4.1 - Classical Song Background

Question 1

Symphony No 104 in D(“London”

Answer 1

genre: symphony
comp: Haydn
date: 1795
perf force: symphony Orchestra

Question 2

The Creation

Answer 2

genre: oratorio
comp: Haydn
date: 1798
librettist: Baron Gottfried von Swieten
plot source: book of Genesis and “Paradise Lost”
perf forces: SATB soloists and chorus with orchestra

Question 3

Marriage of Figaro

Answer 3

genre: opera buffa
comp: Mozart
date: 1786
lang: Italian
librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Question 4

Marriage of Figaro characters

Answer 4

Figaro: baritone: personal valet to count
Susanna: soprano: maid to countess
Cherubino: mez soprano: young male at palace
Count Almaviva: philandering husband of countess
Countess Almaviva: neglected wife of count
Basilio: tenor: palace gossip and music teacher
Dr. Bartolo: bass: former guardian of countess
Marcellina: mez soprano: former housekeeper of Dr. B
Barbarina: Susanna’s cousin

Question 5

Piano Concerto in G+ K453

Answer 5

genre: Piano concerto
comp: Mozart
structure: 3 mvmts
perf forces: piano and orchestra

Question 6

Piano Concerto in C- op 13 “pathetique”

Answer 6

genre: piano concerto
comp: Beethoven
date: 1798
structure: 3 mvmts

Question 7

Piano quintet in A+ D667 “Trout”(4th mvmt)

Answer 7

genre: piano quintet
comp: Franz Schubert
date: 1819
structure: 5 mvmts
perf forces: piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass