5.14 Unit Test Classical Music

Haydn's Classical symphony has 3 movements

The fastest tempo marking is largo

Haydn influenced Mozart's Music

Which musical parameter describes the speed at which a piece of music should be played?

Which musical texture emerged as the dominant style in Classical music?

What eighteenth-century piece is meant as light entertainment? Like background music.

The form for a Classical Symphony is 1. sonata – 2. slower – 3. minuet or scherzo – 4. rondo or sonata

What are the four main sections of an orchestra?

What form does the first movement of a Classical symphony usually follow?

During the Classical period, composers saw a decline in the patronage system.

What does the tempo allegro mean?

Homophony is one melody line with a simple accompaniment

Which popular orchestral form was Haydn instrumental in creating?

What best summarizes Mozart's life?

Which dynamic marking is the loudest?

Orchestra size from smallest to largest: Baroque, Modern, Romantic, Classical

Which symphony is considered Beethoven’s final masterpiece and was the first symphony to ever use a chorus and soloists?

The Classical concerto gave a soloist the opportunity to display their virtuosity through the use of a _______?

Following Classical tradition, how many movements are in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40?

What famous pianist did Beethoven have in mind when he wrote the Pathétique Sonata?

What type of phrasing was favored in Classical music?

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What are the three main parts of sonata form?

Between which periods did the music of Beethoven create a bridge?

What Classical ideal does the theme of Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony embody?

What does a decrescendo tell a performer to do?

What articulation marking is under the first chord in the example?

Why do modern composers combine instruments in new and different ways?