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What is an opera?
Which composer mastered the string quartet?
Classical Period
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1
Which composer mastered the string quartet?
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
Schubert
2
What is an opera?
A dramatic recreation of a novel
A musical play with all of the words sung instead of spoken.
A musical story with no singing
A singing stage-play that was based on a movie
3
A string quartet usually has how many movements?
1
6
2
4
4
Which of the following is a biblical reference for the usage of cymbals?
Song of Solomon 3
Psalm 150
Psalm 23
Proverbs 31
5
Which of the following is not a typical movement in Symphonic Form?
Fast
Dance
Slow
Syncopated
6
Exposition, development, and recapitulation make up what musical form?
Symphonic
Sonata
String Quartet
Operatic
7
Before the Classical Period who had more control over music and the artistry output?
The Government
The Church
The Aristocracy
The Opera House
8
How many men were in the all-black battalion that Joseph St. George led?
1000
10
20,000
300
9
Which of the following happened during the classical period?
The first female empress of Europe
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
The trade of New York
10
What is the approximate starting date of the Classical Period?
1861
1812
1987
1750
11
In addition to writing music and playing the violin, what else was Joseph St. George good at?
Fencing
Painting
Building
Tent-making
12
Which of the following is not a music characteristic of the Classical Period?
Impressionistic idealism
Use of dynamics as thematic material
Opera
Great attention to musical form
13
Which of the following person is a famous composer of the Classical Period?
Thomas Whitfield
Hildegard Von Bingen
Barry Gordy
Ludwig Beethoven
14
Which of these is NOT a musical characteristic of the Classical Period?
The use of melodic minor scale and passage
The use of modulation
The use of comic and witty melodies
The use of dynamics as thematic material
15
How many symphonies did Franz Joseph Haydn write?
104
156
29
89
16
Artist in the Classical Period wanted to emulate the works of artistry from where/what time?
Modern Ethiopia
Modern Europe
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
17
Where was the center of classical music during the classical period?
Vienna
London
Germany
France
18
Which one of the following instruments found its development in the Classical Period?
Harpsichord
Violin
Piccolo
Piano
19
Where was Joseph St. George born?
Jamaica
Christmas Day
Paris
Guadeloupe
20
Which instrument is typically not featured in a string quartet?
Cello
Double Bass
Viola
Violin
21
During the Classical Period the church was in complete control of the knowledge and the arts.
True
False
22
Which instrument came to a complete fruition during the classical period?
Trumpet
Marimba
Piano
Saxophone
23
Who were the main patrons of music during the Classical Period?
The aristocracy
Church officials
Peasants
The composers themselves
24
Most of the famous composers in history come from the Classical Period
True
False
25
Which of the following operas did Mozart NOT write?
The Flying Dutchmen
Don Giovanni
The Marriage of Figarro
The Magic Flute
26
Who is credited with creating the term "Hip-Hop"?
Grandmaster Flash
Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins
Zulu Nation
Dr. Dre
27
Who of the following is not a famous person alive during the Classical Period?
George Washington
King Louis XIV of France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Philippe De Vitry
28
Who was the first composer to write a string quartet?
Stravinsky
Chopin
Haydn
Schubert
29
How did Joseph St. George's son die?
It was in an accident
The baby was neglected by the nurse
It didn't
Miscarriage
30
Who mastered the art of Symphonic Form?
Schubert
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
31
What is the approximate ending date of the Classical Period?
1776
1825
1830
1397
32
What instrument when stretched out is approximately 18 feet in length?
Flute
Trombone
Viola
Tuba
