Music History II - Midterm Review

What was one economic change in the 18th century?

Identify the form:

Which composer is associated with the Emfindsamer Stil?

Beethoven's ninth symphony is unusual because

What even markes the end of Beethoven's first style period?

A song in which the music is repeated for each stanza of text is called _______

"Essay on the True art of Playing Keyobard Instruments" was written by

By the 1730's amateurs in domestic settings often performed keyboard, chamber, and vocal works.

The Paris symphonies are a group of six symphonies written by ___.

Why did Mozart have trouble finding work in Paris?

Why has Haydn been called the "father of the symphony?"

The catalog number that is often used to identify Mozaart's composisions is known as _______

Prince Esterhazy played this instrument

Which of these was written by Mozart

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Haydn spent most of his career

READ CAREFULLY: Mozart was famous for writing what kind of music?

Alberti bass

Beethoven studied with Haydn

J.S. Bach’s duties at Leipzig did not include:

Which composer composed over 50 symphonies?

Which of these is NOT part of Sonata form?

Which of the following belongs to Beethoven's first style period?

How was Leopold Mozart acquainted with music?

Most symphonies by Haydn have 4 movements

One type of Rondo Form is

The first composer to consistently write symphonies in four movements

composer/conductor of the Mannheim Orchestra and “founder” of the Mannheim school in the 18th Century?

The standard instruments in a string quartet include all but this one

Who was Mozart's first music teacher?

Who worked for Count Esterhazy in the 18th century? (149)

Haydn's last symphonies were composed for?

What is a Mannheim Rocket

In an opera seria, dialogue and action progresses through _____

Karl was Beethoven's nephew

Historically, how were private concerts usually funded?

Beethoven originally attracted attention because of his

Mozart wrote 40 Symphonies.

Opera Buffa characteristics are all but which:

The heroic quality of Beethoven's 5th symphony is in part due to

which TWO of these are a main section of sonata form?

What are elements of empfindsamer Still? Choose all answers that apply

Who invented the pianoforte?

Which is not a characteristic of Beethoven's late period?

Binary form is:

The technique of vibrato on the clavichord is known as "bebung."

Mozart wrote operas in all of the following styles except ______

Which does not accurately describe a fugue?

Which items are different in Baroque and Classical music?

Beethoven wrote 11 symphonies.

In the 1700s women were often accomplished keyboard players

How did 18th-century musical values relate to the ideas of the Enlightenment?

The works of this composer partially inspired Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier books.

In Rondo form, which section returns the most?

Who did Mozart fall in love with while in Mannheim?

In which region did the symphony originate?

Comic opera both entertained and served a moral purpose by poking fun at human behaviours.

The galant style became popular for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it______

To Voltaire and other philosophes, the universe was

When Beethoven realized he was going deaf, he wrote ________