CHAP 27

Which composer famously began to write music before the age of five?

Mozart

Which statement is accurate?

Mozart spent the last years of his life as a freelance musician.

The middle section of a typical third movement in a sonata cycle is called the:

trio

Sonata-allegro form is comprised of three main sections.

true

The divertimento and the serenade were both musical forms of entertainment in the Classical era.

true

The first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is in sonata-allegro form.

true

The first movement of a Classical multimovement work was often composed in sonata-allegro form and might include a slow introduction.

true

The overall form of the third movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is A-B-A.

true

The second theme in a sonata-allegro movement is typically in a contrasting key to the key of the first theme.

true

The third movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik features short, repeated sections.

true

Which movement of the multimovement instrumental cycle is likely to be a dance?

third

The cadence at the end of the first movement in a multimovement cycle is in the key of the dominant.

false

The ensemble that performs Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik features the trumpet.

false

The focus of Classical chamber music is soloistic virtuosity.

false

The middle section of the third movement in a multimovement cycle is highly improvised.

false

The movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik that is NOT in the home key (G major) is the third.

false

The title of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik means "a little dance music."

false

The last section of sonata-allegro form that restates the themes is called the:

recapituation

The longest and most dramatic movement of the multimovement cycle was generally the:

second

Eine kleine Natchtmusik is best described as

serenade