beethoven

Question 1

beethoven’s birth death

Answer 1

1770 - 1827

Question 2

beethoven’s era

Answer 2

classical

Question 3

classical era

Answer 3

Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music
music written in a Western musical tradition, usually using an established form (for example a symphony). Classical music is generally considered to be serious and to have a lasting value.
1750 - 1825

Question 4

symphony (beethoven)

Answer 4

a multi-movement orchestral work originating in the 18th century
usually in four movements: fast – slow – moderate – fast
at least one movement is in sonata form

Question 5

scherzo and trio

Answer 5

Italian for “jest” or “joke”
Beethoven substituted the scherzo in place of the menuet as the third movement in the sonata cycle
also in triple meter, but generally more dramatic than the elegant menuet
could be humorous or ironic
as with the menuet and trio, it contains a contrasting middle section (trio), resulting in ABA form (scherzo – trio – scherzo)

Question 6

cyclical structure (beethoven)

Answer 6

material heard in one movement recurs in later movements

creates structural unity in a multi-movement work

Question 7

motive (beethoven)

Answer 7

a short melodic or rhythmic fragment used to build a melody