Music History 2 Exam 1

Before the 1750s, what music could be expected in French opéra comique?

Which composer established the standard four-movement structure of a symphony?

Following in the tradition of J. C. Bach, Mozart’s piano concertos contain a first movement that

How was the Eroica Symphony received?

Where did Haydn become more familiar with the oratorio?

Haydn spent much of his career working at

In sonata form, a section that follows the recapitulation, affirming tonic and expanding some themes, is the

What critic championed Beethoven, suggesting performers treat his music differently than that of other composers?

 Who established the conventional form of opera seria?

How do Mozart’s later symphonies differ from the earlier ones?

The most obvious antecedent to the symphony is the

An opera seria contains

How did Gluck achieve operatic reform?

 What was the usual role of the winds in the mid-eighteenth-century orchestra?

 What element of opera buffa derives from Italian commedia dell’arte?

How does Beethoven treat the theme in theme and variations form in his late works?

In simple binary form, the second part

Subjects that served as musical discourse in Classic-era music have been called

How does the sonata-rondo third movement of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata stand apart from the rondos of Haydn & Mozart?

German comic opera, inspired by English ballad opera, was known as

Approximately how many symphonies did Haydn write?

After Idomeneo premiered in Munich in 1781, Mozart moved to Vienna and earned money as

How do C. P. E. Bach’s clavier sonatas reflect empfindsam style?

Haydn’s String Quartets Opp. 9, 17, and 20 differ from four-movement symphonic form in that

 What is typical of Haydn’s minuet and trio symphony movements?

William Billings’s fuging tunes feature

Beethoven was born in

One of the first composers of piano concertos was

Mid-nineteenth-century theorists thought sonata form contained three sections, the first called the

In The Beggar’s Opera, how does John Gay satirize London society?

Domenico Scarlatti spent much of his career in

What shift occurred in opera seria in the 1720s and 1730s?

Rondo form includes

An die ferne Geliebte is a(n)

What is one common plot device in comic opera, demonstrated by Pergolesi’s La serva padrona?

In opera seria, arias

Besides music written for public concerts,in what other context was orchestral music heard in the early Classical period

According to Heinrich Christoph Koch, the second period of the second section

How did English church music of the early Classical period compare with that of other countries?

The symphonie concertante is

Haydn’s compositions frequently combine

Why is Haydn sometimes called "the father of the symphony"?

Beethoven published his late string quartets in full score because

 In the development sections of Hayden's sonata form movements, what typically happens

How did serious Italian opera arrive in Russia?

Intermezzi were performed

What is one stylistic aspect of Beethoven’s middle-period music?

From 1768, some of Haydn’s symphonies,those in minor keys with an emotionally agitated character, can be associated with

The second movement of a symphony by Haydn is often

What is one distinguishing feature of Italian opera buffa in comparison to comic opera of other countries?

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

Haydn’s earliest surviving and last completed works belonged to which genre?

Which city was especially prominent in the early history of the symphony?

Mozart composed three Italian comic operas with librettist

Eighteenth-century church music was most heavily influenced by

The symphonies of Giovanni Battista Sammartini contain

How does the slow movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 open?

 During his middle period, what was 1 event that allowed Beethoven more artistic freedom than most composers enjoyed?

Music for English ballad opera included

Who of the following was one of the great singers of the early eighteenth century?

How does Beethoven achieve unity among the movements of his String Quartet, Op. 132?

In 1790, Johann Peter Salomon invited Haydn to compose and conduct symphonies in

Haydn’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, has earned the nickname "The Joke" because of

Haydn’s original contract with the Esterházy family forbade him from

What was one way that composers built dramatic tension at the end of an act in comic opera?

Beethoven died in

 Among eighteenth-century opera reformers, what was one primary concern?

How many movements are in Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 131?

Which of the following was a common type of binary form in the Classical era?

What is one way that Mozart’s adult compositional style was influenced by his unusual childhood?

 The largest category in Beethoven’s output from his first decade in Vienna is

What was one challenge facing Beethoven in his late period?

How does Mozart’s The Magic Flute reflect its genre of Singspiel?

According to Heinrich Christoph Koch, sonata form contains

Which of the following is an innovation in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9?

By the end of the eighteenth century, the typical symphony had

Beethoven held off on publishing string quartets and symphonies until he had won early successes because

 By the late eighteenth century, the favorite keyboard instrument was the

What event in Beethoven’s life took place toward the beginning of his middle period?

Haydn made his last public appearance for a performance of what work?

The first movements of J. C. Bach’s concertos blend elements of sonata form with

Beethoven studied with

The second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, is a

Haydn’s String Quartets Op. 76

Beethoven’s Fidelio is about

Which musical element is most important in Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas?