Beethoven

Question 1

True or False:

Beethoven was a bold innovator and a highly original and influential figure.

Answer 1

True

Beethoven was a bold innovator and a highly original and influential figure.

Question 2

True or False:

Beethoven’s thematic material often grows out of short, incisive motives.

Answer 2

True

Beethoven’s thematic material often grows out of short, incisive motives.

Question 3

True or False:
Beethoven’s innovations include replacing the graceful menuet and trio with the more dramatic scherzo and the use of cyclical structure

Answer 3

True
Beethoven’s innovations include replacing the graceful menuet and trio with the more dramatic scherzo and the use of cyclical structure (Symphony No. 5).

Question 4

True or False:

Beethoven never included programmatic elements in his music, as they hadn’t been thought up yet.

Answer 4

False:
Beethoven’s innovations to the symphony include incorporating programmatic elements (Symphony No. 6) and expanding performing forces to include chorus and soloists (Symphony No. 9).

Question 5

True or False:

Beethoven’s music is characterized by vocal lyricism

Answer 5

False

Beethoven utilized explosive accents and extreme dynamic contrasts.

Question 6

True or False:

Beethoven incorporated additional orchestral wind instruments, including the piccolo, trombone, and contrabassoon.

Answer 6

True

Beethoven incorporated additional orchestral wind instruments, including the piccolo, trombone, and contrabassoon.

Question 7

True or False:
Beethoven exploited new features and improvements in the pianos of his day to convey the range of emotion and feeling required in his works.’

Answer 7

True
Beethoven exploited new features and improvements in the pianos of his day to convey the range of emotion and feeling required in his works.’

Question 8

What song of Beethoven’s does RCM use for its history course?

Answer 8

Symphony no. 5

Question 9

How many movements is Beethoven’s song?

Answer 9

Four

Question 10

What is the form of the first movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 10

sonata form

Question 11

What is the form of the second movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 11

two themes with variations

Question 12

What is the form of the third movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 12

ABA (ternary form) – scherzo and trio replaces the traditional menuet and trio

Question 13

What is the form of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 13

sonata form

Question 14

What is the tempo of the second movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 14

Andante con moto

Question 15

What is the tempo of the third movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 15

allegro

Question 16

What is the tempo of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 16

Allegro

Question 17

What is the tempo of the first movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 17

Allegro con brio

Question 18

What is the time signature of the second movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 18

3/8

Question 19

What is the time signature of the third movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 19

3/4

Question 20

What is the time signature of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 20

4/4

Question 21

What is the time signature of the first movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 21

2/4

Question 22

What is the key of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s song?

Answer 22

C- parallel major

Question 23

What era is Beethoven?

Answer 23

The classical era