Music Appreciation Unit 5 - The Classical Era

What is the essence of a classical concerto?

By the age of six, Mozart could ______.

Beethoven was far more extensive and explicit in marking __________ in his scores.

The sonata-rondo ______.

Each successive variation in a theme with variations ______.

The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as ______.

The first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast, and in _____ form.

Why did Mozart's music fall out of favor with Vienna audiences toward the end of his life?

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for ______.

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart ______.

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life as what?

Which of the following was not one of Haydn's duties while in the service of the Esterházys?

Beethoven's sixteen __________ are generally considered among the greatest music ever composed.

Haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered ______.

The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the _____.

The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the ______.

Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period?

Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, roughly encompassed the years ______.

Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104 ______.

A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music ______.

Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?

Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a ______.

The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work, is in ____________ form.

Which of the following statements is not true?

In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart ______.

Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called ______.

Which of the following elements is usually not changed in varying the theme in theme-and-variations form?

True or False? Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active in Vienna, Austria.

Mozart's Requiem was

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful relationship with the noble Hungarian family of ______.

Which of the following is not true about the rondo?

The opening motive of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 has a ____________ rhythm.

Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as ______.

Which of the following statements is not true of the music of the classical period?

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by ______.

Don Giovanni, in Mozart's opera of that name, is _____.

The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is ______.

Beethoven's late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include ______.

The 3rd Symph. of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of _________ .

A transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section is called a ______.

The rondo may be schematically outlined as

What is a symphony?

A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called ______.

Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled The Seasons and ______.

A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is ______.

Mozart was born in ______.

Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the ______.

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is ______.

Classical chamber music is designed ______.

The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the ______.

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they _____.

Beethoven is often credited as being ______.

Which of the following is not one of Mozart's three masterpieces of Italian opera?

The main theme of the rondo does what?

Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the ________ movement of a multimovement work.

What did the typical orchestra of the classical period consist of?

Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by doing what?

Mozart composed his Requiem ______.

A classical concerto greatly relies on a soloist's ______.

Haydn often traveled to ________, where his music was performed often and greatly admired.

The most important form of classical chamber music is the ______.

The piano trio is a musical composition for ______.

The string quartet ______.

What is a symphony?

Beethoven ______.

In many of Beethoven's works, there is a _____ movement instead of the minuet.