MUSI Final 4-2

Woflgang Amadeus Mozart

-Known for unmatched lyricism and elegance in his music -Wrote the opera The Marriage of Figaro -Wrote many operas in the Italian style

Ludwig van Beethoven

-Wrote highly emotional, unpredictable music -Considered to be the bridge between Classical and Romantic styles -Wrote the famous Moonlight Sonata

Franz Joseph Haydn

-Wrote the oratorio The Creation -Lived in Austria by achieved great fame in England during his lifetime

Schubert had a remarkable gift for creating melodies that were

-emotional -mysterious -sad -ALL OF THESE

Chopin's preludes are varied in

-style -mood -form -ALL OF THESE

Select all the instruments from the following list that make up the standard string quartet.

A standard string quartet is made up of a two violins, a viola, and a cello.

The arts during the classic period were centered in

Austria and Germany

Fanny Mendelssohn

Chamber music

What is the distinguishing feature between chamber and orchestral music?

Chamber music has one instrument per part. Orchestral music has several instruments per part.

Using instruments in very specific ways and in unique combinations is known as orchestration.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

The Pathétique sonata was composed by

Beethoven

Schubert wrote over __________ lieder.

600

An orchestral arrangement of songs or dances from an opera or ballet is called a symphonic poem.

False

Beethoven earned a comfortable living in the employment of the aristocracy.

False

Classical multi-movement forms were still adhered to rigidly in the Romantic period.

False

Classical music has almost fallen into disuse today.

False

Mendelssohn's concept of form is extremely Romantic.

False

Modulation is a change of meter.

False

So tremendously gifted, Mozart never had to struggle for recognition or income.

False

The primary vocal, choral, and dramatic genre of the classic period was oratorio.

False

Wagner, a German composer of opera, was educated in the best schools of Europe.

False

For 30 years __________ was court composer to the Prince of Esterhazy.

Haydn

Music in the 19th century was primarily

Homophonic

Which of the following is the term for the text of an opera?

Libretto

Franz Schubert

Lied

__________ was a prodigiously gifted child.

Mozart

Which of the following best describes the orchestra of the Classic period?

Much like the symphony orchestra of today

Chopin is best known for which of the following? Select all that apply.

Music dramas and Viennese lyricism were not among Chopin's many contributions to classical music.

The songs known as lieder are best exemplified in the work of

Schubert

Which of the following applies to the life of Fanny Hensel?

She was a prolific composer and a skilled pianist

The piano trio typically consists of

a violin, a cello, and a piano

Music created for its own sake, without any extramusical connotations, is known as

absolute music

Wagner referred to his operas as

music drama

Name a "non-musical" or "music industry" job created in the Romantic period.

music publisher

The Romantic period can be described as a time of

emotionalism and expression

Music in the nineteenth century was primarily homophonic.

True

Ternary form is represented by a b a.

True

The Baroque continuo is of little importance in the Classic period.

True

The Marriage of Figaro was composed by Mozart.

True

The classic period saw a rise in instrumental music.

True

The loudness level in music is referred to as dynamics.

True

The principle of contrast and return is integral to rondo.

True

The principle of contrast and return is integral to the rondo.

True

The first section of sonata form is the

exposition

Incidental music was performed when (not the historical time period, but in what context)?

between acts of a production

Compared to the classical orchestra the 19th century orchestra was

bigger and thicker in texture

The classic period saw

both decline of the aristocracy and rise of the middle class

Crescendo means

gradually gets louder

Name the two types of Romantic opera.

grand and comic

Virtuoso means

having great technical ability

The third movement of a four movement classic work is most generally

minuet and trio

The third movement of a symphony is typically a

minuet and trio

Who wrote the music for Le Nozze di Figaro?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

What element in opera was used to create a mood that would support the drama?

orchestra

Which of the following describes music created to depict moods, images, stories, and characters?

program music

The classic period can be described as a time of

restraint, clarity, and balance

Name the four families of the classic orchestra.

strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion

A single-movement orchestral work with contrasting moods derived from music is called a

symphonic poem

The second half of the nineteenth century saw an increase in chromaticism and dissonance; both represented attempts to create which of the following?

tension

The primary vocal, choral, and dramatic genre of the Classic period was

the opera

strophic means

the same music for each verse

How many movements could usually be found in a multi-movement work?

three or four

Of the controversy between the traditionalists and the revolutionaries, Brahms was a

traditionalist

Brahms was a Romantic in his emotional expressiveness, but a classicist in form.

true

In the classic period rhythm was uncomplicated and predictable.

true

One of Beethoven's innovations was to use the human voice in his Ninth Symphony.

true

Rhythm in 19th century music was frequently less regular and more complex.

true

Tchaikovsky's music is both nationalistic and international.

true

The business aspect of music became an important factor in the Romantic period.

true

With the letters a, b, and c diagram a typical rondo form.

ABACABA

An art form that combined music and dance, the ballet became extremely popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Best exemplified in the works of Schubert, a lied is a short song that sets poetry to music.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

In contrast to the dense, polyphonic textures of late Middle Ages and early Baroque music, Romantic music often featured homophonic textures.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Music that has extramusical connotations, such as images or stories, is known as program music.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Romantic composers wrote music that was virtuosic, requiring performers to play extremely technically difficult music.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Romantic music often used a rubato tempo to create a musical speed that was flexible and varied greatly.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Romantic music was often very chromatic, a feature that increased the dissonance of the music by using notes outside of a particular major or minor scale.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

The Romantic era saw a rise in nationalistic music, which incorporated very definable local or regional characteristics.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Concert overture

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Piano concerto

Name three elements of a culture that, when incorporated in a piece, could make the music nationalistic.

Possible answers include: folk music traditions, cultural characteristics of a national group, history/legends of a nation, patriotism/triumphs of a nation or people

Name a ballet by Tchaikovsky. (Hint: do not name an orchestral work by this composer.)

Possible include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

Which of the following are ballets composed by Tchaikovsky? Select all that apply.

The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty are all ballets composed by Tchaikovsky

In what order would the following elements of a sonata form (not genre) occur? Use the dropdowns to put them in the correct order.

The elements of a sonata appear in the following order: introduction, exposition, development, recapitulation, and coda.

The nineteenth-century genre that began as part of an opera and included both solo and ensemble dancing is called

ballet

The concerto sometimes has a(n) _________.

cadenza

Johannes Brahms

choral music

Beethoven was considered a __________ composer.

classic and romantic

What type of opera is the marriage of Figaro?

comic opera

Wagner is best known for

his music dramas

Verdi is best known for

his operas

Beethoven became totally deaf during

his third creative period

The primary instrumentation for art song is

piano and voice

Frederic Chopin

piano miniature

The new keyboard instrument of the classic period was the

pianoforte