Chapter 34 - Listening Guide Quiz 24: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, II

Which statements are true about the fourth variation on theme 1, which occurs about six and a half minutes into the movement?

-The woodwinds are accompanied by strings. -The notes of the melody are played in a detached manner (staccato). -It is in a minor key.

Which of the following statements regarding Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, second movement, are correct?

-Theme 2 makes use of the brass section of the orchestra. -The movement is in a major key.

Put the following musical events in the correct order in which they occur in the second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

First statement of theme 2, Theme 1 in faster thirty-second notes, Theme 1 in a minor key

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, second movement.

Form: variations Harmony: major Texture: mostly homophonic Meter: triple

Listen to the excerpt, then fill in the blank below. (third variation)

In the third variation on theme 1, which occurs about five minutes into the movement, the theme is broken up into smaller pieces and played by (woodwinds).

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag each to the correct location on the music chart below.

Red: Third Yellow: 1st Blue: 2nd

Match the descriptive phrase that best and most specifically describes the excerpted clip from the second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Be sure to listen to each clip in its entirety.

Red: theme 1 (flowing low strings) Yellow: theme 1 varied in a minor key (staccato) Blue: theme 2 (upward motive clarinets) Purple: fragments of theme exchanged in woodwinds (clarinet, bassoon, flute)

Listen to the excerpt and fill in the blank below.

The main shape of the second theme (the highest melodic idea in this excerpt) is (ascending).

Listen to the excerpt and fill in the blank below.

The smooth first theme of this movement is initially played by (low strings).

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe the second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

There are (two) themes, the first of which is varied extensively. The movement is in (A-flat) major and is set in a flowing (triple) meter.

When the brass instruments enter during Theme 2 (they enter at 0:21 of the excerpt), what best describes their volume (dynamic)? (Theme 2)

loud

What best describes the relationship between the instrumental voices in the first nine seconds of this excerpt (from the beginning of Theme 2)?

the clarinets play the melody while the strings provide a soft accompaniment

When you hear the first variation, how is the opening theme altered?

the low strings play a continuous stream of sixteenth notes accompanied by a solo woodwind

How is the second variation of theme 1 (which occurs about four minutes into the second movement) different from the first variation of theme 1 (which occurs about two minutes into the second movement)? (first variation) (second variation)

the low strings play the theme much more quickly in the second variation

Which best describes the meter in the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

triple meter

The tempo of the second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is andante.

true

Which best describes the form of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

variations with two themes