MUSI Final 4-2
Woflgang Amadeus Mozart
-Known for unmatched lyricism and elegance in his music -Wrote the opera The Marriage of Figaro -Wrote many operas in the Italian style
Ludwig van Beethoven
-Wrote highly emotional, unpredictable music -Considered to be the bridge between Classical and Romantic styles -Wrote the famous Moonlight Sonata
Franz Joseph Haydn
-Wrote the oratorio The Creation -Lived in Austria by achieved great fame in England during his lifetime
Schubert had a remarkable gift for creating melodies that were
-emotional -mysterious -sad -ALL OF THESE
Chopin's preludes are varied in
-style -mood -form -ALL OF THESE
Select all the instruments from the following list that make up the standard string quartet.
A standard string quartet is made up of a two violins, a viola, and a cello.
The arts during the classic period were centered in
Austria and Germany
Fanny Mendelssohn
Chamber music
What is the distinguishing feature between chamber and orchestral music?
Chamber music has one instrument per part. Orchestral music has several instruments per part.
Using instruments in very specific ways and in unique combinations is known as orchestration.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
The Pathétique sonata was composed by
Beethoven
Schubert wrote over __________ lieder.
600
An orchestral arrangement of songs or dances from an opera or ballet is called a symphonic poem.
False
Beethoven earned a comfortable living in the employment of the aristocracy.
False
Classical multi-movement forms were still adhered to rigidly in the Romantic period.
False
Classical music has almost fallen into disuse today.
False
Mendelssohn's concept of form is extremely Romantic.
False
Modulation is a change of meter.
False
So tremendously gifted, Mozart never had to struggle for recognition or income.
False
The primary vocal, choral, and dramatic genre of the classic period was oratorio.
False
Wagner, a German composer of opera, was educated in the best schools of Europe.
False
For 30 years __________ was court composer to the Prince of Esterhazy.
Haydn
Music in the 19th century was primarily
Homophonic
Which of the following is the term for the text of an opera?
Libretto
Franz Schubert
Lied
__________ was a prodigiously gifted child.
Mozart
Which of the following best describes the orchestra of the Classic period?
Much like the symphony orchestra of today
Chopin is best known for which of the following? Select all that apply.
Music dramas and Viennese lyricism were not among Chopin's many contributions to classical music.
The songs known as lieder are best exemplified in the work of
Schubert
Which of the following applies to the life of Fanny Hensel?
She was a prolific composer and a skilled pianist
The piano trio typically consists of
a violin, a cello, and a piano
Music created for its own sake, without any extramusical connotations, is known as
absolute music
Wagner referred to his operas as
music drama
Name a "non-musical" or "music industry" job created in the Romantic period.
music publisher
The Romantic period can be described as a time of
emotionalism and expression
Music in the nineteenth century was primarily homophonic.
True
Ternary form is represented by a b a.
True
The Baroque continuo is of little importance in the Classic period.
True
The Marriage of Figaro was composed by Mozart.
True
The classic period saw a rise in instrumental music.
True
The loudness level in music is referred to as dynamics.
True
The principle of contrast and return is integral to rondo.
True
The principle of contrast and return is integral to the rondo.
True
The first section of sonata form is the
exposition
Incidental music was performed when (not the historical time period, but in what context)?
between acts of a production
Compared to the classical orchestra the 19th century orchestra was
bigger and thicker in texture
The classic period saw
both decline of the aristocracy and rise of the middle class
Crescendo means
gradually gets louder
Name the two types of Romantic opera.
grand and comic
Virtuoso means
having great technical ability
The third movement of a four movement classic work is most generally
minuet and trio
The third movement of a symphony is typically a
minuet and trio
Who wrote the music for Le Nozze di Figaro?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What element in opera was used to create a mood that would support the drama?
orchestra
Which of the following describes music created to depict moods, images, stories, and characters?
program music
The classic period can be described as a time of
restraint, clarity, and balance
Name the four families of the classic orchestra.
strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion
A single-movement orchestral work with contrasting moods derived from music is called a
symphonic poem
The second half of the nineteenth century saw an increase in chromaticism and dissonance; both represented attempts to create which of the following?
tension
The primary vocal, choral, and dramatic genre of the Classic period was
the opera
strophic means
the same music for each verse
How many movements could usually be found in a multi-movement work?
three or four
Of the controversy between the traditionalists and the revolutionaries, Brahms was a
traditionalist
Brahms was a Romantic in his emotional expressiveness, but a classicist in form.
true
In the classic period rhythm was uncomplicated and predictable.
true
One of Beethoven's innovations was to use the human voice in his Ninth Symphony.
true
Rhythm in 19th century music was frequently less regular and more complex.
true
Tchaikovsky's music is both nationalistic and international.
true
The business aspect of music became an important factor in the Romantic period.
true
With the letters a, b, and c diagram a typical rondo form.
ABACABA
An art form that combined music and dance, the ballet became extremely popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Best exemplified in the works of Schubert, a lied is a short song that sets poetry to music.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
In contrast to the dense, polyphonic textures of late Middle Ages and early Baroque music, Romantic music often featured homophonic textures.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Music that has extramusical connotations, such as images or stories, is known as program music.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Romantic composers wrote music that was virtuosic, requiring performers to play extremely technically difficult music.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Romantic music often used a rubato tempo to create a musical speed that was flexible and varied greatly.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Romantic music was often very chromatic, a feature that increased the dissonance of the music by using notes outside of a particular major or minor scale.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
The Romantic era saw a rise in nationalistic music, which incorporated very definable local or regional characteristics.
Complete the sentences with the appropriate terms. Not all terms will be used.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto
Name three elements of a culture that, when incorporated in a piece, could make the music nationalistic.
Possible answers include: folk music traditions, cultural characteristics of a national group, history/legends of a nation, patriotism/triumphs of a nation or people
Name a ballet by Tchaikovsky. (Hint: do not name an orchestral work by this composer.)
Possible include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty
Which of the following are ballets composed by Tchaikovsky? Select all that apply.
The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty are all ballets composed by Tchaikovsky
In what order would the following elements of a sonata form (not genre) occur? Use the dropdowns to put them in the correct order.
The elements of a sonata appear in the following order: introduction, exposition, development, recapitulation, and coda.
The nineteenth-century genre that began as part of an opera and included both solo and ensemble dancing is called
ballet
The concerto sometimes has a(n) _________.
cadenza
Johannes Brahms
choral music
Beethoven was considered a __________ composer.
classic and romantic
What type of opera is the marriage of Figaro?
comic opera
Wagner is best known for
his music dramas
Verdi is best known for
his operas
Beethoven became totally deaf during
his third creative period
The primary instrumentation for art song is
piano and voice
Frederic Chopin
piano miniature
The new keyboard instrument of the classic period was the
pianoforte