Survey of Music Part 2

Theme-and-variation form may be schematically outlined as

AA'A''A'''A''''

The minuet as a whole may be outlined as

ABA

A common rondo pattern is

ABACA

Another common rondo pattern is

ABACABA

It is said that when Beethoven heard what this person had doe, he tore up the title, and the symphony is now known as the

Eroica

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the noble Hungarian family of

Esterhazy.

Beethoven's only opera is entitled

Fidelio

The twelve symphonies Haydn wrote for the concert manager J.P Salomon for performance at his public concerts are also known as the ______ symphonies, for the city in which they were first performed.

London

Beethoven's greatest liturgical music is to be found in his

Miss Solemnis

Beethoven's Third Symphony was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of ________ as the embodiment of heroism and democratic ideals.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is based on

Schiller's Ode to Joy

Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 ______ and 104 _______.

String quartets; symphonies

Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled _______ and _______.

The Creation; The Seasons

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Haydn's music?

There are few changes in texture and orchestration.

The rondo was used

as late as the twentieth century.

An unaccompanied showpiece for the concerto's soloist is known as a

cadenza.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is unusual in that it is scored for _____ and _____ as well as orchestra.

chorus; four solo vocalists

Beethoven, as the musical heir of Haydn and Mozart, bridged the ________ and _________ periods.

classical; romantic

Haydn's duties while in the service of the Esterhazys included

composing all the music requested by his patron; conducting the orchestra of about twenty-five players; coaching the singers for operatic performances.

The minuet first appeared around 1650 as a

dance at the court of Louis XIV of France.

Beethoven greatly expanded the _______ section of the sonata-form movement and made it dramatic.

development

The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is

fast, slow, minuet or scherzo, fast.

A pause in the score of a concerto is indicated by a

fermata.

Because of its character, the rondo most often serves as a

finale.

Classical chamber music is designed

for the intimate setting of a small room.

The first movement of a classical concerto

has two expositions.

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for

instrumental soloist and orchestra.

A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music

is performed by one player per part.

The main theme of the rondo

is usually in the tonic key.

The symphonic movement usually lacking in the concerto is the

minuet or scherzo.

The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it

moves more quickly.

We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because of his habit of carrying ________.

music sketchbooks

Beethoven's late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include

piano sonatas, string quartets, and the Ninth Symphony.

Each successive variation in a theme with variations

retains some elements of the theme

In many of Beethoven's work, there is a _____ movement instead of the minuet.

scherzo

The ______ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variation form.

second

As is typical in classical music, the double bass part in Mozart's "Enie kleine Nachtmusik"

sounds an octave lower than the cello part.

The character of the minuet is best described as

stately and dignified.

The most important form of classical chamber music is the

string quartet.

Along with his symphonies, Haydn's _______ are considered his most important works.

string quartets

Beethoven's sixteen ______ are generally considered among the greatest music ever composed.

string quartets

The minuet is generally the ______ movement of a classical symphony.

third

The classical string quarter is musical composition for

two violins, viola, and cello.

The piano trio is musical composition for

violin, cello, and piano.

The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the

violin.