Music Test

Select all the ways in which Beethoven related to the classical style.

Beethoven wrote some of his early works in the classical style. Beethoven was a transitional composer between the classical and romantic styles.

True or false: Mozart wrote primarily, and is known for, his instrumental works.

False

True or false: Slow movements are only included for contrast.

False

Select all the statements that describe Mozart's childhood and youth.

His father, who was a professional violinist, oversaw the young Mozart's training in music. He was a child prodigy who toured throughout Europe, performing with his older sister.

What happened during Mozart's final years?

His final Singspiel (opera with dialog), The Magic Flute (1791), included several references to Freemasonry.

Early Beethoven works reflect the sounds of which composer?

Mozart

Select all the reasons for including slow movements in multi-movement compositions.

Slow movements can be beautifully expressive. Slow movements provide contrast to movements with faster tempos. Slow movements provide opportunities for the performer to add creative embellishments.

Select all the statements that describe the orchestra of the classical period.

The clarinet began to be used. It used string, wind, brass, and percussion instruments.

Select all the statements that describe the sonata genre in the classical period.

The classical sonata consists of three or four movements. The classical sonata is a type of instrumental composition.

In order to indicate meter and tempo, a conductor will often use a stick, called a

baton

The German-Austrian Empfindsamkeit style, or sensitive style, grew to be known as BLANK

classicism, neoclassicism, classical, or neoclassical

The recapitulation section often ends with a concluding section, called a

coda

Select all the functions fulfilled by an orchestral conductor.

cuing entrances of specific instruments indicating the tempo indicating the meter

The development section of sonata form breaks the compositions themes into small rhythmic or melodic BLANK that can then be expanded or otherwise manipulated.

motives

Select all the music that the term "classical" may refer to.

music that has stood the test of time serious or concert music of any era music composed by Haydn and Mozart

What is the original meaning of the word "sonata?"

music to be played

Select all the category totals that are correct for Mozart's purely instrumental compositions.

seventeen piano sonatas over twenty-five piano concertos forty-one symphonies

Which is a likely order for the forms in a four-movement sonata plan?

sonata form, theme and variations form, minuet and trio form, rondo form

Which is the most likely sequence of forms for the movements in a three-movement sonata plan?

sonata form, theme and variations form, rondo form

Other than chamber music works, Mozart composed more Blank than any other type of instrumental music.

symphonies

Select the three sections of a single-movement sonata plan.

the recapitulation the development the exposition

Which movement form was often used for the second movement of a multimovement work during the classical period? What is the form of the second movement of Haydn's Symphony no. 94 in G Major ("Surprise")?

theme and variations

What section of the sonata form typically features rapid modulations?

development

Select all the concepts that were central to classical-era intellectuals.

enlightenment and rational thought humans' ability to bring order to daily life

Which is the proper order of the three primary sections in the single-movement sonata form?

exposition, development, recapitulation

Which sequence correctly represents the typical sequence of events in the exposition of a classical-era sonata form?

first theme → bridge → second theme → closing section → repeat from the beginning

Select all the traits of the classical period sonata style.

homophonic texture a major-minor tonal system successive contrasting melodies

How many themes are typically introduced in the exposition of sonata form?

2

Who was one of the leading composers in the German sensitive style?

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Which classical-era French person led the compilation of the first encyclopedia?

Denis Diderot

In its narrowest and most accurate definition, what does the term classical refer to in music?

European music composed between approximately 1750 and 1800

Which two figures were the most important French rococo composers?

Francois Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau

Select the two composers most strongly associated with the classical style in the eighteenth century.

Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Select all the important political events that occurred during the classical era.

French and American Revolution

How did the French Revolution begin?

French citizens stormed into the Bastille in July of 1789.

Select all the statements that describe the first movement of the three-movement sonata plan.

It has a fast tempo. It is in sonata form.

Select all the features of the minuet and trio form.

It was adapted into scherzo and trio form, especially in the works of Beethoven. It is a section presented in a ternary format.

Why was the style of art in the eighteenth century called "classicism?"

It was inspired by the balanced forms of ancient Greek and Roman art.

Why is Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony no. 94 in G major called the "Surprise" Symphony?

Its surprise is a sudden loud chord in the midst of a very soft passage.

What happened to the aristocracy after the French Revolution?

Many fled or were tried for treason.

Select all the statements that describe the rococo style.

Rococo style retained many baroque characteristics, including the basso continuo. Rococo style emphasized elaborate ornamentation and decoration. Rococo style derived its name from a French word that means "shell" or "shell work."

In which form did Mozart write the first movement of his Symphony no. 40 in G Minor?

Sonata form

Select all the statements that describe music from the classical period rather than music from the baroque period.

Texture in classical music tends to be homophonic rather than polyphonic. Classical music gradually discontinued the use of the basso continuo. Classical music features sections with clear divisions instead of continuous movement.

What aspect is integral to the recapitulation section in sonata form?

The second theme appears in the tonic key rather than a contrasting key.

Select all the statements that describe the German sensitive style.

The sensitive style took its inspiration from the balance and simplicity of ancient Greek architecture. The sensitive style favored simpler melodies than those of the French rococo.

Select all the statements that describe the theme and variations form.

Theme and variations is frequently found in the second movement of multi-movement compositions. Theme and variations states a theme, then follows it with music that maintains some elements of the theme while changing others. Theme and variations may exist as one movement of a multi-movement composition, or as an independent composition.

Select all the statements that describe how the rococo style compares to the baroque style.

Unlike the baroque, the rococo style emphasized delicacy, softness, and playfulness. Like the baroque, the rococo style of music employed embellishments and ornaments. Like the baroque, the rococo style used basso continuo in orchestral and chamber works.

The third movement of Mozart's Symphony no. 40 in G Minor follows BLANK and BLANK form

minuet and trio

Late baroque music was characterized by a Blank texture, whereas music of the classical era was more often Blank in texture.

polyphonic; homophonic

What was the largest instrument family in the Mannheim orchestra during the classical period?

strings

Select all the elements that are found in the development section of sonata form.

the process of modulation the use of motives, which are based on the original themes