exam 3

Question 1

chamber music

Answer 1

music designed to be played in smaller rooms, not in opera halls

Question 2

symphony

Answer 2

large orchestral multi movement work originated from the overture, independent from the opera, began as an overture to the opera

Question 3

form

Answer 3

recognizable structure, that allows a listener to follow a musical composition

Question 4

patter

Answer 4

rapid delivery of solovic text

Question 5

heroic

Answer 5

triumph overcoming of adversary

Question 6

cadenza

Answer 6

improvised solo

Question 7

opera buffa

Answer 7

italian comedic opera

Question 8

catalog aria

Answer 8

genre of aria, the text consist of a list , usually for comedic purposes

Question 9

sonata form

Answer 9

a form that consists of exposition, development, and recapitulation

Question 10

the enlightenment

Answer 10

“age of reason”

Question 11

sonata

Answer 11

genre of music in several movements for one instrument, or several instruments that includes the piano

Question 12

ronda form

Answer 12

a form featuring a tuneful theme, that repeats

Question 13

walking bass

Answer 13

bass line moves by step, in regular rhythm

Question 14

“Madamina,il catalogo e questo”- voice type?

Answer 14

Bass

Question 15

Beethoven’s piano concertos - who were they written 4?

Answer 15

Himself

Question 16

Haydn Sym.94- what is the surprise?

Answer 16

Unexpected fortissimo music among piano music in the second movement

Question 17

Beethoven Sym.5 - form

Answer 17

Sonata Form

Question 18

Beethoven 5 - motive

Answer 18

short short short long (dun dun dun dunnnn)

Question 19

Main composers of Classical Era

Answer 19

Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn

Question 20

how many singers make up an ensamble?

Answer 20

3 or more

Question 21

who was the Heiligenstadt Testament written for?

Answer 21

a letter/will written to his brothers

Question 22

what was the new genre introduced at this time?

Answer 22

String Quartet

Question 23

what is the standard for for a third movement?

Answer 23

Minuet and Trio

Question 24

what was the forms for each movement of the symphony?

Answer 24

sonata

Question 25

what time of Beethoven’s life, did he go deaf?

Answer 25

during his middle period

Question 26

Instruments of String Quartet

Answer 26

2 violins
Cello
Viola

Question 27

where is the center of symphonic compositions?

Answer 27

Manham, Germany

Question 28

how mnay compositions did Mozart have?

Answer 28

over 800

Question 29

what were Haydn’s duties at Esterhaza weekly?

Answer 29

Conduct 2 opera and 2 big concerts
Music for special visitors
Music for meals, and the prince’s room

Question 30

how many movements are there in a concerto?

Answer 30

three

Question 31

example of chamber music?

Answer 31

String Quartet

Question 32

how many wind instrument in a symphony?

Answer 32

2 of each

Question 33

meter for a minuet?

Answer 33

triple meter

Question 34

what years is the classical era?

Answer 34

1750-1820