Mozart

Question 1

What are three main sections of a piece that is written in sonata form?

Answer 1

Exposition
Development
Recapitulation

Question 2

What year was this piece composed?

Answer 2

1788

Question 3

Name three things that are unusual about the classical orchestra used by Mozart in ‘Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550’.

Answer 3

There is no percussion.
There are no trumpets.
There is only one flute.

Question 4

What is the time signature of the piece?

Answer 4

4/4

Question 5

What key is the first subject played in for the first time in the exposition?

Answer 5

G Minor

Question 6

What is the main texture of ‘Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550)?

Answer 6

Homophonic

Question 7

What one word can be used to describe the harmony of this piece?

Answer 7

Diatonic

Question 8

What two orchestral groups play the start of the seconds subject in the exposition?

Answer 8

Woodwind and strings

Question 9

State what is special about all the different keys that are used in the development.

Answer 9

They deliberately avoid the tonic and dominant keys.

Question 10

Which cadence does the piece end on?

Answer 10

Perfect (V-i)