Music 1010 Test 2

The Classical period in music ranged from approximately

In which musical time period did Mozart compose many sonatas, symphonies, and operas? 

Haydn spent most of his life

Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called

Clara Schumann's later creative activities were supported by the devotion of which composer?

Haydn's Trumpet concerto is an example of

A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called

Beethoven suffered perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it?

The term tempo rubato means

Haydn struggled under the patronage system

Mozart died before he could complete A Little Night Music

Who was Haydn's principal patron?

The famous four-note figure at the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is best described as

Schubert's "Erlkonig" is an example of _____?

Titles such as Prelude, Impromptu, and Intermezzo are used for

Which movement is the most highly organized and most characteristic of the multimovement cycle?

Who was NOT a master of the Viennese school?

Haydn's patronage family was who?

Which does NOT characterize Romantic music?

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

Haydn was born in

Which was NOT a member of the Russian nationalist group known as the Mighty Five?

What is a song cycle?

Symphony Fantastique means what?

Robert Schumann's wife Clara was

Mozart wrote A Little Night-Music for which kinds of instruments?

The German term for the art song is

Mozart is remembered today as

How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

Symphony Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony)

What is not part of a sonata-allegro movement

Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude" mainly expresses this emotion:

According to your text, the most popular composer of art music in the world is

In sonata-allegro form, the section with the most tension and drama is called

With which famous novelist did Chopin associate with?

Compare the number of symphonies written in the Classical and Romantic eras.

Which composer established the scherzo as a regular alternative to the minuet movement?

Nineteenth century composers of the short, lyric piano piece included

A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or a descriptive or expressive theme is called

What's the name of the city where Mozart came from ?

Grieg’s Peer Gynt is

The 19th century composer whose entire compositional output centered around the piano was

Schubert's Erlkönig is

What was Mozart's first name

Joseph Haydn is sometimes called the father of what type of music?

Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific, composer of

Mozart: A Little Night Music

How many symphonies did Ludwig van Beethoven write?

What was the first name of composer Chopin?

Robert Schumann

New instrument of this time period that Mozart and Beethoven wrote a lot of music for?

Music for a small ensemble of two to about ten players with one player to a part is called

A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text is called

Robert Schumann ended his career and life

In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, the idee fixe

The most important form of the Classical period was the

A song structure that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections

Mozart's Requiem

The French-born composer considered the creator of the modern orchestra is

Who completed Mozart's Requiem after Mozart's death?

Brahms maintained a life-long close relationship with

Morning Mood from Grieg’s Peer Gynt depicts

A song cycle is ____________?

Which best describes Beethoven?

Rapid-fire, talky singing whose primary function is to advance the plot in an opera is called

What was George Sand's occupation?

What nationality was Chopin?

Mozart died while writing his

A multimovement work for orchestras that is programmatic is called

Mozart composed his requiem

The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, development, and

Opera buffa is comic opera.

What nationality was Mozart?

Marriage of Figaro

Who wrote the September: At the River

The first movement of a Classical concerto features sonata-allegro form with

What's the genre for Haydn's Emperor Quartet?

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was

Which was NOT a new opera type that sought to reflect simplicity and real human emotions?

Which composer is known as "the poet of the piano"?

Mozart's "A Little Night Music" is an example from which style period?

During the 19th century, concert life began to center around the

The Sturm und Drang movement came about largely because of two works, written by Schluter and

Mozart - Requiem

Who wrote the opera "Magic Flute"?

The Classical symphony had its roots in the

SONATA ALLEGRO FORM

In Schubert's Erlking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents

Along with his symphonies, Haydn's ____ are also considered important works