Exam 2 set 1

Question 1

Franz Joseph Haydn(Music example 1)

Answer 1

String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2 (“The Joke”), II:Scherzo
(String Quartet)

Question 2

Franz Joseph Haydn(Music example 2)

Answer 2

Symphony No. 88 in G Major, I:Adagio-Allegro
(Symphony)

Question 3

Franz Joseph Haydn(Music example 3)

Answer 3

The Creation, “In the beginning God”
(Oratorio)

Question 4

Franz Joseph Haydn- ch.23 pg.515

Answer 4

1732–1809
- Best remembred for his symphonies, string quartets that influenced others and set standards for these genres of music.
- Haydn had brought the typical 13-14 player orchestra to around 25+ players.
- Used Galant style, elements from C.P.E Bach, and variations.
- Symphony no.88 in G Major I: Adagio

Question 5

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi- ch.21 pg. 475

Answer 5

(1710–1736)
- Known for his honest and Original Work, His most important piece was “La serva Padrona”
- He was very good at depicting character’s and emotions through his music with light accompinament.
- La serva padrona,“Son imbrogliato io”
(Intermezzo)Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Question 6

Galant style

Answer 6

A new musical language/style created in Italy in the 1720’s that had songlike melodies, short phrases, cadences, light accompaniment, and mostly homophonic.

Question 7

Empfindsam style (empfindsamer Stil)

Answer 7

Similar to the Galant style, the empfindsam style was mainly connected to fantasias and slow movements, this style was mainly used by Carl Philippe Emmanuel Bach and featured characteristics like turns of harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, and rhapsodically free, speechlike melody

Question 8

Period

Answer 8

A period consists of two or more phrases in a music. In classical music a phrase period can be up to 8 measures.

Question 9

Periodicity

Answer 9

The repitition of musical events at regular intervals at a time

Question 10

Opera buffa

Answer 10

• Originated in Naples, Italy
  Used to describe many different types of opera and fully sang through
  Coined by Opera composer Carlo Goldoni, an Opera buffa was a full 3 or more act Opera

Question 11

Ensemble finale

Answer 11

• Goldoni and Galuppi operas featured an opening ensemble to set the scene, diverse aria types and forms, and frequent duets and trios.
• ## At the end of an act, all the characters were gradually brought on stage while the action continued

Question 12

Intermezzo

Answer 12

A new genre of Opera in the 18th century in Naples and Venice.
-which was performed in two or three segments between the acts of a serious opera or play.
-the comic characters were given their own separate story in the intermezzo
-The plots usually presented two or three people in comic situations, and the action proceeded in alternating recitatives and arias, as in serious opera.

Question 13

Opera seria

Answer 13

• A genre of Opera where the plot is serious but mostlikely to have a happy ending and with no comic characters or scenes
• The three acts consist almost without exception of alternating recitatives and arias.
• Serious opera received its standard form from the Italian poet Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)