chapter 15 music

What advantage does the piano have over the harpsichord?

A piano's keys are touch sensitive, so that various dynamic levels are possible.

What is a significant difference between a scherzo and a minuet?

A scherzo stresses the first beat of each measure more so than a minuet.

What occurs in this recapitulation section that's uncommon?

Beethoven adds a new countertheme.

How did Beethoven contribute significantly to the development of Western classical music?

Beethoven built on the conventions established by Haydn and Mozart, transforming them into powerful expressions of emotion.

select all the ways in which Beethoven's orchestration differed from that of Mozart.

Beethoven changed how some instruments, such as the timpani, were used. Beethoven standardized the use of two trumpets in the orchestra. Beethoven increased the size of the orchestra's string section.

Select all the ways in which Beethoven's style differs from that of his predecessors.

Beethoven expanded the orchestra and focused on orchestration by composing and arranging his music to create the most effective overall combination. Beethoven used the structures developed by Mozart and Haydn, but he elaborated on them and emphasized expressiveness and power. Beethoven produced longer works than Mozart of Haydn by further developing his codas and lengthening the developmental section of sonatas.

Select all the statements that describe Beethoven's loss of hearing.

Beethoven first noticed signs of his deafness shortly after 1800. Beethoven's loss of hearing led him at one point to contemplate committing suicide. Beethoven's loss of hearing forced him to stop conducting and performing in public.

Select all the ways in which Beethoven's orchestration differed from that of Mozart.

Beethoven standardized the use of two trumpets in the orchestra. Beethoven increased the size of the orchestra's string section. Beethoven changed how some instruments, such as the timpani, were used.

What composition is heard in this clip?

Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor

Which description applies to Beethoven's orchestration in general?

Beethoven's advancements in orchestration influenced the ways in which later composers wrote for the orchestra.

Select all the statements that describe Beethoven's musical development as an adolescent in Bonn, Germany.

Beethoven's father, a singer in the Electoral Court chapel, hoped to make his son into a child prodigy. Beethoven received musical instruction from musicians at the Electoral Court and learned violin and piano. Beethoven was substituting at the Electoral Court chapel organ by the age of 12.

What period of Beethoven's career was the most productive?

Beethoven's middle style period (1803 to 1814)

How did Beethoven's orchestral works differ from those of Haydn or Mozart?

Beethoven's works usually had longer development sections.

What is the title of this composition?

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 ("Moonlight"), first movement

What are the title and composer for this work?

Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, first movement

Why did the piano replace the harpsichord during the classical period?

Classical-style music required that instruments be capable of dynamic versatility.

A unifying technique in which a composer includes a particular musical idea in each movement of a symphony is called form.

Cyclic

With what well known composer did Beethoven study music composition shortly after moving to Vienna?

Haydn

Select all the statements that help explain why the quantity of compositions by Beethoven is less than that of Haydn or Mozart.

Haydn was continuously employed by patrons who wanted to hear new music regularly and often. Beethoven wrote slowly and repeatedly revised his works until he considered them just right. Mozart got off to an early start, and he composed music about as easily as most people talk.

Select all the things that Beethoven did as his loss of hearing grew worse.

He began composing work that was increasingly complex and abstract. He used a notebook to communicate with the few people who visited him. He ceased performing or conducting music in public.

Select all the things Beethoven did that differentiated his work from that of Mozart and Haydn.

He changed how some instruments, such as the timpani, were used. He increased the number of instruments in the orchestra. He extended the development section of his sonatas.

What was a significant reason why Beethoven composed so few works?

He did not get ideas easily, and he struggled to perfect them.

Select all the statements that describe Beethoven's romantic life

He fell in love more than once but never married. He had a tendency to fall in love with married women.

select all the statements that describe Beethoven's romantic life

He had a tendency to fall in love with married women. He fell in love more than once but never married.

How did Beethoven's view of music as an art impact his output?

He refused to accept commissions unless he was personally interested in fulfilling them.

What is a plausible reason why Beethoven never married?

He tended to fall in love with unattainable women.

Select all the statements that describe Beethoven's success in Vienna

He was always popular with both the Vienna aristocracy and the general public. He was able to support himself by selling his music to publishers due to high demand for his work. He was exceptionally popular but never obtained a prestigious and secure court position in Vienna.

In what ways does the main motive of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor create a cyclic form to the piece?

It appears in all four movements.

Select all the statements that describe the music of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 ("Moonlight").

It does not contain regular repeated or contrasting sections. The tempo of the first movement is adagio (slow).

Select all the statements that correctly describe this clip from Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor.

It ends with the full orchestra playing the basic motive and final chords. It begins in piano but ends in fortissimo. It begins with the strings playing the basic motive.

Select all the statements that describe the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67.

Its triumphant nature is enhanced by its forte dynamic level, major key, and the addition of more instruments. It emerges from the end of the third movement without any stop in the music.

select all the statements that describe the meter and tempo of this excerpt from the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor.

The music is in triple meter. There are three fast beats per measure.

Select all the statements that describe the meter and tempo of this excerpt from the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor.

There are three fast beats per measure. The music is in triple meter.

True or false: Ludwig van Beethoven continues to be influential.

True

How did Beethoven's career differ from that of Mozart or Haydn?

While Haydn needed to please his aristocratic employer, Beethoven demanded to be treated with respect as an artist.

The first experiments in piano building occurred near the end of the period of music.

baroque

What is the term used for when a composer restates a theme from an earlier movement in one or more of the later movements of the same symphony?

cyclic form

What challenge did Beethoven face while composing his Fifth Symphony?

deafness

What does the famous rhythm of three short notes and one long note represent in Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor?

fate knocking at the door

According to his Heiligenstadt letter, what kept Beethoven from committing suicide?

his art

Select all the choices that accurately describe the number of works Beethoven composed in various genres.

one oratorio five piano concertos

Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata is composed for solo

piano

Select the two musical instruments Beethoven learned to play as a child.

piano violin

Select all the instruments used by Beethoven in his Fifth Symphony that were not used by Mozart in his Fortieth Symphony.

piccolo trombones contrabassoon

What does the character, which Beethoven considered to be the perfect wife, do in Fidelio?

risks her life to save her wrongly imprisoned husband

Select all the ways Beethoven earned money through his music.

sale of his music to publishers stipends from aristocrats

What is the rhythmic pattern of the opening motive in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor?

short - short - short - long

What was a primary source of income for Beethoven throughout most of his career?

small annual stipends from aristocratic admirers

What is the meaning of the Italian word pianoforte?

soft/loud

What form does Beethoven use for the first movement of his Symphony no. 5?

sonata

Like the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, the fourth movement is in

sonata form

Which type of music did Beethoven write the most of?

sonatas for solo piano

When were early experiments in piano design first undertaken?

the baroque

When were early experiments in piano design first undertaken? Multiple choice question.

the baroque

During which period did the piano become popular as a solo instrument

the classical period

during which period did the piano become popular as a solo instrument?

the classical period

What musical element in Beethoven's music represented "fate knocking at the door?"

the four-note rhythmic motive (short - short - short - long) that unifies Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor

Which social group helped Beethoven's financial situation?

the middle class

In which style period did Beethoven compose his monumental Ninth Symphony?

the third style period (from 1814 to 1827)

What is the primary method of formal organization in the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67?

theme and variations

From what movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C minor is this excerpt?

third

In the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5, how many themes are present?

two

the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 5, how many themes are present?

two