Music Appreciation Final Part 2

Emotional restraint is an important factor in romantic art forms.

Giovanni Gabrieli, the most influential Venetian composers of the late Renaissance, was organist at St. Mark's 1585-1612

The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of______

The scherzo moves at a slower tempo than the minuet.

The Romantic period in western music covers the years ___________.

Classical chamber music is designed for intimate setting of a small room.

Beethoven preferred the use of this movement instead of the minuet.

A string quartet consists of four movements

The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it does not have a _________ movement.

The minuet first appeared around 1650 as a dance in the court of Louis XIV of France.

A string quartet is written for 3 violins, viola, and cello.

By the age of 6 Mozart could improvise, write, read, and play music on sight.

Josephy Haydn spent most of his life working for a wealthy aristocratic family, the Kadars'

The minuet and the scherzo are both written in _____ meter.

Motives are short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition.

The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the ____>

An art song is a musical composition for __________.

The Classical period encompassed the years __________.

A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime.

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

Basso continuo was the nucleus of instrumental ensembles during the Classical period.

Chamber music differs from a symphony or concerto in that each part is usually performed by one player.

In the classical period, comic operas sometimes _____

The first section of sonata form is the introduction.

A coda is the transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section called the bridge.

A symphony is a musical composition for orchestra with four movements that typically lasts 20-45 minutes.

Which of the following would outline rondo form?

A polychoral motet is for two or more choirs, without instrumental sections.

When performers encounter the phrase, de capo, they know to return to the beginning and repeat the piece.

A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as __________.

Venetian choral music during the late 16th century of the Renaissance ___

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for vocal soloist and orchestra.

During this section of sonata form, the original theme (motive) is revisited.