How did Haydn become acquainted with the oratorio genre?

Through hearing Handel’s oratorios in London

In Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasie

movements are performed without breaks.

How do Chopin’s preludes resemble Bach’s The Well Tempered Clavier?

They move systematically through all major and minor keys.

Which of the following is an innovation in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5

It begins in minor and ends in major.

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Music History 2, Test 1

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1
How many movements are in Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 131?
seven
five
three
four
2
In comparison to his contemporaries, Mendelssohn’s work is generally
more classical.
more derivative of Beethoven.
more programmatic.
more romantic.
3
Home gatherings where Lied was sung were sometimes called
Kick Backs.
Mendelssohn nights.
Schumannspiels.
Schubertiads.
4
How did Haydn become acquainted with the oratorio genre?
At the cathedral school in Vienna
Studying the oratorios of Handel at Eszterháza
Through hearing Handel’s oratorios in London
Through Nikolaus Esterházy’s interest in the genre
5
In Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasie
movements are performed without breaks.
movements are self-contained, with no shared content.
there are seven movements.
the piano plays the part of a journeying miller.
6
Which of the following is a component of first-movement, or sonata, form?
trio
recapitulation
rondo
refrain
7
Joseph Haydn spent the majority of his career working at
the Vienna Court Opera.
Versailles.
Esterháza.
Sanssouci.
8
Where did the earliest concert halls and concert societies emerge?
Paris
Leipzig
London
Vienna
9
The third movement of a four-movement Haydn symphony is often
a minuet and trio.
fast, usually in sonata or rondo form.
slow.
fast and in sonata form, often with a slow introduction.
10
How do Chopin’s preludes resemble Bach’s The Well Tempered Clavier?
They alternate between free-form fantasias and fugues.
They are a compendium of contrapuntal styles.
They move systematically through all major and minor keys.
They were not intended for performance but for study.
11
In which year did Schumann write most of his songs?
1834, the year he began the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
1850, the year he was employed in Düsseldorf
1840, the year he married
1854, the year he attempted suicide
12
Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony
is programmatic.
starts in minor and ends in major.
contains a funeral march.
contains a choir.
13
In the Heiligenstadt Testament, Beethoven
commits his new vision for music to paper.
derides the composers that came before him.
professes a secret love.
laments his hearing loss.
14
In the nineteenth century, the most important instrument in the home was the
violin.
lute.
piano
harp.
15
Berlioz is considered a germinal figure in
piano recitals.
art song.
conducting.
French Opera.
16
Which of the following is an innovation in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
It contains a choral section in the finale.
Each movement has a title that alludes to a program.
It begins in minor and ends in major.
It contains five movements.
17
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in
New York.
Boston.
New Orleans.
Paris.
18
Franz Schubert was born in
Vienna.
Bonn.
Salzburg.
Leipzig.
19
For Lieder that express static emotions or moods, Schubert typically adopts
strophic form.
ternary form.
through-composed form.
modified strophic form.
20
The second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, is a
Recitative.
Scherzo.
Funeral march.
Aria.

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