Unit 4 Test

Which of the following pieces contains a descriptive poem which guides the listener to hear bird calls and murmuring streams within the music?

"Spring" from the "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi

The Theme and Variations form can be expressed in the following way:

A A1 A2 A3 A4... or AA'A''A'''A''''

Which composer married and had 20 children, four of whom became important composers?

Bach

Which of the following composers came from a long line of musicians, and whose name became synonymous with "town musician"?

Bach

The three main parts of the sonata form are?

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Despite an unhappy marriage, which Classical composer consistently wrote good-humored and witty music?

Haydn

Which of the following composers spent most of his career as a servant to a wealthy family?

Haydn

Which of the following composers worked most of his life for Prince Nicholas Esterhazy?

Haydn

The "Surprise" Symphony by Haydn is so named because

It contains a surprisingly loud chord in the slow second movement

Piano Concerto #23 in A Major (movement 1) is written in sonata form. What is unusual about this form when it is used for a concerto?

It has a double exposition

Which composer was a child prodigy who spent most of his childhood traveling around Europe playing concerts for royalty?

Mozart

Which of the following composers is associated with K. numbers which catalog his compositions?

Mozart

Which composer was known as the "Red Priest" due to the color of his hair and his religious background?

Vivaldi

Which of the following composers is remembered for writing over 450 concertos, among them "The Four Seasons"?

Vivaldi

How many players are required to perform a trio sonata?

four

The classical symphony usually consists of how many movements?

four

The Brandenburg Concerto #5 by J.S. Bach is an example of a concerto ________________________, which translates to "big concerto"?

grosso

Which instrument is featured in a dazzling cadenza towards the end of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto?

harpsichord

The Brandenburg Concerto #5 by J. S. Bach is written in ________________form, which is an alternation of two groups of instruments.

ritornello

The second movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is written in which form?

theme and variations