Monday quiz

Question 1

Schubert symphony ex.

Answer 1

• no.9, “Great”

* no.8, “Unfinished”

Question 2

Schubert opera ex.

Answer 2

Fierrabras

Question 3

Schubert #lieder

Answer 3

600

Question 6

Beethoven final years

Answer 6

• isolation, withdraw, anti-social
• devastated by Karl’s suicide attempt
• feel gravely ill
• died 1827 apparently from pneumonia
• highly respected in Vienna, funeral attracted many admirers

Question 7

Schubert piano work(s)

Answer 7

• sonatas
• impromptus
• variations
• dances
• duets

Question 9

Beethoven relations

Answer 9

• close relationship between Bonn and Vienna helped his establishment
• studied with Haydn briefly, dedicated first 3 piano sonatas to him

Question 10

Schubert song cycle ex.

Answer 10

• Die Winterreise

* Die Schöne Müllerin

Question 11

Beethoven French Revolution

Answer 11

• believe in motto “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”

* admired Napoleon but grew out of delusion and removed his name from dedicated symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

Question 13

Schubert piano work ex.

Answer 13

moments musicaux

Question 17

Beethoven musical training

Answer 17

• early training from father

* later studied composition and counterpoint with Christian Neefe; court organist in Bonn

Question 19

Schubert influence

Answer 19

• Mozart-lyrical melodic style
• Beethoven-symphonic writing
• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe poets

Question 20

Schubert #chamber music-string quartets

Answer 20

15

Question 21

Schubert lieder ex.

Answer 21

• An die Music
• Ständchen
• Die Forelle
• Heidenröslein
• Ave Maria

Question 22

Schubert #choral music-masses

Answer 22

7

Question 23

Schubert chamber music-string quartet ex.

Answer 23

Death and the Maiden

Question 24

Beethoven life/career

Answer 24

1. early
2. mother
3. relations
4. success
5. sad
6. french revolution
7. near end
8. final years

Question 25

Schubert combination

Answer 25

• classical-formal structure; sonata form with repeated exposition, variations, symmetrical phrase structures, standard classical orchestra
• romantic-chromatic harmony, contrast of major and minor tonality, unexpected modulations

Question 26

Beethoven early

Answer 26

• organist, violinist at court orchestra in Bonn

* went to Vienna to study with Mozart

Question 27

Beethoven background

Answer 27

1. birth
2. grandfather
3. father
4. musical training

Question 30

Schubert #symphony

Answer 30

9

Question 31

Beethoven sad

Answer 31

• many romantic infatuations but remained single
• began to lose hearing in mid-twenties, treatments failed
• wrote to brother about his inner turmoils and conflicts
• thought about suicide but overcame it

Question 33

Schubert choral music(s)

Answer 33

masses

Question 34

Schubert #musical style

Answer 34

4

Question 36

Schubert emotion

Answer 36

• introduced psychological intensity into songs and song cycles
• vocal lyricism is apparent
• sorrow and personal emotions reflected in many works
• Death and the Maiden
• Die Winterreise
• Fantast in F minor

Question 37

Schubert chamber music(s)

Answer 37

• string quartets
• “Trout” quintet
• piano trios
• octet for winds
• duo sonatas

Question 41

Beethoven grandfather

Answer 41

• Ludwig
• Kapellmeister at Electoral Court
• died when Beethoven was 3 years old
• source of inspiration for Beethoven

Question 42

Schubert art song

Answer 42

• close connection of text to music
• uses harmony to highlight key words (text painting)
• increased importance of piano-accompaniment depicts elements of the poem

Question 43

Schubert musical style

Answer 43

1. combination
2. influence
3. art song
4. emotion

Question 44

Beethoven success

Answer 44

• attract patronage of Viennese nobility
• gained financial support and commissions
• influential patrons are Prince Lobkowitz, Prince Lichnowsky, and Count Rasumovsky
• first solo concert appearance in Vienna, then Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, and Berlin

Question 47

Beethoven near end

Answer 47

• Last concert appearance as a pianist performing “Archduke” Piano Trio, op.97
• Brother Caspar died and gained legal custody of his nephew Karl over his sister-in-law
• totally deaf, wrote conversation book

Question 50

Beethoven mother

Answer 50

• illness caused him to return to Bonn shortly after studying with Mozart
• became head of household after mother’s passing
• financially responsible for brothers Caspar and Nikolaus

Question 58

Beethoven #life/career

Answer 58

8

Question 59

Beethoven birth

Answer 59

• Bonn, Germany 1770

* musical family

Question 62

Beethoven father

Answer 62

• Johann
• singer, instrumentalist at the Electoral court
• harsh, severe, alcoholic