Classical Period

Question 1

the classical period was from

Answer 1

1750-1820

Question 2

Originally the name for the classical period was _____ only used for ______

Answer 2

“Galant”; art, painting, sculpture, etc

Question 3

The mood of the classical period was

Answer 3

lots of shifting in emotion

Question 4

The rythm of the classical period was

Answer 4

flexibile, unexpected pauses, changes in note length, etc

Question 5

Classical musics texture:

Answer 5

HOMOPHONIC

Question 6

Classical music melody:

Answer 6

Easy to remember, SYMMETRICAL

Question 7

Classical music dynamicsL

Answer 7

END OF BASSO CONTINUO, both shocking and gradual

Question 8

Classical orchestra was

Answer 8

60 members, 2 for every instrument group

Question 9

THe classical middle class wanted:

Answer 9

theater, literature, CONCERT DEBUTS WITHOUT CHURCH/ROYAL INVITATION, private music lessons

Question 10

What is the capital of musical Europe in the classical period?

Answer 10

Vienna

Question 11

Three musicians that come from vienna

Answer 11

Hadyn, Mozart, Beethoven

Question 12

Who was born in an Austrain village and went to Vienna at 8 and performed in bars/streets for 19 years?

Answer 12

JOSEPH HADYN

Question 13

What was Josephs Hadyns lifespa?

Answer 13

1732-1809

Question 14

What age and by who was Hadyn taken by under unployment?

Answer 14

29, the Esterhazys, hungarian

Question 15

How many symphonies did Haydn create?

Answer 15

104

Question 16

What is a symphony?

Answer 16

4 movements: 1- fast, 2- slow, 3- dancelike, 4- brilliantly heroic

Question 17

What is a countermelody and who

Answer 17

Creates polyphonic texture, Haydn

Question 18

When was Mozart

Answer 18

1756-1791

Question 19

How old was Mozart when he memorized opera

Answer 19

9

Question 20

What was Mozarts first opera?

Answer 20

The Abduction in GERMAN

Question 21

Mozart also wrote

Answer 21

Marriage of Figaro, DON GIOVANNI, COSI FAN TUTTE, THE MAGIC FLUTE, mass for the dead

Question 22

What is in Sonata Form?

Answer 22

1- exposition, development, recapitulation/coda

Question 23

exposition:

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original key and first?second theme, and some transition, ends with a repeat sign

Question 24

Development:

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most dramatic section of a movement

Question 25

recapitulation:

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brings the 1st theme back in original key piece, second themes return and harmonic tension from development is resolved

Question 26

coda:

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rounds movement by repeated themes, usually no more than 12 measures

Question 27

Beethoven:

Answer 27

1770-1827, German

Question 28

What is the Heiligenstadt Testament

Answer 28

Long letter to Beethovens brothers describing the terribleness of his hearing loss and suicide

Question 29

Who is the bridge between classical and romantics

Answer 29

Beethoven

Question 30

Beethovens 3 Periods of Music

Answer 30

1- music more like Hadyn and Mozart, 2- works longer and thrilling, 3- experimental period

Question 31

Beethoven 5th symphony

Answer 31

Short-short-short-long