Final - Classical/Romanticism

Question 1

Brandenburg Concerto no. 5

Answer 1

J.S. Bach, first movement, classical

Question 2

Symphony no. 40 in G minor

Answer 2

W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical

Question 3

Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major

Answer 3

W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical

Question 4

Symphony no. 95 in C minor

Answer 4

F.J. Haydn, third movement (Menuetto), classical

Question 5

Symphony no. 5 in C minor

Answer 5

Ludwig van Beethoven, all four movements, romanticism

Question 6

Erlkonig

Answer 6

Franz Schubert, romanticism, A boy and father are riding near some woods, the boy sees spirits that the father cannot see, the boy ends up dead.

Question 7

Dichterliebe: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai

Answer 7

Schumann, romanticism, A knight confesses his love and adoration for an unnamed woman in the month of May

Question 8

Dichterliebe: Die alten, bosen Lieder

Answer 8

Schumann, romanticism, The Knight, no longer in love, asks for the construction of a massive coffin which is to be thrown into the ocean by sea giants

Question 9

Nocturne in F-sharp Op. 15 no. 2

Answer 9

Frederic Chopin, Romanticism

Question 10

Rigoletto, Act 3, Scene 1

Answer 10

Giuseppe Verdi, Romanticism, a. Aria “La donna e mobile (Duke of Mantua) - Women are fickle, men are wretched for indulging them, b. Quartet “Bella figlia dell’amore” - the Duke attempts to seduce Maddalena in the assassin’s house

Question 11

Tristan und Isolde

Answer 11

Richard Wagner, Romanticism, a. Prelude, b. Act 3, Scene 3 “Isolde’s Liebestod” - Tristan has died, Isolde is collapsed at his side until someone says that the love potion was to unite them, she awakes, sings her Liebestod, and then dies

Question 12

Symphony no. 1 in C minor

Answer 12

Johannes Brahms, Romanticism, first movement