Final Exam Score/Listening Recognition

Question 1

Trio Sonata Op. 3, No. 2 (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 1

Arcangelo Corelli, trio sonata da chiesa; 1680s

Question 2

Violin Concerto, Op. 3 No. 6 (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 2

Antonio Vivaldi, solo violin concerto, 1710

Question 3

Giulio Cesare, Act II, scenes 1 - 2 (excerpt, incl. “V’adoro pupille” (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 3

George Frideric Handel, Opera, 1724

Question 4

Hippolyte et Aricie, conclusion Act IV (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 4

Jean-Philippe Rameau, tragédie en musique, 1733/45

Question 5

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 5

J. S. Bach, sacred cantata, 1724

Question 6

Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 6

Christoph Willibald Gluck, opera seria, 1762

Question 7

String Quartet Op. 33, No. 2 (The Joke), 4th mvt. (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 7

Joseph Haydn, string quartet, 1781

Question 8

Piano Concerto in A major, K.488, 1st mvt. (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 8

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, piano concerto, 1786

Question 9

Don Giovanni, Act I, scenes 1-2 (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, drama giocoso, 1787

Question 10

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat (Eroica) Op.55, 1st mvt. (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 10

Ludwig van Beethoven, symphony, 1803

Question 11

String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131 (1st and 2nd movements) (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 11

Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet, 1826

Question 12

“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 12

Franz Schubert, Lied, 1814

Question 13

“Eusebius” and “Florestan” from Carnaval (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 13

Robert Schumann, character pieces for piano, 1834-35

Question 14

Symphonie Fantastique, 5th mvt. “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 14

Hector Berlioz, program symphony. 1830

Question 15

La traviata, Act III, scena and duet (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 15

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera, 1853

Question 16

Tristan und Isolde, Act I excerpts (not the prelude) (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 16

Richard Wagner, music drama, 1857-59

Question 17

Quintet op. 34 in F minor, 1st mvt. (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 17

Johannes Brahms, piano quintet, 1862-64

Question 18

Don Quixote, themes and variations 1-2 (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 18

Richard Strauss, tone poem, 1897

Question 19

Madama Butterfly, Act I (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 19

Giacomo Puccini, Italian opera, 1904

Question 20

Russ (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 20

Mily Balakirev, tone poem/instrumental drama, 1884

Question 21

String Quartet No.1 in e minor “ Z mého zivota” (From my Life) movement 4 (indicate composer, genre, and date of composition)

Answer 21

Bedrich Smetana, string quartet, 1876