b
(Q010) What is happening in this excerpt from the opening of Haydn's Symphony No. 94?
This is a slow introduction before the exposition begins.
What do you hear in this passage from Vivaldi's Spring?
An a phrase is played loudly, then repeated softly, and then it is followed by a loud, contrasting b phrase.
(Q019) In the A A' B A'' structure of "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, what section is this excerpt?
B
The excerpt heard here is from which work?
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
(Q020) What do we hear in this excerpt from "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
Don Giovanni and Zerlina alternating lines of dialogue
(Q009) What is happening in this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
Don Giovanni is trying to seduce Zerlina, who is somewhat reluctant and hesitant.
(Q009) This excerpt is from which work?
Handel's Julius Caesar
CH 11 This excerpt is from which work?
Handel's Messiah
(Q011) What is unique about the way Haydn moves from the development into the recapitulation in the first movement of Symphony No. 94 in G major?
He doesn't use a retransition, instead surprising the listener with a minor key cadence and then the recapitulation.
(Q006) Which sentence describes the orchestration in this excerpt?
High strings and trumpets accompany the high voices of the choir, and low strings accompany the low voices.
(Q015) How would you describe this excerpt of Haydn's Symphony No. 94, fourth movement?
It begins in the major mode and ends in the minor mode.
(Q009) What happens to the theme in this excerpt from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major, second movement?
It begins in the minor mode and goes to the major mode.
What is true of the ritornello heard in this excerpt?
It features only sections a and c of the full ritornello.
What is true of this excerpt from movement 3 of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins?
It is a mix of major and minor modes.
What is true of the closing ritornello of movement 3 of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins?
It is identical to the ritornello at the beginning of the movement.
(Q007) What is true about this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
It uses secco recitative (speechlike singing accompanied only by the continuo).
(Q006) What is happening in this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
Masetto is complaining sarcastically about Don Giovanni and Zerlina.
Who are the two characters singing in this excerpt from Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea?
Nero and Poppea
(Q010) Which of the following describes what's happening in this excerpt?
We hear the ritornello, and then the singer begins the next section of the aria in the major mode and a new key.
(Q008) Which would be the best form diagram for the music you hear in this passage from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major?
a a b a'
(Q010) In this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni, what change in the music reflects the change in mood of the characters?
a change in meter and tempo
Who enters the dramatic action in this excerpt?
a choir of courtiers
CH 14 (Q001) Which of the following do you hear in this excerpt from the development section of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major?
a dialogue between the orchestra and the piano around a new theme
(Q008) What do you hear in this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
a duet
In this passage from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the orchestra interrupts the soloists to play
a fragment of the ritornello.
(Q004) This passage from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major is
a free, improvised passage, or cadenza
Where was this piece likely first performed?
a girls' school
CH 10 In Baroque instrumental music, what did composers rely on to let listeners know what to expect and roughly how long a piece would last?
conventional forms and genres
(Q013) Which section of sonata form do you hear in this excerpt from Haydn's String Quartet in D Major?
development
(Q002) The music heard here is in what meter?
duple
(Q003) What do you hear in this passage from Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor?
fragmentation of a theme, echoed between strings and woodwinds
Whom is Dido addressing in this excerpt from the recitative?
her handmaiden, Belinda
(Q019) What is the dominant texture in this excerpt?
homophony
(Q015) What is the texture of this excerpt?
imitative polyphony
(Q008) How does the soloist sing the melody in this excerpt?
in "gapped chorale" style—short phrases with pauses in which the instruments continue
In this passage from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the solo flute and violin play
in imitative polyphony.
What happens to the texture in this excerpt?
it goes from arioso to recitative
In what mode does this movement of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra begin?
minor mode
(Q002) Which of the following do you hear in this excerpt from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major?
modulation
(Q005) Which instrument plays a solo in this passage from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G (The Surprise)?
oboe
How many players are performing in this excerpt from Bach's Suite No. 2 in D Minor?
one
(Q016) Handel uses which musical device to build excitement in this excerpt?
phrases that are repeated at a higher pitch level each time
In this section of the gigue from Bach's Suite No. 2 in D Minor, we hear the cellist
playing harmonies by bowing two adjacent strings at the same time.
(Q004) Which textures do you hear in this excerpt?
polyphony on "And He shall reign for ever and ever," monophony on "King of Kings," and homophony on "for ever and ever"
CH 08 This passage is an example of which style of setting words in an opera?
recitative
(Q005) What do you hear in this passage from Mozart's Don Giovanni?
repeated cadences
(Q018) What do we call this section of sonata form, in which the orchestra prepares for the recapitulation (this one also features a brief cadenza by the soloist)?
retransition
What do you hear in this excerpt?
secco recitative followed by accompanied recitative
In this excerpt from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, what does the flute play?
short, detached notes followed by a trill and a series of long, higher notes
The three solo violins in this passage from Vivaldi's Spring are meant to sound like what?
singing birds
(Q020) Which voice part sings the chorale melody in this excerpt?
soprano
What instruments play the instrumental interludes in this excerpt from Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea?
strings and recorder
(Q017) What are the two prominent instrument families heard here?
strings and woodwinds
(Q007) What are the performing forces you hear in this excerpt?
tenor voice, violins, and organ
This excerpt is from which work?
the "Hallelujah" Chorus in Handel's Messiah
(Q014) What is notable about this section of the recapitulation from Haydn's String Quartet in D Major?
theme 1 is repeated again, almost like an extra recapitulation
(Q015) Which section of the exposition do you hear in this excerpt from Haydn's String Quartet in D Major?
theme 2
What is notable about Gabrieli's performing forces in this excerpt?
there are two choirs and instrumental parts including an organ
What can you say about the structure of the music in this excerpt from Handel's Royal Fireworks Music?
there are two main themes, each repeated a a b b
(Q018) What percussion instrument is heard in this excerpt?
timpani
(Q018) Why does Bach choose to have the singer and instruments momentarily stop and then enter in a slower tempo in this excerpt?
to emphasize the words in a dramatic way
What genre is represented by this work?
trio sonata
(Q006) The music heard here is in what meter?
triple
This section of the minuet from Handel's Royal Fireworks Music is in what meter?
triple
What is the meter of this excerpt from Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins, third movement?
triple meter
(Q013) What instruments, heard here, make this variation from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major, second movement sound particularly festive?
trumpet and drum
(Q007) What do you hear at the beginning of this passage from the fourth movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major?
two phrases of the rondo with the second adding flute
What instruments are playing in this excerpt?
two violins, a cello, and a harpsichord
(Q017) When the "new theme" appears in this excerpt of the recapitulation section of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, the soloist plays it
without ornaments for the first time.
The excerpt heard here is from which work?
"O magnum mysterium" by Giovanni Gabrieli
For what particular performance space was this music composed?
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice
The excerpt heard here is from which work?
The Coronation of Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi
What describes the use of meter in this passage?
The meter changes from triple to duple.
CH 13 (Q001) What do you hear in this passage from Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor?
The music modulates to a new key.
(Q004) What do you hear at the beginning of this variation from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G (The Surprise)?
The orchestra begins the theme with a loud chord, and then violins and flutes add a new tune above the theme.
(Q003) What happens during this passage from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major?
The orchestra plays a theme, and then the soloist ornaments that theme.
CH 15 (Q001) What happens about halfway through this excerpt from Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E, Op. 109?
The tempo slows considerably as a second theme begins.
(Q016) How does this, the second theme, differ from the first theme in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor?
Theme 1 is in the minor mode, but theme 2 is in the major mode.
What feature of Corelli's Trio Sonata, heard here, has something in common with Dido's aria from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas?
a repeating bass pattern
What contributes to the mournful quality of this passage?
a slow, descending bass line
(Q013) What marks the ending of the recitative in this excerpt?
a standard cadence
(Q011) What type of ensemble is playing in this excerpt?
a string quartet
What was Vivaldi endeavoring to illustrate in this excerpt from Spring?
a thunderstorm
What musical ornament do you hear at the beginning of Bach's Prelude in G minor from the WTC?
a trill
(Q005) What do you hear in this excerpt?
accompanied recitative followed by chorus
This passage is an example of which style of setting words in an opera?
aria
(Q016) What section is this from Haydn's String Quartet in D Major?
cadence theme
(Q017) Which voice, doubled by the organ, is singing the gapped chorale in this excerpt?
the alto
In this excerpt, the cello and harpsichord form what entity?
the basso continuo
(Q012) What do we call this part of the aria, usually near the end, when the instruments stop and the singer briefly improvises before being joined again by the instruments?
the cadenza
(Q014) Which of the following describes what's happening in this excerpt?
the choir finishes singing, and the string instruments get quieter and quieter until the end
(Q019) What do we call this, the final section of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, first movement?
the coda
What do we call this section that opens Bach's Fugue in G minor from the WTC?
the exposition
(Q012) What is the "surprise" of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major, heard here:
the fortissimo chord at the end
(Q002) What do you hear in this excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
the recapitulation version of the main theme, with a slow passage for solo oboe
(Q011) What is the opening instrumental section of this excerpt called?
the ritornello
What do we call the opening section of the first movement of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra?
the ritornello
(Q012) What musical feature, heard in this excerpt, gave this piece its nickname?
the soaring, songbird-like tune in the first violin
(Q014) What section of the minuet and trio from Haydn's Symphony No. 94, third movement is heard here?
the trio
