Exam review #3

Question 1

chamber music

Answer 1

designed to be played in smaller rooms
instead of concert halls

Question 2

symphony

Answer 2

a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements,

Question 3

patter

Answer 3

rapid delivery of syllabic text

Question 4

heroic

Answer 4

energetic and strong

Question 5

cadenza

Answer 5

Showpiece for the soloist (orchestra waits)

Question 6

opera buffa

Answer 6

Featured simpler music, down-to-earth characters, and amusing plots.

Question 7

walking bass

Answer 7

bass line moves mostly by step in even
notes with regular rhythm.

Question 8

catalogue aria

Answer 8

genre of aria in which the text consists of a list, often for comedic purposes

Question 9

sonata form

Answer 9

Refers to form of a single movement

Question 10

the enlightenment

Answer 10

Led by French philosophers, Voltaire and Rousseau who both died in
1778.
Attempts were made to apply principles of scientific objectivity to
issues of social justice.

Question 11

sonata

Answer 11

type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble

Question 12

rondo form

Answer 12

Features a tuneful main theme which returns over and ove

Question 13

“Madamina, il catalogo e questo”- voice type

Answer 13

bass aria

Question 14

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

Answer 14

piano and orchestraArchduke Rudolf

Question 15

Haydn Sym. 94- What is the surprise?

Answer 15

a startlingly loud chord—that interrupts the otherwise soft and gentle flow of the second movement

Question 16

Beethoven Sym. 5- Forms

Answer 16

Allegro con brio (C minor)
Andante con moto (A♭ major)
Scherzo: Allegro (C minor)
Allegro – Presto (C major)

Question 17

Beethoven 5- motive

Answer 17

“fate knocking at the door”

Question 18

Meter for a minuet

Answer 18

triple

Question 19

Heiligenstadt Testament

Answer 19

Beethoven’s famous letter he wrote to his brothers in 1802.

Question 20

timing of Beethovens deafness

Answer 20

1798, when he was about 28. By the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf

Question 21

ensemble singing number of singers

Answer 21

Three singers is a trio, four a quartet, and so on, eight is an octet, but 10 can be a choir or an ensemble

Question 22

main composers of classical era

Answer 22

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 23

instruments in string quartet

Answer 23

two violins, viola, and violoncello

Question 24

center of symphonic compostition

Answer 24

Mannheim, Germany

Question 25

Haydn’s duties at Esterhaza

Answer 25

conducted the orchestra and coached the singers in almost daily rehearsals, composed most of the music required, and served as chief of the musical personne

Question 26

Movements in a concerto

Answer 26

a fast movement in Sonata form, a slow and lyrical movement, and then another fast movement.

Question 27

Haydn- Symphony No. 45 “Farewell,” IV. Adagio

Answer 27

has a lot of violins in the beginning

Question 28

Haydn, String Quartet, “The Joke,” Op. 33 No.4, IV

Answer 28

violins sounding silly as hell and fast stair movement sounding

Question 29

Mozart, Don Giovanni, “Madamina, il catalogo, e questo”

Answer 29

opera sounding man singing

Question 30

Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, I.

Answer 30

running ass music drake running ass music
DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNN

Question 31

Mozart - Symphony No. 1

Answer 31

sounds boring
goes fast

Question 32

when was the classical era

Answer 32

(1750–1830)