Music Chapter 23

Why might a pianist today prefer a modern instrument to the fortepiano?

Modern concert halls are larger, and the fortepiano does not produce enough sound

Mozart's Vienna concerts in the 1780s made impressive net profit in part because

Mozart wrote the music, performed it, and sold his own tickets.

During the second exposition of a double-exposition concerto form, which timbre is likely to dominate?

Orchestra supporting the soloist

In a concerto, what two forces at times collaborate and at times compete?

Soloist and orchestra

Which of the following parts of double-exposition concerto form is NOT also a part of sonata form?

The cadenza

In the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K, 388, which of the following has it's own mood, from calm to lyrical to energetic?

Theme

In the 1780s, Mozart made a name for himself in Vienna as both a

composer and pianist

The fourth melody in Mozart's piano concerto in A major, K, 488 has a mostly

disjunct motion and downward contour

A common criticism of Mozart's music was that

he included too many melodies for the audience to follow

Like music based on the ritornello principle, the drama of the concerto comes from the interplay between

the soloist and the emsemble