Chapter 49

Question 1

Christian Neefe

Answer 1

taught Beethoven starting at the age of 11 composition, he was a court musician

Question 2

Ferdinand Waldstein

Answer 2

a count in Bonn that supported Beethoven

Question 3

WoO numbers

Answer 3

Stands for Werk ohne Opuszahl or work without opus number, a number given in a catalog of a composer’s works designating those pieces lacking a traditional opus number; first used in the 1955 catalog of Beethoven’s works compiled by Georg Kinsky and Hans Halm

Question 4

French Revolution

Answer 4

German lands’ armies marching on France in 1789 to try to protect the French king and the Austrian provinces in what is now Belgium

Question 5

Improvisation

Answer 5

playing or singing without reference to an existing musical composition

Question 6

Carl Czerny

Answer 6

a student of Beethoven’s

Question 7

Fantasia

Answer 7

an imaginative composition the exact nature of which depends on the period of origin; in earlier eras these were usually contrapuntal works; later, the term suggested an improvisatory piece in free form, or sometimes pieces incorporating pre-existing theme

Question 8

Sonata-Rondo form

Answer 8

a design often found in the finales of symphonies and concertos of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that merges elements of sonata-allegro and rondo forms

Question 9

Episode (in rondo form)

Answer 9

a passage in a musical work occurring between other passages that have more central thematic importance

Question 10

What is normally the form of the the first movement of a sonata?

Answer 10

sonata allegro

Question 11

What is normally the form of the second movement of a sonata?

Answer 11

ternary or theme and variations

Question 12

What is normally the form of the third movement of a sonata?

Answer 12

rondo

Question 13

Where did Beethoven add his fourth movement and what was it that he added?

Answer 13

He made it the third movement and it was either a scherzo, minuet, or march

Question 14

How would Beethoven put the piano?

Answer 14

towards the orchestra with the lid removed

Question 15

What are the dates for the Bonn period?

Answer 15

1770-1792

Question 16

Why did the Bonn period end when it did?

Answer 16

Because Beethoven was sent to Vienna to study with Haydn by Ferdinand Waldstein.

Question 17

What were Beethoven’s dates?

Answer 17

1770-1827

Question 18

Who was his first teacher?

Answer 18

Christian Neefe taught him composition when he was 11

Question 19

First job?

Answer 19

At age 13 he was paid to be the assistant court organist

Question 20

What happened in 1787?

Answer 20

He left to study with Mozart in Vienna but he came back almost immediately because his mother became ill.

Question 21

How many pieces did Beethoven write in the Bonn Period?

Answer 21

50, mostly including the piano

Question 22

What were the dates of the early period?

Answer 22

1792-1802

Question 23

Who taught him counterpoint?

Answer 23

Albrechtsberger and Schenk

Question 24

Who taught him violin?

Answer 24

Schuppanzigh

Question 25

Who taught him vocal composition?

Answer 25

Salieri

Question 26

How many piano sonatas did he write in the early period?

Answer 26

20 sonatas out of his 32

Question 27

How many of his concerti did he write during the early period?

Answer 27

2 of his 5

Question 28

How many sets of Variations did he write during the early period?

Answer 28

13

Question 29

How many string quartets did he write in the early period?

Answer 29

Around 8

Question 30

What were some changes that Beethoven made to the sonata?

Answer 30

not all symmetrical so going away from the galant style, and adding a fourth movement to around half of his sonatas

Question 31

What is the real name of the Pathetique sonata?

Answer 31

Op. 13, Sonata no. 8 in c minor

Question 32

When was the Pathetique sonata written?

Answer 32

1798

Question 33

What is the form of the first movement of the Pathetique sonata? Explain innovations he made to this form.

Answer 33

sonata-allegro form, intro is sad and it is part of the exposition so it comes back three different times, his themes also overlap more

Question 34

Explain the second movement of the Pathetique sonata.

Answer 34

delicate, ternary form, alberti bass, chromaticism, melody could be played with one finger

Question 35

What is the relationship in tempo of the three movements of the Moonlight sonata?

Answer 35

slow/faster/fastest

Question 36

When was the Piano Concerto no. 1 in C Major written?

Answer 36

1795

Question 37

What form did the finale of the piano concerto have? Explain it.

Answer 37

sonata-rondo form, no intro, limited rondo form, almost mono-thematic, and Beethoven learned it from Mozart

Question 38

When did Beethoven start going deaf?

Answer 38

1802-1803

Question 39

What was bothering him in 1798

Answer 39

a constant buzzing, couldn’t hear high, loud hurt