Music History Exam 4 Review

Which genre does NOT usually use Sonata-Allegro form?

Who wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament?

Who was an important figure in opera reform during the Classical Period

What was the preferred chamber music ensemble of the classical period?

What piece included a 5-voice fugal section?

Who was an important composer of Empfindsamer Stil?

What was an element often used for the Sturm und drang style?

What is an optional part in Sonata-Allegro form?

What instrument became the favorite keyboard instrument in the Classical Period?

How many symphonies did Haydn compose?

How did music's place change in the 18th century?

What was the 2nd orchestra (harp, plucking strings, harpsichord) in Orfeo ed Euridice designed to sound like?

What does La serve padrona mean?

What harmony traditionally leads into the cadenza in concertos?

What is NOT one of the regular parts of Sonata-Allegro form?

Which composer was the first to add metronome markings in his compositions?

Which compositional period was Beethoven's "Pathetique" sonata from?

What type of work was Creation from The Continental Harmony?

Who was not a musical influence on Mozart during his youth?

What was the true parent form of the symphony?

What was the first permanent orchestra, which started in the Baroque period and served Louis XIV?

What group of composers sought to write music that sounded "American" rather than "European"?

Symphony No. 5 brings back its main motive throughout the work. What is this known as?

Which of the Big 3 Classical composers lived the longest?

Periodicity was a characteristic of what musical element in the Classical Period?

What city was the musical center during the Classical Period?

Don Giovanni is based on a legend from what era?

What genre used a double exposition?

What important intellectual movement occurred in 18th century Europe?

Who catalogued Haydn's works?

Who was Haydn's employer for much of his career?

Who was frequently Mozart's librettist?

What music was seen coming from the New World?

Alberti Bass was a feature of what musical element in the Classical Period?

What was another transitional period into the Classical Era, besides Galant style?

Who composed the poem that was the basis of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?

How is the recapitulation different from the exposition?

The minuet and trio movement was replaced with what in Beethoven's symphonies?

The intermezzo is a comic opera genre from what country?

Who was the "father of the symphony"?

What was another genre that influenced the development of the symphony?

Which of these composers was from the galant period?

What was NOT a new instrument added by Beethoven to expand the range in Symphony No. 5?

La Serva Padrona is an example of what comic opera genre?

What symphony category does Beethoven's 5th Symphony fit in?

Who invented the metronome?

Which of Beethoven's compositional periods included most of his symphonies?

Who was the first composer to write piano concertos?

What city was an important center of specifically symphonic music during the Classical Period?

Who was the most emancipated composer of the Big 3 Classical composers?