Ch 12 Quiz

In a Classical string quartet or symphony, the third movement is usually

-lively in tempo. -a minuet and trio. -in ternary form. -light and elegant, and sometimes spirited in mood.

Which response is NOT an example of rondo form?

ABA (ABACADA, ABACABA, ABACA)

Mozart's Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" are based on a(n)

French folksong.

Identify the listening example by this famous theme.

Haydn, Symphony No. 94, "The Surprise," second movement

Which statement does NOT apply to Symphony No. 94, the "Surprise" Symphony?

It expresses an introspective mood of tragedy and despair. (It is in theme and variations form. It was Haydn's most celebrated composition. The audience cheered the second movement, demanding an encore. It was first performed in London in 1792.)

How did Beethoven and later nineteenth-century composers alter the conventional format of the Classical symphony?

They replaced the elegant minuet with a boisterous scherzo.

What is the unexpected occurrence in Haydn's Symphony No. 94 that gave it the name "Surprise"?

a sudden fortissimo chord

One of the ways Classical composers created variation within theme and variations form was by altering the length of the melody.

false

Rondo and sonata-allegro were the only two forms invented during the Classical period.

false

Sonata-allegro form was most often used in which movements of a string quartet or symphony in the Classical period?

first and fourth

Which movement of a string quartet or symphony was typically a bright, light-hearted, and sometimes humorous movement set in sonata-allegro, theme and variations, or rondo form?

fourth

In rondo form, the A sections are called

refrains.

Which musical form was NOT important during the Classical period?

ritornello form (theme and variations, rondo, sonata-allegro form, ternary)

Which movement in a sonata, quartet, or symphony tended to be in a lyrical and tender mood?

second

Which movement of a sonata, quartet, or symphony was typically in a slow tempo?

second

The term "symphony" is derived from

the Italian word sinfonia, which denoted a popular form employed in Italy around 1700

Which movement(s) in a Classical period symphony is (are) nearly always in minuet and trio form?

third

In Classical compositions, the rondo is typically light, quick, and jovial in nature.

true

What did the trumpet and French horn lacking in Haydn's day that is now "standard equipment" on modern instruments?

valves