The Three Classical Musketeers (MUS 374 Exam #3)

Question 1

According to musicologists such as Aponte, Beethoven had how many periods in his life?

Accepted Answer

Three periods

Question 2

True or False: Three of the six string quartets in Haydn's Op. 20 contained fugues?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Haydn made two oratorios during his last few years! What are the names of both?

Accepted Answer

Creation, Seasons

Question 4

Listen to the creep play Pathetique! True or False: This showcased grief, then a determination

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Listen to this Piano Concerto by Mozart! How many movements would this concerto have?

Accepted Answer

Three Movements

Question 6

What is the name of an opera character that meets in the middle of comedic and serious?

Accepted Answer

Mezzo Carattere

Question 7

Who went to find Haydn and convinced him to go to London to share his music in the 1790's?

Accepted Answer

Johann Peter Salomon

Question 8

True or False: Stamitz didn't like the use of articulations and dynamics within his scores?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Let's take a wild guess on this musketeer! How many #'d symphonies did Mozart write?

Accepted Answer

41

Question 10

Listen to Stamitz's Sinfonia 1st Mov! True or False: this piece has natural horns and oboes?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Listen to Symphony No. 9! Schiller's "Ode To Joy" is within which movement of this symphony?

Accepted Answer

4th Movement

Question 12

After Nikolaus I dies in 1790, Haydn gets persuaded to go to what city in 1791?

Accepted Answer

London

Question 13

Which of the following musical works was Mozart NOT working on in 1791, the year he died?

Accepted Answer

Cosi Fan Tutte

Question 14

Listen to this finale in the Jupiter Symphony! True or False: this shows learned fugue?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Listen to some of Haydn's strings! This particular Op. 33 was also known to be named as...

Accepted Answer

"The Joke"

Question 16

Listen to JC Bach's Concerto! This section of the concerto is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Cadenza

Question 17

Bonus Question: Watch this clip! when Lucy sprays the can, which symphony is being played??????

Accepted Answer

Symphony No. 5

Question 18

In the life of the Esterhazy family, who succeeded Paul Anton II in 1762 when he died?

Accepted Answer

Nikolaus I

Question 19

Haydn's first ten string quartets were known by this name

Accepted Answer

Divertimentos

Question 20

What was the name of the Italian librettist Mozart collaborated with a lot on opera?

Accepted Answer

Lorenzo da Ponte

Question 21

Watch this scene from Don Giovanni! What was this opera classified as?

Accepted Answer

Opera Buffa

Question 22

A piece during the classical period comprised of a soloist and an orchestra is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Concerto

Question 23

True or False: Beethoven had only one opera, and it was called Creatures of Prometheus?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Which composer had nearly 60 symphonies, and had musicians act like an "Army of Generals"?

Accepted Answer

Johann Stamitz

Question 25

True or False: Mozart was NOT a child prodigy?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

True or False: The following instrument is known as a Baryton?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Bonus Question: Which opera contained the famous "Queen of the Night" aria? (ah ah ah ah AHHHH)

Accepted Answer

The Magic Flute

Question 28

In 1802, Beethoven writes the Heiligenstadt Testament for his brothers because of his...

Accepted Answer

Hearing

Question 29

Listen to a bit of the string quartet in C# minor! How many movements does this piece have?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 30

Another one of our lovely musketeers, Wolfgang A. Mozart, was born in what little town?

Accepted Answer

Salzburg, Austria

Question 31

Which of the following did Beethoven NOT from while in Vienna?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang A. Mozart

Question 32

Listen to this piano sonata by Mozart! Having a combination of styles can be known as...

Accepted Answer

Topics

Question 33

True or False: The Kochel Catalogue is a catalog of compositions by Mozart by Ludwig von Kochel

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

True or False: The Haydn Style of music had traditions drawn from opera seria and folksongs?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

We love Opera, don't we??? How many did Mozart write in his life?

Accepted Answer

20 operas

Question 36

True or False: In the Late Period, we notice Beethoven having notebooks with sketches of music?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

True or False: Beethoven wanted his piano sonatas to be amateurish, people wanted it profesh?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Which one of the following composers did Mozart NOT meet with when he went on tour?

Accepted Answer

Johann Stamitz

Question 39

True or False: Haydn made a public appearance on his 76th birthday for his work "The Seasons"?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Listen to this Haydn Symphony! The movement you heard within the example is what? (EASY ?)

Accepted Answer

1st movement

Question 41

Joseph Haydn had a lovely singing voice at 5 that he was asked to join the Choir School of...

Accepted Answer

St. Stephen's Cathedral (Vienna)

Question 42

The term "Symphonie Concertante" is of which country origin?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 43

What is the name of the building the Esterhazy family had lived in where Haydn worked?

Accepted Answer

Esterhaza

Question 44

Known as "Storm and Stress" after a 1776 play, ______ contained a contemporary emotional unrest

Accepted Answer

Strum und Drang

Question 45

The Hall of Knights within the Mannheim Palace, good for orchestra concerts, resided where?

Accepted Answer

Southwest Germany

Question 46

Finish the riddle: Lo Speziale is Opera Seria and Armida is _______?

Accepted Answer

Opera Buffa

Question 47

During the Late Period of our musketeer Beethoven, which piece inaugurated the song cycle?

Accepted Answer

An die Ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved, Op. 98)

Question 48

Our 3rd musketeer, Ludwig von Beethoven, was born in what city?

Accepted Answer

Bonn, Germany

Question 49

Bonus Question: Listen to this well-known piece by Beethoven. When did this get published?

Accepted Answer

1867

Question 50

Listen to the 1st Mov. of Eroica! "To the memory of a great man" is in reference to who?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 51

Johann Christian Bach had a prestigious career in what city?

Accepted Answer

London, England

Question 52

How many movements would be in one of Haydn's Esterhazy Symphonies? (1770's)

Accepted Answer

Four Movements

Question 53

During the French Revolution, Napoleon ended the Holy Roman Empire, which lasted for how long?

Accepted Answer

840 years

Question 54

One of our fellow musketeers, Joseph Haydn, was born in a little town called...

Accepted Answer

Rohrau, Austria

Question 55

Listen to this movement in Creation! Not only was this written in English but in what else?

Accepted Answer

German

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