exam 2

The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor begins, in the first two measures:

Loudly and emphatically with a 4 note motive

Mozart was born in 1756 in________. He died and was buried in _________.

Salzburg, Austria and Vienna, Austria

correct order of the sections of a sonata-allegro form?

exposition, development, recapitulation

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is

fast, slow, dance-related, fast.

corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Concert?

fast, slow, fast

movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the sonata?

fast, slow, fast

Beethoven stopped performing because:

he went deaf.

'Scherzo' means:

joke

Haydn's last symphonies were composed for___?

london

the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the String Quartet?

Fast, slow, dance-related, fast

the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Symphony

Fast, slow, dance-related, fast

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

Fast, slow, fast

Which composer inspired Haydn's oratorios?

Handel

What is the name of the musical entertainment performed between the acts of a serious opera or play?

Intermezzo

Who persuaded Haydn to come to London?

Johann Peter Salomon

While working for Prince Esterhazy Haydn's job was called:

Kapellmeister

Schubert wrote around 615 ______:

Lieder

Mozart wrote his first symphony in 1764 in this city:

London

Which best describes the psychological progression of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?

a heroic struggle with Fate, starting out stormily and ending triumphantly

Sonata form should be viewed as

a set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Haydn's music? a) There are few changes in texture and orchestration. b)Many works have a folk flavor, due to the use of actual peasant tunes and original melodies in folklike style. c)The music is robust and direct, radiating a healthy optimism. d)The minuets often romp and stomp rather than bow and curtsy.

a) There are few changes in texture and orchestration.

Which of the following is not true? a)in his later years, Mozart was financially well off, widely acclaimed, and sought after by an adoring public. b)Mozart's trips to Italy enabled him to study and master the current operatic style. c)Mozart wrote masterpieces in all the musical forms of his time. d)Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart was continually on tour in England and Europe.

a)In his later years, Mozart was financially well off, widely acclaimed, and sought after by an adoring public.

Haydn wrote two oratorios of his own after having been inspired in London by Handel's oratorios. The two were called:

'The Creation' and 'The Seasons'

What do you hear in the Recapitulation of the first movement of Symphony NO. 5 that makes it very unusual for sonata allegro form? Use Gustavo Dudamel's brilliant recording at marker 4:34 to help you make your answer: -An oboe cadenza is heard -The development is repeated and the recapitulation never happens -A chorus of bassoons and clarinets happens -all answers

-A chorus of bassoons and clarinets happens

Why did Mozart frequently not write out the cadenzas for his piano concertos that he performed? -He could hear the cadenza in his head, and if he wrote it down possibly someone would steal it -He did not know how to write music -He knew Beethoven would compose a more expansive cadenza, so he left the job to him. -none

-He could hear the cadenza in his head, and if he wrote it down possibly someone would steal it

What gives the opening of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony NO. 5 in c minor its 'improvisational primal quality?" Listen to the beginning of Gustavo Dudamel's brilliant interpretation to answer the question. Listen at 4:37 -All answers are correct. -The quote of a theme from Mozart's 'Magic Flute' -the flute solo -The use of the fermatas (fully stopping the sound) in the presentation of the opening motive

-The use of the fermatas (fully stopping the sound) in the presentation of the opening motive

All of the following are characteristics of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style except -psychological progression during a work -motivic consistency -disregard for classical forms -rhythmic drive

-disregard for classical forms

Compared to the modern piano, Mozart's piano had ______ keys.

61

What is a Song cycle?

A collection of songs (perhaps like a "concept album") on a single theme

What does through-composed mean?

A composition that has no obvious repetition

Which of the following is a Schubertiade?

A social gathering featuring the music of Franz Schubert

What is a Ballade ?

A specific type of narrative poetry that usually tells a sad story with an unhappy ending

What is a strophic text?

A text constructed of a series of stanzas or strophes

To move forward from the first theme (or the first theme group) in sonata-allegro form, a composer will usually incorporate a: a) Transition or bridge b) Change of key c) Modulation All of the above None

All of the above

Which best describes the early nineteenth-century concept of the artist as exemplified by Beethoven?

An inspired soul who suffered to deliver art to humanity

Which comes closest to describing the tempo of the second movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor? Go to 8:00

Andante and sweet with the theme presented in the low strings

Which of the following is not true about the intermezzo?

Are full of lengthy ornamented da capo arias like those of the opera seria

Schubert is considered the father of the Lied, which is the German term for what is known in English as:

Art song

Haydn's patron asked him to compose chamber music for which instrument?

Baryton

According to most sources, Beethoven's personal life was:

Chaotic and lonely

The following composer, inspired by the reform movement in the 1750s, collaborated with poet Ranerio de Calzabigi to produce Orfeo ed Euridice:

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and the ________ style.

Classical;Romantic

Which of the following operas is based on a Lorenzo Da Ponte libretto? a)Don Giovanni b)La Finta Semplice c)La Clemenza di Tito d)Magic Flute e)Idomeneo

Don Giovanni

The first movement of Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor is in ________ form.

Double-Exposition Form

Using the following recording by conductor Gustavo Dudamel: determine what the meter of the 4th movement by going to counter 22:00 The meter of the fourth movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is:

Duple or in 2

An operatic number sung by two or more people is called a(n):

Ensemble

Which of the following was an important contribution of opera buffa?

Ensemble finales

Unity is achieved in the classical symphony partly by the use of the same key in three of its four movements.

Esterhazy

The scherzo, a fast, triple-meter movement, evolved from the:

Minuet

What political figure inspired Beethoven in composing the Eroica Symphony?

Napoleon Bonaparte

what performing forces would usually perform the symphony?

Orchestra

Please select the correct layout of the exposition(s) in the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466.

Orchestral exposition; solo exposition

He composed La Serva Padrona:

Pergolesi

what performing forces would usually perform the sonata?

Piano; or solo instrument with piano

The piano parts of Schubert's Lieder are notable for their:

Pictorial and dramatic roles

Who was Haydn's principal employer through his long career:

Prince Nicholas Esterhazy

In sonata-allegro form, the coda (if one is present) comes after the:

Recapitulation

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a

Repeat sign

Mozart's final work, left incomplete at his death was____?

Requiem Mass

The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is dominated by a repeated:

Rhythmic Motive

The _________ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variations form.

Second

what performing forces would usually perform the concerto?

Soloist and orchestra

The form of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E can be thought of as a transformation of ________ form.

Sonata Allegro

By listening and watching the following recording by Gustavo Dudamel please determine the instrumental forces which play the Symphony # 5 by Ludwig Beethoven.

Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion

When a composer writes new music for each stanza of a poem, the form is known as:

Strophic

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

Symphonies

With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?

Symphony

Haydn is considered the inventor for which musical form?

The String Quartet Form

Which of the following is not true about the intermezzo genre?

The characters are god and goddesses of mythology

A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by

The conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.

Which of the following is not true about the intermezzo genre?

The intermezzo has no ensembles

Which of the following adjustments were not made to opera forms in the Enlightenment?

The nobility banned opera entirely

What does the piano introduction of "Erlkönig" bring to mind?

The pounding of a horses' hooves

Which is true of Beethoven's style periods?

They progress from Classical to heroic to introspective.

Music scholars divide Beethoven's music into ________ distinct style periods:

Three

How many different characters do you hear in "Erlkönig"?

Three plus the narrator

what performing forces would usually perform the string quartet?

Two violins, viola, and cello

As a young boy, Mozart was showcased in ______to the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa.

Vienna

Most of Mozart's masterworks were composed in which city?

Vienna

Mozart was a child prodigy on which instrument or instruments?

Violin

At 16:48 in Dudamel's Beethoven Fifth, the following happens. Listen up to 19:00

all answers

At counter 8:04 in the following live recording of Beethoven 5th with conductor Gustavo Dudamel the following happens?

all answers

Which of the following is true about the intermezzo, La Serva Padrona? -this intermezzo the female character is a servant girl who is sly and cunning and outwits (and marries) her boss for his money -The title means "The servant turned mistress" -Its success in Paris was the lightning rod which made French writers debate the merits of the old-fashioned Lullian Tragedie lyrique.when compared with opera buffa -The characters of the intermezzo are drawn from commedia dell'arte - all answers

all answers

Which of the following was an accomplishment of Gluck? -He made the overture an integral part of the opera -Blurred the difference between aria and recitative -More naturalistic staging lighting and acting -Not acknowledging the audience's applause in the middle of the opera -all answers

all answers

Which of the following was an accomplishment of Gluck? -He made the overture an integral part of the opera -He began using simpler recitative so that the action could advance more quickly -He translated a number of his operas from Italian to French -He ornamented and shortened his own da capo arias to prevent the singers from doing so. -all answers

all answers

Much of the portrayal of Mozart in the film Amadeus is an erroneous fictionalization. But the final scene in this segment (Segment 12.5) accurately depicts him as an individual with an extraordinary.. a)capacity to conduct b)Capacity to sing with absolute pitch c)Capacity to remember and reproduce music on just one hearing d) Capacity to improvise on a musical idea that he had just heard b and d a and c

b and d

Which of the following is NOT true a) The coda of a 'sonata form' movement rounds off the movement by repeating themes or developing them further b) The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a 'sonata form' movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition c) The term 'sonata form' refers to the form of a single movement, and it should not be confused with the term sonata, which is used for a whole composition made up of several movements d) A fast movement in 'sonata form' is sometimes preceded by a slow introduction that creates a strong feeling of expectancy

b. The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a 'sonata form' movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition

Which of the following was not one of Haydn's duties while in the service of the Esterházys? a)Conducting the orchestra b)Composing all the music requested by his patron c)Coaching the singers for the operatic performances d)Teaching music to the choir boys

d)Teaching music to the choir boys

Of the following, which does not typify a Haydn Symphony? a)Lyric slow movements and stylized minuets for second and third movements b)The reappearance of the first theme at the beginning of the second key area c)Fast finales that are shorter than the first movements d)They have three movements only. e)Frequent slow introductions for the first movement.

d)They have three movements only.

From what condition did Beethoven suffer?

deaf

Italian comic opera was called:

opera buffa

In the mid-nineteenth century, the following instrument became the center of music making in the home:

piano

Which instrument was Beethoven's performing instrument?

piano

Which musical characteristic of Beethoven's symphonies seems far from the Classical style of Mozart and Haydn?

rhythmic drive

The piano of Mozart's day was ______ the modern piano.

smaller than

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement

the second theme is in a new key.

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement

the second theme is in a new key.

Which accurately describes Don Giovanni?

tragic and comical

(True or False)Unity is achieved in the classical symphony partly by the use of the same key in three of its four movements.

true

True/FalseThe popularity of Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona was such that it is seen as a piece that bridges the gap from Baroque to Classical period.

true

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

was continually on tour in England and Europe