Chapter 47

Question 1

Kochel number

Answer 1

an identifying number assigned to each of the works of Mozart, in roughly chronological order, by German botanist and mineralogist Ludwig von Kochel

Question 2

Turkish music

Answer 2

the noise of Turkish military percussion instruments, which were introduced into Western European music in the 18th century during the Turkish wars; some pianos of the day were equipped with special devices to effect the sounds of “Turkish” music, such as bass drum and cymbals

Question 3

Concerto-sonata form

Answer 3

a form, originating in the concerto of the Classical period, in which first the orchestra and then the soloist present the primary thematic material; much like sonata-allegro form but with two expositions

Question 4

Cadenza

Answer 4

a technically demanding, rhapsodic, improvisatory passage for a soloist near the end of a movement

Question 5

How old was Mozart when he died?

Answer 5

35

Question 6

What genres did Mozart compose?

Answer 6

operas, piano concertos, symphonies, and chamber works

Question 7

Mozart’s dates

Answer 7

1756-1791

Question 8

Where was Mozart born and where did he die?

Answer 8

born - Salzburg, Austria and died - Vienna

Question 9

What did his father do?

Answer 9

composer and violinist

Question 10

At age 3 what was Mozart doing?

Answer 10

playing intervals on the piano

Question 11

At age 4, what was he doing?

Answer 11

first attempts at composing

Question 12

At age 5, what was he doing?

Answer 12

playing violin

Question 13

At age 6, what was he doing?

Answer 13

playing the organ

Question 14

When did Mozart go on his first tour and what did he do on it?

Answer 14

1762, Vienna - played for and sat on the lap of Empress Maria Theresa, Munich, Brussels, Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Geneva; he would sight read difficult music, improvise tunes, play blindfolded; 3 year tour

Question 15

What was Mozart’s first real job?

Answer 15

1770s - 1781, violinist and organist for the Archbishop of Salzburg

Question 16

Tell me all you know about the “Little” G-Minor Symphony (no. 25).

Answer 16

written in Salzburg in 1773, his first symphony in a minor key, includes syncopation and diminished 7th chords (sturm and drang style), solo oboe, four horns

Question 17

Tell me all you know about the Symphony no. 38 in D Major.

Answer 17

nickname: Prague, written in 1786 for performance in Prague (now the capital of Czech Republic), lots of winds (pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, and trumpets), has timpani, chromaticism

Question 18

Tell me all you know about the Symphony No. 40 in G minor, the “Great.”

Answer 18

written in 1788 for performance at Mozart’s subscription concerts in Vienna, no drums or trumpets, tragedy work, first movement starts quiet with a haunting melody, originally didn’t have clarinets but he added them later

Question 19

Tell me all you know about the Symphony No. 41 in C Major, the “Jupiter.”

Answer 19

written in 1788, festive, 4 movements, finale has sonata-allegro form and uses musical inversion, invertible counterpoint, and stretto

Question 20

How many string quartets did Mozart write?

Answer 20

24

Question 21

Tell me about the “Haydn” Quartets.

Answer 21

written from 1782-1785, 6 of them, wrote after studying with Haydn, Dissonance Quartet was the last one in this collection

Question 22

Alla turca

Answer 22

as the Turks, military bands of Turkey scared the enemy with cevgen which included things like an oboe, trumpet, bass drum, little drums, and cymbal

Question 23

Who were janissary?

Answer 23

Turkish slaves

Question 24

What is a piece that imitates Turkish music?

Answer 24

Sonata in A Major (1783)

Question 25

What is he considered the father of?

Answer 25

piano concertos

Question 26

double exposition form

Answer 26

themes played 2 times, once by orchestra and once by soloist

Question 27

Tell me about his piano concerto in A Major.

Answer 27

written in 1786 for one of his great pupils, Barbara Ployer, graceful melodies