Chapter 33 - Listening Guide Quiz 23: Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, I

Listen to the excerpt. Which best describes the opening of this piano sonata? Note that the recording is very quiet, so be sure to turn up your volume if you can't hear it right away.

arpeggiated chords

Listen to the excerpt from the second half of Strophe 1 in the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

the idea is split between the two hands (high voice and low voice)

Which of the following statements about the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata are correct?

-The movement is in a slow duple meter. -A soft dynamic pervades the movement. -The movement is in modified song form.

Listen to the excerpt. Which of the following describe the coda from the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?

-arpeggios -quiet volume -main melody in the bass (left hand)

Which of the following are present at the beginning of the middle section of the movement, heard in this excerpt?

-use of arpeggios -quiet volume -idea in dialogue

Match the musical and thematic elements with the excerpted clips from the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Be sure to listen to each clip in its entirety.

Beginning of middle section: yellow (motivic development) Introduction + main melody: red (dotted figure) Coda: green (low range melody)

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Expression: ethereal Key: minor Form: modified song form Texture: mostly homophonic, with active accompaniment

Listen to the excerpt, then fill in the blanks in the sentence below. (main melody)

The main melody heard at the beginning of Strophe 1 is in a (slow) tempo and features (repeated) notes.

Listen to the excerpt, then fill in the blank in the sentence below.

The most prominent feature of the accompaniment in this excerpt is best described as (arpeggios).

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence.

This first movement of the Moonlight Sonata features a (quiet) dynamic and the use of (arpeggios).

Put the musical events in the correct order in which they appear in the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Note that clicking on the card will select it as an answer; do not click on the cards unless you are ready to answer the question.

four measures of arpeggiated chords, return of the main melody in a higher range, motivic development over a sustained pedal note, melody in the bass

Listen to the excerpt from the beginning of the first movement. (main theme) What best describes the main theme (which begins at 0:24) of the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata?

it begins with a dotted figure on a repeated note

Listen to the coda of the Moonlight Sonata. (coda) Which best describes how the main melody is presented here?

it is played in the extreme low range of the piano

Here is the main melody: (main melody) Here is the melodic idea that occurs in dialogue between the two hands: (idea in dialogue) Which best describes the music that follows the main melody in the second half of Strophe 2? (end of Strophe 2)

it returns to the idea in dialogue between the two hands

What best describes the music heard at the beginning of Strophe 2 in the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?

it returns to the opening melody

Which best describes the form of the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?

modified song form

Listen to the excerpt. What is the genre of this work?

piano sonata

At this point in the sonata, about halfway through Strophe 1, the main melody has changed keys (modulated) while the accompaniment continues, and a new idea in dialogue between the two hands is heard next. (new idea in dialogue) What about the music remains unchanged from how it sounded in the introduction? (introduction)

the arpeggios

Here is the beginning of Strophe 1, in which the main melody is introduced: (beginning of Strophe 1) Here is the middle of Strophe 1, in which a new idea appears in dialogue between the two hands: (middle of Strophe 1) Which best describes the music heard directly after this, at the end of Strophe 1? (end of Strophe 1)

the main melody returns in a higher range

As the middle section draws to an end, long bass notes are sustained below a rising and then descending passage. T/F

true

In the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, the melody is most often accompanied by arpeggiated chords. T/F

true