5.13.T - Test 3: Music of the Classical and Romantic Periods

Clementi began studying figured bass at the age of seven. Figured bass can be described as ____________.

a musical notation system that uses symbols and numbers to build chords above the bass note

Chopin began writing music at what age?

8

Chopin created this genre by composing technique exercises with artistic content:

Concert Etudes

Baroque Characteristics

Figured bass, polyphonic

Schubert is best known for composing what type of musical work?

Lieder

Schubert was expected to follow in his father's career as a:

School Teacher

Mendelssohn wrote these pieces for piano that had 3 lines played at the same time by one person:

Songs Without Words

Select all of the below works that Mendelssohn rearranged and performed during his career:

St. John's Passion and St. Matthew's Passion

In 1802, Beethoven seriously considered suicide due to ___________.

his going deaf

Strophic lieder's verses are ____________.

sung to the same music

While in Vienna as a young man, Haydn supported himself by ____________.

teaching violin lessons

Which of the below is not a characteristic of Romantic music?

Cosmopolitan Style

After years of mainly composing instrumental works, Mozart returned to composing operas. Two of his most famous operas were composed in 1786 and 1787. Select the two operas below:

1. Don Giovanna 2. Le Nozze di Figaro

Select all of the below nicknames given to Haydn based on his prolific composing of these styles:

1. Father of the Symphony 2. Father of the String Quartet

Select all of the below that were reasons for Mozart's financial decline in his later years.

1. He spent his money irresponsibly. 2. Austro-Turkish War

Select all of the following statements that describe the changes from the Baroque period to the Classical period.

1. Music became more focused on homophonic textures rather than polyphonic textures. 2. Crescendos and decrescendos were introduced. 3. Music was now composed for entertainment.

How old was Muzio Clementi when he wrote his first oratorio, Martirio de' gloriosi Santi Giuliano e Celso?

13

Haydn worked for the Esterhazys for how many years?

30

Although Schubert is greatly known for his songs, he composed a great deal of music in other styles as well. Which of the below is not listed as his accomplishments?

4 operas

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composing original compositions as early as what age?

5

A variation is:

A musical technique where you begin with a simple melody and repeat it with embellishments.

After Mozart's death, he was buried in:

A pauper's grave

Ballad:

A poem or song narrating a short story.

Impromptu:

A short instrumental piece of improvisation.

Intermezzo:

A short piece of music for a solo instrument, usually a connecting movement in an opera.

The Classical period was from 1750 to 1820. This took place in what historical era?

Age of Enlightenment

Despite their amiable relationship, plays, operas, and movies have portrayed the relationship between Mozart and Salieri as one of envy, guilt, and malice. Which of the below is not a play, opera, or movie that incorrectly portrays their relationship in this manner?

Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle

Which of the below is not one of Schubert's notable song cycles?

Dichterliebe

Which opera catapulted Mozart to fame throughout Europe?

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

While employed as the chorus master at the Würzburg Theater, he wrote the libretto and music for his first opera: (Refering to Wagner)

Die Feen

Which of the following oratorios did Mendelssohn compose?

Elijah

Composers during the Age of Enlightenment, or Classical Period, sought absolute truth, while the composers of the Romantic Period trusted in:

Emotions and Feelings

Florian Gassman funded Salieri's musical education and introduced him to which European monarch?

Emperor Joseph II

In 1791, Haydn left Austria to move to ____________.

England

Chopin moved to Paris in 1831 where he acted as a teacher. While teaching, he composed what musical style to develop the player's technique?

Etudes

Wagner's operas were revolutionary in music. Specifically, he influenced this genre which is still heard frequently today:

Film Scores

Mozart began to travel to _____________ in order to improve his financial situation.

German cities

Liszt was unique in that he was the first composer to:

Give solo recitals

The classical period brought a revival of these 2 ancient cultures in art as well as architecture.

Greek and Roman

Which of the famous composers below did not study under Salieri?

Hadyn

The years between 1803 and 1812 were known as Beethoven's ___________ period.

Heroic

Chopin requested that what part of him be returned to Poland after his death?

His Heart

Antonio Salieri was taught the basics of composition by whom?

His brother

For whom were his dances dedicated?

His students

What nationality was Franz Liszt?

Hungarian

The French developed a style of music that broke the fundamental rules of traditional music theory in order to give glimpses of an image or theme. This is called ____________.

Impressionism

Prelude:

Introductory piece, usually the opening for an opera or the first movement of a suite.

Chopin died at the age of 38. What piece of music was performed at his funeral in Paris?

Mozart's Requiem

Absolute Music can be described as:

Music composed to simply be music.

All of the below are true of the Classical Period except:

Music was for the elite classes only.

Beethoven debuted his 3rd symphony in 1804. To whom did he originally dedicate his symphony?

Napoleon Bonaparte

During the Romantic era, composers developed styles based on their common language and culture by using folk tunes, local dances, and legends. This is referred to as _______________. Cosmopolitan

Nationalism

Many times, Romantic composers and artists used ____________ as a symbol of freedom.

Nature

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Nine

Which of the below is not a method that Beethoven used in order to retain his hearing?

Sawing the legs off his piano to feel the vibrations.

Which of the below composers is considered the father of the German lied due to his prolific composing of the genre?

Schubert

Lieder are generally composed for:

Solo voice and Piano

A ____________ is a long piece of music composed for a solo instrument or ensemble that consists of two to four movements. Oftentimes, the ____________ is the final movement.

Sonata; rondo

After traveling and working in unsatisfying positions, Mozart returned home to Salzburg to work for ____________.

The Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo

Rhapsody:

Usually one movement that is sporadic and improvisational.

After the death of his parents in 1763, Salieri moved to what city to live with a well-connected nobleman?

Vienna

His relationship with the archbishop and his father soured due to Mozart's desire to resign his position and move to:

Vienna

Liszt was a champion of this composer who later became his son-in-law:

Wagner

While touring Europe, Clementi was introduced to Mozart. Mozart was thought of as more ____________ in his playing, whereas Clementi was more ____________.

emotional; technical

One way that his father promoted young Beethoven's talent was by _____________.

lying about his age

Although Clementi was popular in his day as a composer, his longest-lasting influence in music was his development of ____________.

piano techniques

Shortly after his death, Mozart's music ____________.

was celebrated throughout Europe

Which of the below options was not a composer from the Classical period?

Bach

While studying with Christian Neefe in Bonn, he learned the Well-Tempered Clavier by whom?(Beethoven)

Bach

Liszt died after contracting pneumonia at what event?

Bayreuth Festival of Wagner's music

Haydn's most famous student was ____________.

Beethoven

Haydn's most famous student was:

Beethoven

The "Ode to Joy" by Schiller was used in which of Beethoven's symphonies?

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Liszt began to write what kind of music in his later years?

Church music

Ludwig van Beethoven was known was the bridge between which two musical eras?

Classical and Romantic

Wagner wrote what pamphlet that attacked Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer?

Jewishness in Music

Mozart blamed the failure of which of his operas on Salieri's influence with Joseph II?

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Mozart and his sister were both taught music at an early age by ____________.

Leopold Mozart

Schubert is best known for composing what type of musical work.

Lieder

How many operas did Salieri write?

More than 40

Beethoven's father was strict and abusive in his training Beethoven because he wanted him to be like what composer?

Mozart

Felix Mendelssohn was compared to whom due to his musical abilities during his childhood?

Mozart

Which of the below musicians did Beethoven not study under?

Mozart

A symphonic poem is all of the below except:

Orchestral music written as absolute music.

The popularity of what instrument gave Clementi a platform to showcase his abilities when he arrived in London?

Piano

In 1798, Clementi took over the Longman & Broderip. This company made:

Pianos

Originally Wagner wanted to be a:

Playwright

What nationality was Chopin?

Polish

Select all of the following Polish dances that Chopin made popular in Paris:

Polonaises and Mazurkas

All of the following are compositional innovations from the Classical period except:

Polyphonic Textures

After hearing his first symphony, what nobleman offered Haydn a job?

Prince Paul Esterhazy

After leaving his career in education, Schubert began pursuing music full-time. How did he promote and perform his songs?

Private concerts in peoples homes

Whose daughter had the Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream played at her wedding? This is still played at many weddings today.

Queen Victoria

Which of the below is not one of the 4 operas in the Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen)?

Tanhauser

What biblical oratorio did Haydn write?

The Creation

Beethoven had to find new patrons in Vienna because he was left without his original benefactor in 1794 due to the outbreak of:

The French Revolution

Despite his behavior in his younger years, Liszt did what in his old age?

Took vows with the church to become a priest

Gesamptkunswerk means:

Total work of art

Classical Characteristics

Written music, homophonic texture

Haydn became the Kapellmeister for Count Morzin in 1761. A Kapellmeister is ____________.

a music director for a nobleman or monarch