MUS 110 Ch 30 Listening Study Guide: LG 19 Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor I, II, III, IV

The mood of conflict in this excerpt is achieved by ______________.

all choices are correct

Which best describes the tempo in this section?

allegro

The tempo marking for the second movement is ______________.

andante con moto

Which part of the sonata-allegro form is heard in this selection?

fiery first theme

Which best describes the dynamics in this section?

fortissimo

What instrument first plays the famous motive from the first movement in this excerpt?

French horns

How does the second theme differ from the opening theme in the second movement?

It is now in a major key.

Which of the following best describes this excerpt?

a melody exchanged between different woodwind instruments

What best describes the passage heard in this selection?

a transition from the third movement to the fourth movement

Which term best describes the tempo in this excerpt?

accelerando

The main contour of the highest melodic idea in this excerpt is ___________.

ascending

The overall form of the second movement is ______________.

double theme and variations

Which of the following best describes the texture of this section?

fugal

Which does NOT describe the characteristics of this variation?

highly improvised

In contrast to the opening theme of the third movement, the second theme of the third movement is________.

in a major key

In this excerpt from the second movement the brass are stating a melody (theme 2) that _________________.

is the same short-short-short-long melody from the first movement

This lyrical theme in this excerpt is first heard played by the __________.

low strings

Which part of the sonata-allegro form is heard in this excerpt from the first movement?

lyrical second theme

The music of this excerpt is written in a _________ key.

major

This scherzo theme of the third movement is written in a _________ key.

minor

The theme heard in this selection is built upon a four-note _________________.

motive

In this excerpt from the end of the first movement of Symphony No. 5, Beethoven features which instrument?

oboe

Which of the following is NOT heard in this famous symphonic opening?

opposition of two melodic ideas

Which best describes the dynamics in this section?

piano

The technique utilized by the string section in this excerpt is known as __________.

pizzicato

What meter is heard in this excerpt?

triple