Classical Music (Listening Exam)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C# minor, Op. 72, No. 2 (Moonlight)
o First Movement - Genre [Classical], medium [piano], form (Strophic - verses like a hymn), tempo (adagio), Homophony o Second Movement - medium (piano alone), form [scherzo and trio], tempo [allegro]
Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
o First Movement - medium (piano and orchestra), form [concerto], meter [4/4], ritornello, double exposition first exposition: orchestra, second (solo) exposition: piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
o First Movement Genre [Classical] medium [Orchestra] form [sonata] meter [2/4] tempo [allegro] motive [short-short-short-long] o Second Movement form [theme and variation] meter [3/8] tempo [andante] 1st mvt. motive in theme II (see the book p. 226, cut 15) o Third Movement form [scherzo trio] meter [3/4] tempo [allegro] 1st mvt. motive (18 seconds into cut 21) o Fourth Movement form [sonata allegro] meter [4/4] tempo [allegro] know that the trombone is added for the first time - 1st mvt. motive heard as theme II at cut 27
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusic
o First Movement Genre [symphony] Medium [String quartet with double bass, or chamber orchestra] Form [Sonata] Tempo [allegro] texture [homophonic] Meter [4/4] Rocket theme [ascends rapidly to the peak] - be able to hear theme I and theme II o Third Movement form [minuet and trio] meter [3/4] dance rhythms [strong rhythmic dance in triple meter] texture [homophonic]
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise)
o Second Movement Genre - Symphony medium [Orchestra, with pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, French horns, and trumpets, along with strings and timpani] form [theme and variations] binary structure tempo [andante] meter [2/4]
(Nose de Figaro) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
- genre [opera], principal characters (those singing in the selections) - what emotions are being expressed - aria vs. recitative vs. trio (ensemble) o Act I, Scene 6: Aria, Cherubino [servant boy singing of falling in love] o Recitative: Susanna [fiancee of Figaro, protecting Cherubino], Count [womanizer], Basilio [rumor spreader] o Act I, Scene 7: Trio, Cont, Basilio, Susanna