Classical Concept Questions 1-100

The minuet is in _____ meter.

Because of its character, the rondo most often serves as a ______.

What is a symphony?

Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?

The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it _____.

Which of the following statements is not true?

The slow movement of a symphony is usually not ______.

Which of the following was not one of Haydn's duties while in the service of the Esterhazys?

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful relationship with the noble Hungarian family of ________.

In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart _____.

The string quartet _______.

The _____ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme and variations form.

The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as _____.

The first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast, and in ______ form.

The character of the minuet is best described as _____.

Which of the following statements is not true?

The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the _______.

Which of the following statements is not true?

A transitional passage thatt leads to a contrasting section is called a ______.

What was social mobility like during the classical period?

The return of the main theme in rondo form is all the more welcome because it is usually ______.

Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period?

The main theme in a rondo movement is usually ______.

Classical chamber music is designed _____.

The double bass in the classical orchestra as in Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, often does what?

What did the typical orchestra of the classical period consist of?

What is the essence of a classical concerto?

Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104 _____.

The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is ______.

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by ______.

Although Haydn spent most of his time in Hungary, he often traveled to ____ where his music was performed and admired.

The preclassical period roughly encompassed the years _____.

The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work is in ______ form.

The slow movement of a classical symphony _______.

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is _____.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the minuet?

Each successive variation in a theme with variations ______.

Along with his symphonies, Haydn's ______ are considered his most important works.

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life as what?

Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?

Which of the following is not true of the symphony?

Which of the following statements is not true?

Which of the following statements is not true?

In many of Beethoven's works, there is a ____ movement instead of the minuet.

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement, what happens?

How should the sonata form be viewed as?

A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called ______.

Which of the following statements is not true?

The three main sections of a sonata movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the _____.

The most important form of classical chamber music is the _____.

A _____ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment.

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for ______.

The minuet first appeared around 1650 as a(n) _____.

The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the _______.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered ______.

Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?

A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a _____.

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a _____.

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they ______.

The piano trio is a musical composition for _______.

Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the ______.

Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active, ______.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled The Seasons and ______.

A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music ______.

Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the _____ movement of a multi-movement work.

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

The first movement of a classical concerto _______.

A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by ____.

Carl Philip Emanuel Bach and ____ were two of the more important preclassical composers.

The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the _____.

The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it does not have a ____ movement.

Which of the following statements is not true of the music of the classical period?

The last movement of a classical symphony _______.

The fully developed classical style in music flourished during the period _____.

Public concerts presented by the Concert des Amateurs in Paris in the 1770s were conducted by _____.

The sonata-rondo ______.

A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is ______.

In the classical period, comic operas sometimes _____.

Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by doing what?

A classical concerto usually lasts around ______.

One way that unity is often achieved in the classical symphony is by the use of the same ______.

What is a symphony?

Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as _____.

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement, what happens?

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for ______.

Which of the following is not characteristic of Haydn's music?

Haydn's contract of employmeent shows that he was considered _____.

A modulation from the home key to a new key in the exposition for a sonata takes place in the _____.

The rondo was used ______.

Which of the following statements is not true?

A classical concerto greatly relies on a soloist's ______.

The rondo may be schematically outlined as ______.

Which of the following elements is usually not changed in varying the theme in theme and variations form?

Which of the following statements is not true of the classical period?

The main theme of the rondo does what?

Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and _____.

Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called _______.

Which of the following is not true about the rondo?