Beethoven-Cecilian Movement

Question 1

Name at least 4 changes in society during the birth and death of Beethoven

Answer 1

1) Old European monarchies beginning to crumble
2) Industrial Revolution brought rise of machine in agriculture and industry
3) Steam and Water use to improve manufacturing
4) Better coal mining
5) Time for personal opportunities (become well known and significant)

Question 2

What is Beethoven known as during his time period?

Answer 2

The “major musical dynamo” of his time

Question 3

Who’s musical style(s) did Beethoven absorb?

Answer 3

Haydn and Mozart

Question 4

What was Beethoven the first composer to do financially?

Answer 4

To make his living almost exclusively by composing

Question 5

Beethoven’s music was so remarkable that he…

Answer 5

“Changed the way people listened to and valued music.”

Question 6

What did Beethoven’s father try to make him into?

Answer 6

To make a him into a 2nd Mozart

Question 7

What instruments did Beethoven learn to play?

Answer 7

He learned to play the piano, violin and organ

Question 8

Name at least 3 major junctures in Beethoven’s life:

Answer 8

1) Born into a minor musical family, serving the Elector of Cologne
2) Elector of Bonn, Beethoven moved to Vienna, ostensibly to study with Haydn.
3) Beethoven made his way as a pianist after settling in Vienna in 1792
4) He is thought of as the first of the modern piano virtuosos.

Question 9

Beethoven was experiencing hearing loss in what year?

Answer 9

1802

Question 10

Between 1815-1820, Beethoven composed less because…

Answer 10

Of the legal battles over the custody of his nephew Carl

Question 11

By what year was Beethoven profoundly deaf?

Answer 11

1816

Question 12

How did Beethoven die?

Answer 12

Beethoven eventually died of lead poisoning (brought on by drinking too much lead-salted wine)

Question 13

How many individuals came to Beethoven’s funeral?

Answer 13

10,000 people showed up for his funeral

Question 14

Was Beethoven slow and methodical or quick in compositions?

Answer 14

Beethoven was a slow and methodical worker

Question 15

Name the titles of Beethoven’s 3 periods:

Answer 15

1) Assimilation & Personalization (1770-1802)
2) Rugged Independence & Individualism (1802-14)
3) Reflection & Introspection (1815-27)

Question 16

a) How many symphonies did Beethoven compose?

b) Separate them into his 3 periods:

Answer 16

Beethoven composed 9 symphonies

1 2 - 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 9

Question 17

Describe “Beethoven’s Symphony #1:”

Answer 17

Textbook model in form, unusual prominence given to the winds, scherzo (still labeled “minuet”), and careful attention to dynamic details

Question 18

Describe “Beethoven’s Symphony #2:”

Answer 18

Unprecedented in scale

Question 19

Beethoven ended up in the service of who and where?

Answer 19

a) Habsburg Emperor Joseph II

b) Vienna

Question 20

Beethoven’s “Symphony #3” is also known as what title and when was this wok completed

Answer 20

a) “Eroica Symphony”

b) 1803

Question 21

Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3” might be the first work to represent what?

Answer 21

to represent the main theme of the work as a character or hero (who struggles but eventually wins)

Question 22

Describe the length of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3” in comparison to all before it:

Answer 22

Hadyn’s biggest = 25 minutes

Symphony No. 3 = 47 minutes

Question 23

Which of Beethoven’s symphonies were composed simultaneously?

Answer 23

Symphonies #4 & #5

Question 24

Describe Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 4”

Answer 24

Jovial and Humorous

Question 25

Describe Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5"

Answer 25

a "grapple with fate" where Beethoven (shift from Cmin-CMaj) added piccolo, trombones, and contrabassoon

Question 26

Describe Beethoven's "Symphony No. 6"

Answer 26

5 movements instead of four, each depicting a scene from life in the country

Question 27

Describe Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7"

Answer 27

contains a very exciting finale

Question 28

Describe Beethoven's "Symphony No. 8"

Answer 28

tightly organized work, contains a minuet instead of a scherzo

Question 29

How many operas did Beethoven compose?

Answer 29

1

Question 30

What is the name(s) of Beethoven's opera:

Answer 30

"Fidelio" (only one)

Question 31

What type of opera is "Fidelio?"

Answer 31

a "rescue opera"

Question 32

Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" was composed in what period?

Answer 32

3rd period

Question 33

Beethoven reached his greatest popularity | by what year?

Answer 33

1814

Question 34

Name the important piano sonatas composed in Beethoven's middle period:

Answer 34

1) Waldstein 2) Appassionata 3) Moonlight

Question 35

What important string quartet did Beethoven compose in his middle period?

Answer 35

Rasumovsky Quartets

Question 36

What did Beethoven consider to be his greatest work?

Answer 36

Mass in D Missa Solemnis op. 123 (1822)

Question 37

Symphony No. 9 was composed in what year?

Answer 37

1824

Question 38

In symphony no.9, what is so important in this composition?

Answer 38

contains a Choral Finale (based on Schiller's "Ode to Joy")

Question 39

Where and When was Beethoven born?

Answer 39

Bonn in December of 1770

Question 40

Where and When did Beethoven die?

Answer 40

Vienna in March of 1827

Question 41

What period of Beethoven's career left the most lasting impact on future composers?

Answer 41

Middle period

Question 42

It is said that "Beethoven's use of music as a mode of"... what?

Answer 42

Personal Emotional Experience

Question 43

Define "Viennese Classicism:"

Answer 43

Apollonian musical ideals of balance and moderation

Question 44

Define "Romanticism:"

Answer 44

Dionysian ideals of personal expression and musical extremes

Question 45

Define "Absolute Music:"

Answer 45

Instrumental music that has no “extra-musical” associations: it is music and its interpretation made on purely musical terms

Question 46

Define "Program Music:"

Answer 46

instrumental music conceived with definite literary associations in mind, but no specific text, other than that supplied by the composer to "explain" what the music was about. Program music sought to express the ideas mentioned in the program, but sought to transcend the program itself

Question 47

Define "Character Music:"

Answer 47

often appears in the form of keyboard pieces with evocative titles that sought to depict a single emotional state in musical terms

Question 48

Who is considered the"unrivaled master of the German Lieder?

Answer 48

Franz Schubert

Question 49

Franz Schubert composed how many German Lieder?

Answer 49

over 600

Question 50

How many symphonies did Franz Schubert compose?

Answer 50

9

Question 51

Who wrote the "Unfinished symphony?"

Answer 51

Franz Schubert

Question 52

Who was hailed as the "Second Mozart?"

Answer 52

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 53

Name both oratorios that Felix Mendelssohn composed:

Answer 53

1) St. Paul | 2) Elijah

Question 54

Who conducted the first revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion?

Answer 54

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 55

Who helped establish the Leipzig Conservatory?

Answer 55

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 56

Who conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1835?

Answer 56

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 57

What is Hector Berlioz's most famous composition?

Answer 57

Symphony Fantastique

Question 58

How many movements is "Symphony Fantastique?"

Answer 58

5

Question 59

Who composed the "Wanderer Fantasy?"

Answer 59

Franz Schubert

Question 60

How do you say "Wanderer Fantasy" in Germany?

Answer 60

Der Wanderer

Question 61

Who wrote a definitive treatise on orchestration?

Answer 61

Hector Berlioz

Question 62

Who is considered the founder of the modern school of orchestral conducting?

Answer 62

Hecto Berlioz

Question 63

Who composed the opera, "Les Troyens?"

Answer 63

Hector Berlioz

Question 64

Who composed "Grande Messe du Mots?"

Answer 64

Hecto Berlioz

Question 65

Who is the "first radical romantic composer?"

Answer 65

Hector Belioz

Question 66

what does Hector Berlioz use to unify each movement of "Symphony Fantastique?"

Answer 66

He uses the "Idee Fixe"

Question 67

What is the "idee fixe?"

Answer 67

A fixed idea motive played early in the work and repeated throughout