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Review of composers, terms, and works of music during the Classical period
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Which composer composed 104 symphonies?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
all 3
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Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled
The Seasons
and
The Creation
Elijah
The Magic Flute
Don Giovanni
3
The classical string quartet is a musical composition for
two violins, viola & cello
any four string instruments
violin, guitar, viola & cello
violin, viola, cello & bass
4
Theme and variations form may be schematically outlined as
AABB
ABA
AA'A''A'''A''''
ABACADA
5
The rondo may be schematically outlined as
ABACA
ABACBA
ABCBA
ABBABD
6
Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
as a church musician and organist
as a professional free-lance musician
as an independently wealthy composer
serving a wealthy aristocratic family
7
A factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music
is performed in concert halls
performed by one player per part
does not have difficult parts
does not use sonata form
8
Which composer was instrumental in developing the symphony and string quartet?
all 3
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
9
Which composer was an active musician in the city of Vienna?
all 3
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
10
The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the
clarinet
violin
cello
piano
11
The sons of what composer were leaders in transitioning from baroque style to early classical?
Antonio Vivaldi
G. F. Handel
Henry Purcell
J. S. Bach
12
Mozart's Requiem Mass was
a high point in his career
an early work
most likely finished by one of his students
composed by a nobleman using Mozart's name
13
The basso continuo continued to be the nucleus of the orchestra in the Classical period.
False
True
14
We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because of his habit of
often carrying his musical sketchbooks with him
telling his trouble to his biographer
describing his struggles in letters to friends
keeping a dairy
15
In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart
were jealous of each other
became close friends
avoided each other
never met
16
Classical style flourished in music during the period
1820-1900
1750-1820
1600-1750
1450-1600
17
Which composer composed pieces for a popular new instrument in this period - the piano
Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn
all 3
18
Which composer wrote pieces in sonata form?
Beethoven
all 3
Mozart
Haydn
19
Whose favorite form of music composition was opera?
Beethoven
all 3
Mozart
Haydn
20
Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of the music of the classical period?
a wealth of rhythic patterns
melodies are tuneful & easy to remember
fluctuations in mood
basically polyphonic
21
Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active,
was the music center of Europe
all three are true
was the 4th largest city in Europe
was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire
22
In many of Beethoven's works, there is a _____ movement instead of the minuet.
scherzo
presto
ritornello
fugato
23
The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it does not have a _____ movement.
minuet or scherzo
rondo finale
sonata form
slow
24
Beethoven's only opera is entitled
Fidelio
Madame Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Don Giovanni
25
Which of the following is NOT part of a sonata form movement?
rondo
recapitulation
development
exposition