Exam 1 Review

Haydn often varies motives, using economy of materials in his compositions.

Soloists improvised their own cadenzas in the eighteenth century.

In the late 1700s, which genre commonly ended with all characters onstage, singing together.

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

A string quartet is made up of 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, and 1 bass.

In the 1700s, women often were accomplished keyboard players.

Mozart's themes are often described as "songlike," likely reflecting his time in Italy.

Mozart had little interest in JC Bach's music.

La sera padrona is one of the most famous and successful _______.

The galant style was the primary source for what aspect of Haydn’s music?

The Creation is

What was the primary purpose of music for small string ensembles?

The second movement of a Haydn symphony is typically _____________

The orchestra known as the “army of generals” was based in Mannheim.

Today Joseph Haydn is best remembered for his

The focus of the audience's attention during an opera seria was typically on star singers like Faustina Bordoni.

The end of the eighteenth century saw a growing preference for opera in which language?

When Mozart moved to Vienna, he earned money by doing all of the following EXCEPT

_____________ uses surprising turns of harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, and speechlike melodies.

Concerts in the 18th century were made up of a single type of music, such as orchestral works, piano music, or songs.

The Requiem is the last work Mozart completed.

The fourth movement of a Haydn symphony is typically a fast movement (often a rondo).

During the eighteenth century, musicians increasingly depended on whom for support?

Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum was the primary source for what aspect of Haydn’s music?

Mozart was the only musician in his family.

Haydn helped popularize the formal outline of three movements for symphonies and string quartets.

Which of these is NOT a way in which Sammartini’s Symphony in F Major is typical of early symphonies?

Empfindsam and C. P. E. Bach were the primary sources for what aspects of Haydn’s music?

The first movement of a Haydn symphony is typically _____________

What term refers to eighteenth-century pianos in order to distinguish them from their later counterparts?

Of the following genres, which was considered music for background entertainment rather than concert music?

During the Classical era, JS Bach was more well-known than his sons, JC and CPE Bach.

Haydn spent most of his career

The string quartet is often compared to a

This reed instrument was invented around the early 1700s.

Eighteenth-century philosophers argued that the sublime in music produces

The third movement of a Haydn symphony is typically a

Why has Haydn been called the “father of the symphony”?

Who was the first composer to consistently write symphonies with four movements?

By the 1780s, Haydn increased the orchestra that he composed for from 15 to _____ players.

The _____________ was an intellectual movement based on themes of reason, nature, and progress.

Who was one of the first composers of African descent to achieve recognition in Europe?

Composers of instrumental music in the mid-1700s adapted musical techniques from opera.

Where did the galant style originate?

How did eighteenth-century musical values relate directly to central ideas of the Enlightenment?

Which is a quality one would expect to hear in Classic-period music?

Eighteenth-century composers learned a common set of formulas combining motion of the melody and bass called

Opera comique and ballad opera use spoken dialogue instead of recitative.

Eighteenth-century public concert programs show that who was more important than composers?