History Review

The generally accepted dates for the Classic Era are:

He wrote approximately 626 compositions in his short life, and died at the young age of 35.

This song form is when the music is repeated for multiple verses.

Combination of harpsichord and cello that appeared in many compositions during the Baroque Era

The Classical symphony has this many movements:

This term describes the technique of overlapping entrances of the subject within a fugue:

Music that is composed simply for the sake of creating music is called:

Interplay of a soloist and an orchestra and is composed in 3 movements, like The Four Seasons:

Part of a Sonata-Allegro form that the main themes are first exposed to the listener:

"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun," a one movement work that is programmatic called:

This term is used to describe the speed of the music as it is presented:

Most commonly, the first movement of a symphony is marked with this Italian tempo:

This manner of listening results in a peak experience when we hear a piece of music:

Structural element of a melody is the smallest part that contains meaning.

Music that was composed with a specific, non-musical idea

This is a musical work that was written to accompany dancers and Tchaikovsky composed many:

Compositional technique of moving melodic material from one pitch level to another pitch level

This dynamic indicates that the performers should gradually get softer:

J.S. Bach composed Well-Tempered Clavier to highlight the system of Major and minor tonality

A performing group consisting of Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass is called:

This era of music occurred from 1750 - 1825

The harmonies in the Classic Era are predominately this texture, unlike a fugue.

This set of fugues composed by JS Bach were all developed using the same subject:

This listening style focused on the exact details of the composition

Identifying the lowest to the highest note in a melody is describing this:

This formal structure is most often used in the first movement of a symphony:

This word is used to describe a musical sentence:

An opera is structured by arranging recitatives and arias into larger sections called:

This tempo marking in music indicates a moderate tempo:

This type of listener only relates the music they hear to occurrences in their own lives:

Franz Schubert composed approximately 600 of these songs:

This was important to most all Romantic composers:

This era of music includes composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky:

This composer was a child prodigy on violin and keyboard and lived from 1756-1791:

Part of a Sonata-Allegro form used for exploration of themes stated in the exposition

The highest sounding male voice is called:

The third movement of a symphony is often modeled after this social dance from the Baroque Era:

Volume at which music is performed

This form is described as hearing an A section that continues to return. (ABACABADA...)

This period of music is defined by well-known composers such as Mozart and Beethoven:

This term is used to explain the punctuation within a melody:

This is the lowest sounding male voice:

Handel's Messiah is which of the following?

Keyboard instrument widely used in the Baroque era, and is still used today in large cathedrals

This composer is most known for his famous Symphony No. 5 and for losing his hearing:

Handel composed music for King George I and was performed on the River Thames in London

Which word below describes the shape of a melody?

This musical distinction makes fugue different from a canon or round:

This English composer wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas:

A melodic progression in which the notes move in steps is called:

One of the following words describe the sound that an instrument or voice produces:

This German organist is considered to be the greatest composer of all time:

This period of music from 1600 to 1750

This is the main keyboard instrument used in the Classic Period:

This Austrian composer is considered to be the "father of the string quartet."

The movements of a symphony are numbered in this manner:

This symphonic composer took the helm as a great composer in Germany, after Beethoven

This is the highest female voice:

The second movement of a symphony is presented at this tempo:

This composer was born in Germany, but became an English citizen.

Berlioz used a fixed melodic idea that cycled in all movements of his "Symphony Fantastique."

This is the term used to identify the main melodic idea for a composition:

composer for the Esterhazy Court and was called "Papa" by many in the Classic era:

Which of the following forms is STAGED and SUNG all the way through:

Piano etudes, many composed by Frederic Chopin, are compositions written for this purpose:

This is the term used to describe the small ensemble in a concerto grosso:

Which of the instruments below belongs in the Percussion Family?

This term is used to describe the main melodic idea in a fugue:

Dynamics that change gradually throughout out a musical phrase are called this:

A trumpet belongs in this family of instruments:

This pattern of Low-High-Middle-High in the bass line of piano pieces is called:

The grouping of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion result in this musical ensemble: