Exam 2 Review

Which of the following is not a characterstic of "Classical" form?

The text in Opera is called ?

This composer wrote his first symphony and opera by age 12.

The Canticle of Mary is generally known as the . . .

The word “Baroque” comes for a Portuguese word meaning “pearl of irregular shape.”

Which keyboard instrument was used in basso continuo music?

This composer was the first, most successful Opera composer

"Terraced Dynamics" was not a compositional technique of Baroque Music.

What is the standard meter of the minuet?

How many movements does Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 have?

This German born composer did the bulk of his work in England.

This genre was the least important in the Baroque Period.

Classical Orchestra originally included the Clarinet.

This section of "Sonata-Allegro" form is where all themes return in the tonic key.

These composers are considered Classical

Henry Purcell was born in . . .

The text of Mozart’s Requiem is sung in

These composers are considered Baroque

Adolf Hitler admired Beethoven’s music.

A "Cadenza" is a showy passage for a soloist at the end of a movement.

This musical form is where the theme is presented, then varied many times

The "Coda" usually precedes the beginning of Sonata-Allegro form.

What was an integral musical part of the Lutheran church service?

This musical form is generally in triple meter

Mozart’s Requiem was

The first movement in a Classical Symphony is generally what form?

Which of the following descriptions characterizes the story of Don Giovanni?

What compositional device is more prevalent in Classical music?

Who wrote the text of the Dies irae?

What is the principal element of a fugue?