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A #music Quiz to introduce the vocabulary and aspects of the Classical Symphony.
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1
What did Haydn famously say to Leopold Mozart during a party?
"Your son is the greatest composer I have ever known."
"Why can't your son get a good job like mine?"
"Where is the bar?"
"You are a terrible father."
2
What is the nickname of Haydn's group of symphonies no. 93 - 104?
Paris
Eagle
London
Snake
3
Haydn Symphony No. 100 is nicknamed, "Military" because of this...
Use of the strings
Brass fanfares and Turkish percussion
A long woodwind feature during the Andante
All the movements are Sousa marches
4
What is
sturm und drang
?
A style calling for embellished melodies
overly rational
a call for equality and liberty
porto-romantic movement from German lit, extremes of emotion
5
What is the nickname of Haydn's group of Symphonies no. 82 - 87?
London
Paris
Bear
Duck
6
How did Haydn learn about musical composition?
Stamitz
Beethoven
Bach
Self-taught
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How many Symphonies did Franz Joseph Haydn compose?
39
242
104
62
8
Who offered to pay Haydn to move to London in 1790 to compose opera and symphonies?
Charles Burney
Johann Christian Bach
Johann Peter Salomon
Maria Anna von Genzinger
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What is the first segment in Sonata Form?
Exposition
Recapitulation
A
B
10
What is unique about the themes in the exposition of Haydn's Symphony No. 104?
All of the themes are in a minor key.
The S theme is in a distant key
There are three themes instead of two.
There is only one theme, not two.
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Why is Haydn Symphony No. 45 known as the Farewell Symphony?
The instruments drop-out one at a time at the end.
It is Haydn's last symphony at Esterhaza.
The symphony suddenly, and unexpectedly ends.
It is Haydn's last symphony in Prague.
12
What is the tonal ambiguity in the introduction of Haydn's Symphony No. 104?
It is not diatonic
There is no third in the chord. It could be major or minor
Use of the whole tone scale
Chromaticism
13
What instrument did Frederick the Great play?
harp
trumpet
flute
clarinet
14
Music in the classical era is...
Reserved
Clean
Predictable
Orderly
15
What aspects characterize classicism in music?
soft dynamic with fast notes
clear, melodic, homophonic, symmetrical, diatonic
loud dynamics with thick textures
gaudy, embellished, busy, thick texture
16
What defines the Enlightenment?
Frederick the Great being a great patron of musicians.
Napoleon when he crowned himself Emperor.
liberty, progress, fraternity, reason
A revitalization of Papal authority.
17
About how many players were in the classical orchestra for Haydn at Esterhazy?
40
20
80
120
18
In Sonata Form, what segment is heard directly following the exposition?
Recapitulation
B
Development
Minuet
19
Where was W.A. Mozart born, and in what year?
St. Petersburg, 1732
Bonn, 1742
Prague, 1760
Salzburg, 1756
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The largest section of instruments in the classical orchestra are the
strings
woodwinds
brass
percussion
