Prelude 4
Classical eras were generally composed with a heterophonic texture.
False
Historians observe that style in art moves between two extremes, the classical and the enlightened.
False
Jacques-Louis David was a German early Romantic poet.
False
One of the attributes of Classicism is a longing for strangeness, ecstasy, and wonder.
False
Two authors associated with the Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) movement of the 1770s were:
Goethe and Schiller
The four musical masters of the Viennese school are:
Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Classical phrase structure is best described as:
Regular and Symmetrical with clear cadences
Viewing life rationally and striving to "see life as a whole" were approaches taken by:
The Classicists.
The eighteenth-century composer was most likely to find a patron in:
The aristocracy
The Classical era has been called the Age of Reason.
True
The composers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert all composed in large-scale forms.
True
Two significant historical events that occurred during the Classical era were the French and American Revolutions.
True
The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century saw a series of important inventions, which helped shape the modern world.
True/
The composers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert are part of the:
Viennese School
The music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert is characterized by:
singable lyrical melodies
Classical-era compositions are characterized by rhythmic regularity.
true
Louis XV and Frederick the Great ruled as a result of :
Aristocratic norms.
Classical harmony is best described as:
Diatonic
What musical occupation was LEAST available to women to in the Classical era?
Orchestral conductor
Composers of the Classical era fully explored which formal structure?
Sonata.
Which period of European art and literature most captivated eighteenth-century thinkers?
The greek and roman periods
Which concert venues were available to composers of the Classical era
The royal palace and the concert hall
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was:
Thomas Jefferson
Buildings like the nation's Capitol and Monticello were patterned after Greek and Roman temples.
True
Classical composers often incorporated folk elements in their music.
True
Classical-era composers, especially in the earlier years, were still working under aristocratic patronage.
True
Music making in the Classical era centered upon the:
court
Composers of the Classical era fully explored which harmonic system?
major-minor system