music appreciation 2730 final exam! baroque-classical

Beethoven gave his Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 the designation: a. Moonlight. c. adagio cantabile. b. quasi una fantasia. d. con amabilità.

B

Haydn enjoyed phenomenal musical success with two trips to ________. a. Paris c. Rome b. London d. New York

B

How many movements are typical of pre-Classical symphonies? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 8

B

Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik is an example of a: A. symphony B. serenade C. sonata D. concerto

B

The cadenza in the Classical concerto appears: a. at the beginning of the work. c. in the last movement. b. near the end of the first movement. d. any of the above

B

The opening movement of Spring, from The Four Seasons, is in ________ form. a. sonata-allegro c. minuet and trio b. ritornello d. binary

B

The text of Mozart's Requiem is sung in: a. Italian. b. Latin. c. German d. english

B

The text of the "Ode to Joy" was written by: a. goethe b. schiller c. da ponte d. rameau

B

We can best regard sonata-allegro form as a drama between: a. two groups of instruments. c. two forms. b. two key areas. d. two dynamic levels.

B

What is a toccata? a. a set of variations on a repeated harmonic pattern b. an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work c. a movement based on strict counterpoint d. a four-movement keyboard work containing a fugue

B

What is the form of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453? a. theme and variations c. fugue b. first-movement concerto form d. A-B-A

B

What is the principal element of a fugue? a. a beautiful melody c. a chorale tune b. counterpoint d. arpeggios

B

Which of the following best describes the opening of the first movement of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik? a. It is a lilting, triple-meter dance. b. It has a marchlike character. c. It has a lyrical, conjunct melody. d. It begins with a slowly ascending chromatic scale.

B

Which of the following was NOT an important keyboard instrument during the Baroque? a. the harpsichord c. the organ b. the piano d. the clavichord

B

in his third compositional period, Beethoven: returned to the simple Classicism of his first period. used more chromatic harmonies. composed few works because of his deafness. all of the above

B

the famous choral climax of handel's Messiah is: A. for unto us a child is born B. the hallelujah chorus C. comfort ye my people D. and the glory of the lord

B

How many movements does Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 have? a. one c. four b. three d. five

C

How many voices, or individual lines, are there in Bach's Contrapunctus I, from The Art of Fugue? a. two c. four b. three d. five

C

Mozart's Requiem was: a. his first work. b. performed on the death of his father. c. his last work, incomplete at his death. d. dedicated to Haydn.

C

The "Ode to Joy" is the finale of Beethoven's: a. Symphony No. 1. c. symphony no 9 b. Symphony No. 5. d. Missa solemnis

C

The Alla hornpipe movement from Water Music is characterized by: a. lively duple meter. b. binary form. c. instrumental groups exchanging motivic ideas. d. all of the above

C

Which of the following does NOT describe the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5? a. The four-note rhythmic motive returns. b. There is no break preceding the beginning of the movement. c. The movement ends in despair, just like the first movement. d. It quotes a portion of the third movement.

C

Which of the following is NOT a type of thematic development? a. breaking up a theme into motives b. expanding a motive into a long melody c. literally repeating a melody at the same pitch level d. treating a motive in sequence

C

Which of the following was NOT a musical development in seventeenth-century America? a. Polyphonic settings of sacred music began to appear. b. Singing schools began teaching music. c. American composers were discouraged from writing new music. d. Shape-note singing was developed.

C

A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a Classical multimovement cycle. a. first c. third b. second d. last

D

Baroque composers applied the concept of the suite to: a. solo instrumental music. c. orchestral music. b. keyboard music. d. all of the above

D

How many symphonies did Haydn compose? a. nine b. fifteen c. forty-one d. over 100

D

In absolute music, the lack of a prescribed story or text to hold the music together makes the element of ________ especially important. a. melody c. harmony b. texture d. form

D

The harpsichord is different from the piano because: a. it sometimes has two keyboards, rather than one. b. its strings are plucked, rather than struck. c. it is not capable of a wide dynamic range. d. all of the above

D

Which Beethoven symphony was selected to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall? a. Symphony No. 3 c. Symphony No. 6 b. Symphony No. 5 d. Symphony No. 9

D

Which of the following does NOT describe Mozart's piano concertos? a. He wrote twenty-seven piano concertos. b. The concertos often contain graceful writing for the woodwinds. c. They abound in brilliant flourishes of technique. d. He rarely performed his own works, preferring to spotlight his students.

D

what is the form of the chorale tune Wachet auf? A. A-B-B B. A-B-B-A C. da capo (A-B-A) D. bar form (A-A-B)

D

which of the following was a reason that a woman would join a convent during the 17th century: A. to avoid an unwanted marriage B. to seek asylum after being widowed C. to have an outlet for musical talent D. all the above

D

why is "Messiah" so popular in Britain and America today? A. it is sung in English B. the first part is appropriate for the Christmas season C. it combines vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra D. all the above

D

Beethoven suffered from perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. what was it? a. blindness b. deafness c. diabetes d. paralysis

b

With which symphony did Beethoven begin to expand the possibilities of the genre? a. no 1 b. no 3 c. no 5 d. no 9

b

Luther believed that music belonged to the ______

congregation

during the 17th century, women who desired a public voice through music often joined a _________

convent

__________ was born in Germany and studied in Italy but spent most of his creative life in England

handel

In 17th century New England, the puritan practice of singing is based on call and response and was called ____________

lining out

the orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera is called the ________

overture

Eine kleine Nachtmusik is: a. German for A Little Night Music. b. an example of program music. c. a symphony for full orchestra. d. all of the above

A

George Frideric Handel is considered a master of the ______. A. oratorio B. symphony C. cantata D. chorale

A

The Catalogue Aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni lists Don Giovanni's: a. conquests. b. enemies c. future goals. d. debts.

A

The long-necked, plucked string instrument common in North Indian classical music is called the: a. sitar. c. b. tabla. d. theorbo. tala.

A

The solo instrument in Spring, from The Four Seasons, is the: a. violin. c. cello. b. viola. d. harpsichord.

A

The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 is: a. filled with restless emotion. c. marked quasi una fantasia. b. in simple rondo form. d. all of the above

A

Which of the following best describes absolute music? a. music without a story or text c. all instrumental music b. music without form d. the finest music from the past

A

Which of the following was the greatest and most prolific Italian composer of concertos? a. Vivaldi c. Handel b. Purcell d. Bach

A

a type of English entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance was called the _________

,asque