaled reaction in England against foreign opera
used popular tunes but new words
embraced Italian opera styles
included some parodies of familiar opera airs/arias

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