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What is a serenade?
This composer was an orphan at 10 years old.
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This composer was an orphan at 10 years old.
Mozart
Haydn
Bach
Beethoven
2
What is a serenade?
18th century music meant to be played in the evening
Seventeenth century chamber music
Seventeenth century solo song
18th century music meant to be played for a small audience
3
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is one of the only two of his symphonies that:
Is not in sonata form
That uses ritornello form
That wasn’t written in Germany
a. That is in a minor key
4
Which of the following best summarizes Mozart’s life?
Child prodigy who played many instruments, settled on violin
Child prodigy who grew up to be famous but also penniless
He was a child prodigy who grew up to be rich and famous.
Learned piano in teenage years, turned to composition after
5
Beethoven is known as a “bridge” composer to the Romantic era because:
He stayed true to Classical-era forms
He wrote highly dramatic and emotional music
He wrote mostly violin music
He wrote mostly quiet and subdued music
6
Which of the following best describes music of the Rococo period?
Dramatic statements
Lush, flowing melodies
Heavily contrapuntal lines
Light and graceful tones
7
Bach dedicated himself primarily to the composition of:
Secular music
Sacred music
Opera
Intermedi
8
An inspiration for musical thought
Requiem
Concerto
Scherzo
Muse
9
Which of the following composers was a master organist?
Mozart
Bach
Gluck
Beethoven
10
During his years in Cöthen, Bach wrote more of which kind of music than ever before?
Sacred music
Secular music
Opera
Intermedi
11
When did the patronage system begin to collapse?
Renaissance era
Modern era
Baroque era
Classical era
12
Which of the following composers was supported by Prince Esterhazy?
Haydn
Beethoven
Telemann
Mozart
13
In which of the following forms did Bach NOT write?
Opera
Fugue
Suite
Concerto
14
“None other than the glory of God and refreshment of the soul” was the goal of which composer?
Bach
Vivaldi
Mozart
Beethoven
15
Which of the following best describes musical life during the Classical Era?
Orchestral music was generally played in middle-class homes.
Chamber music was preferred over orchestral music
Most concerts were for the nobility only.
Concerts were unusually long by today’s standards.
16
What did Beethoven despair in The Heilgenstadt Testament?
His hearing loss
His broken piano
His wife’s death
His failing vision
17
Which of the following composers did NOT consider himself bound to the patronage system?
Beethoven
Haydn
Telemann
Handel
18
Who wrote the "Pathétique" Sonata?
Bach
Brahms
Mozart
Beethoven
19
The Helligenstadt Testament was a;
Concert
Musical Score
Letter
Book
20
Which of the following composers was overly confident of his talents and disliked authority?
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
21
The head musician in an eighteenth century court was called a(n):
Organist
Patron
Kapellmeister
Composer
22
Which of the following Beethoven works is a piano sonata?
The "Pathétique"
The "Harp"
The Ode to Joy
The Eroica
23
Mozart wrote a piece called “Ah! vous dirais-je, Maman” that is recognized today as:
The Wheels on the Bus
The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
24
Which composer wrote
The Art of the Fugue
?
Beethoven
Handel
Mozart
Bach
25
The following work by Beethoven is a stormy glimpse into his Romantic style:
The Four Seasons
The "Pathétique" Sonata
The "Enigma" Variations
Verklärte Nacht
26
Which of the following composers did NOT influence Mozart's music?
Haydn
Schubert
Brahms
J.C. Bach
27
Bach was a master of which of the following forms?
Intermedi
Fugue
Symphony
Opera
28
The Brandenburg Concerto is an example of Bach's
Secular music
Sacred music
Intermedi
Opera
29
Musical commissions are;
Profit from selling music to other composers
The price it costs to put together a concert
Contracts for compositions of music
Money from ticket sales
30
A full score reduced to one piano part for easier reading
Piano Reduction
Piano Major
Piano Drop
Solo Piano
31
A music composition produced for someones death
Eulogy
Concerto
Muse
Requiem
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In Mühlhausen, Bach surpervised the construction of a new:
Piano
Organ
Violin
Synthesizer
