Prelude 4

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Classical eras were generally composed with a heterophonic texture.

False

Historians observe that style in art moves between two extremes, the classical and the enlightened.

False

Jacques-Louis David was a German early Romantic poet.

False

One of the attributes of Classicism is a longing for strangeness, ecstasy, and wonder.

False

Two authors associated with the Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) movement of the 1770s were:

Goethe and Schiller

The four musical masters of the Viennese school are:

Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.

Classical phrase structure is best described as:

Regular and Symmetrical with clear cadences

Viewing life rationally and striving to "see life as a whole" were approaches taken by:

The Classicists.

The eighteenth-century composer was most likely to find a patron in:

The aristocracy

The Classical era has been called the Age of Reason.

True

The composers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert all composed in large-scale forms.

True

Two significant historical events that occurred during the Classical era were the French and American Revolutions.

True

The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century saw a series of important inventions, which helped shape the modern world.

True/

The composers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert are part of the:

Viennese School

The music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert is characterized by:

singable lyrical melodies

Classical-era compositions are characterized by rhythmic regularity.

true

Louis XV and Frederick the Great ruled as a result of :

Aristocratic norms.

Classical harmony is best described as:

Diatonic

What musical occupation was LEAST available to women to in the Classical era?

Orchestral conductor

Composers of the Classical era fully explored which formal structure?

Sonata.

Which period of European art and literature most captivated eighteenth-century thinkers?

The greek and roman periods

Which concert venues were available to composers of the Classical era

The royal palace and the concert hall

The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was:

Thomas Jefferson

Buildings like the nation's Capitol and Monticello were patterned after Greek and Roman temples.

True

Classical composers often incorporated folk elements in their music.

True

Classical-era composers, especially in the earlier years, were still working under aristocratic patronage.

True

Music making in the Classical era centered upon the:

court

Composers of the Classical era fully explored which harmonic system?

major-minor system


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