NES Chapter 4

A ______ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment.

What is a primary way that unity is often achieved in the classical symphony?

Mozart wrote the Marriage of Figaro

What characteristic is NOT typical of the music of the classical period?

How does a scherzo differ From a minuet

Mozart wrote Don Giovanni

Beethoven is known as the bridge between the baroque and the classical era

Mozart wrote The Creation

Classical chamber music is designed for what purpose?

A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a ______.

Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and ____

what feature of baroque music was no longer used in the music of the classical era?

  Which composer is NOT considered a master of the classical period?

Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, roughly encompassed the years ____

In addition to the aristocracy, what other social group influenced the musical taste of 18th century Europe

Which work was one of Haydn's most popular oratorios?

Which is true of the relationship between Haydn and Mozart while they were in Vienna?

The pianoforte differed from the harpsichord in that it had the ability to play louder and softer

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, what does that indicate?

What is a symphony?

What is the usual order of movements in the classical symphony?

What is the instrumentation for the classical string quartet?

The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the ____

Mozart wrote L’Orfeo

What other art form most influences the third movement of a classical symphony?

Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.

Along with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who else was an important preclassical composer?

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active in _____, a bustling center for European music at the time.

   What section from sonata form is sometimes combined with a rondo to create a sonata-rondo form?

How old was Mozart when he wrote his first symphony?

   Where was Mozart born?

In many of Beethoven’s works, there is a ____ movement instead of a minuet

Mozart wrote Don Giovanni

Mozart’s music fell out of favor with Vienna audiences because his music became too complicated and dissonance over time

What form is typically used for the first movement of a multi movement work during the classical period?

The harpsichord developed into the pianoforte in the classical era

Beethoven's income came mostly from which group?

What is the most important form of classical chamber music?

What social change during the eighteenth century lead to a greater public awareness and appreciation for music?