MUSI 1307 - Test #3

Question 1

The Requiem is the last work Mozart completed.

Answer 1

F

Question 2

Mozart wrote no serious operas once he became an adult.

Answer 2

F

Question 3

Mozart’s travels as a youth were important because they allowed him to absorb and later synthesize every kind of music being written in western Europe.

Answer 3

T

Question 4

Mozart’s sister and father were also gifted musicians.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

In Classic-era music, contrasts of stability and instability help listeners follow the form.

Answer 5

T

Question 6

Haydn and Mozart admired and influenced each other.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

List the three stages of sonata form in order. Then list two optional sections that Haydn and other composers frequently included to open and close the form.

Answer 7

ANS: exposition, development, recapitulation; slow introduction, coda

Question 8

Most Haydn symphonies have _____movements. The first movement generally uses ______form.

Answer 8

ANS: four; sonata

Question 9

Which best describes the political situation of eighteenth-century Europe?
a. under the command of one ruling power
b. Countries became extremely individualized and separate.
c. dominated by centralized states with large militaries
d. Countries did not seek to expand their territories and influence.
e. in a state of peace, remaining war- and revolution-free

Answer 9

c. dominated by centralized states with large militaries

Question 10

During the eighteenth century, musicians increasingly depended on whom for support?
a. churches
b. courts
c. the public
d. city governments
e. private patrons

Answer 10

c. the public

Question 11

The philosophes of the Enlightenment were mainly
a. social reformers.
b. composers.
c. philosophers.
d. religious leaders.
e. dissenters

Answer 11

a. social reformers.

Question 12

6. Public concerts usually attracted what kind of audience?
   a. upper-middle and wealthy leisure classes, because concert tickets were expensive
   b. all classes, because public concerts were funded by aristocratic patrons and therefore free
   c. aristocrats, because public concerts were viewed as social, not musical, events
   d. the middle class, because the nobility had their own private concerts
   e. the lower classes, because public concerts were free and intended to reach those who could not
   afford private concerts

Answer 12

d. the middle class, because the nobility had their own private concerts

Question 13

Judging from public concert advertisements, programs usually lasted about how long in the
eighteenth century?
a. half an hour
b. one hour
c. two hours
d. three hours
e. six hours

Answer 13

d. three hours

Question 14

The end of the eighteenth century saw a growing preference for opera in which language?
a. Italian
b. German
c. French
d. Spanish
e. the vernacular

Answer 14

e. the vernacular

Question 15

What contributed to the growing prestige of purely instrumental music?
a.nationalistic practices and themes in music
b.the idea of music as a universal language
c.a lack of communication among regions
d.the desire to depict a single emotion without words
e.a decline in available training for singers

Answer 15

b.the idea of music as a universal language

Question 16

The galant style became popular for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it
a.was considered “natural.”
b.was easily understood
c.followed Enlightenment ideas.
d.focused more on counterpoint
e.focused more on melody.

Answer 16

a.was considered “natural.”

Question 17

Eighteenth-century composers learned a common set of formulas combining motion of the melody and bass called
a.partimento.
b.schemata.
c.partials
d.Monte.
e.Prinner.

Answer 17

b.schemata.

Question 18

Which eighteenth-century musical technique is a reaction against the complexity of Baroque music?
a.melodies in short phrases over spare accompaniment
b.melodies in long phrases over spare accompaniment
c.melodies in short phrases over lush accompaniment
d.melodies in long phrases over lush accompaniment
e.melodies in long phrases with no accompaniment

Answer 18

a.melodies in short phrases over spare accompaniment

Question 19

How did eighteenth-century musical values relate directly to central ideas of the Enlightenment?
a.an emphasis on the natural
b.Traditional religion was a main influence.
c.allusions to the supernatural
d.Observation of nature was not important.
e.Complexity and artifice were preferred.

Answer 19

a.an emphasis on the natural

Question 20

What allowed for more possibilities of contrast in the new music of the eighteenth century?
a.long lyrical melodic lines
b.a single mood for a theme or movement
c.chamber works for woodwinds only
d.differences in melodic and harmonic material according to its function in the form
e.continuous and quick harmonic rhythms

Answer 20

d.differences in melodic and harmonic material according to its function in the form

Question 21

The Enlightenment was primarily a ________ movement and therefore interested in promoting
the welfare of humankind.

Answer 21

ANS: humanitarian or social reform

Question 22

________ is characterized by surprising turns of harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, and speechlike melody.

Answer 22

ANS: empfindsam style/sensitive/expressive

Question 23

Beginning in the 1720s and 1730s, composers of Italian operas began to use contrasting musical ideas within A and B sections of arias to
a. surprise audiences.
b. depict waning emotions.
d. express a succession of moods.
c. construct through-composed arias.
e. keep performers satisfied.

Answer 23

d. express a succession of moods.

Question 24

If you were to attend a dramatic performance at a public theater in the early 1700s that was sung throughout, had six or more singing characters, and had a contemporary plot centered around ordinary people, it would be an
a. improvisation in commedia dell’arte style.
b. opera seria.
c. opera rusticana.
d. opera buffa.
e. intermezzo.

Answer 24

d. opera buffa.

Question 25

In a comic opera in the late 1700s, an act would most likely end with
a. a moral to the story sung by the main character.
b. a sung thank-you to the audience for attending.
c. an elegant aria sung by the lead female character.
d. all characters onstage, singing together.
e. a love duet between the leading characters.

Answer 25

d. all characters onstage, singing together.

Question 26

Songs of the late eighteenth century are infrequently performed today, yet they embody the ideals of the Enlightenment because they
a. feature clear, direct melodies.
b. frequently use word-painting.
c. express feelings indirectly.
d. match the accents and moods of each stanza of the text.
e. feature difficult and virtuosic accompaniments.

Answer 26

a. feature clear, direct melodies.

Question 27

By the mid-1700s, melodies in vocal works tended to use ________-measure phrases.

Answer 27

ANS: two- to four

Question 28

Which of the following characteristics shows the influence of vocal music on instrumental music?
a. idiomatic figuration
b. tonic-dominant tension
c. growing importance of woodwinds
d. periodic phrasing
e. codified formal organization

Answer 28

d. periodic phrasing

Question 29

Who invented the pianoforte?
a. Koch
b. Galuppi
c. Cristofori
d. Wagenseil
e. J. S. Bach

Answer 29

c. Cristofori

Question 30

What instrument was the most common in homes during the mid- to late eighteenth century?
a. violin
d. flute
b. piano
e. guitar
c. cello

Answer 30

b. piano

Question 31

What was the primary purpose of music for small string ensembles?
a. enjoyment of the performers
b. demonstration of compositional skill
c. exhibition of virtuoso talent
d. education of young musicians
e. to accompany dancing and other social activities

Answer 31

a. enjoyment of the performers

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of empfindsam (sensitive/expressive) style?
a. unusual melodic lines
b. sudden changes in dynamic level
c. regular phrases
d. nervous rhythms
e. abrupt changes in harmony

Answer 32

c. regular phrases

Question 33

Which composer was known for writing in the empfindsam (sensitive/expressive) style?
a. C. P. E. Bach
b. Stamitz
c. Von Dittersdorf
d. D. Scarlatti
e. Koch

Answer 33

a. C. P. E. Bach

Question 34

What was the most prestigious instrumental genre in the late eighteenth century?
a. concerto
b. sonata
c. string quartet
d. orchestral suite
e. symphony

Answer 34

e. symphony

Question 35

What expressive advantage did the pianoforte have over the harpsichord?

Answer 35

ANS: capacity for incremental dynamic changes (can readily change volume through touch)

Question 36

List the instruments that perform in a string quartet.

Answer 36

ANS: two violins, viola, cello

Question 37

Today Joseph Haydn is best remembered for his
a. operas and oratorios.
b. piano sonatas and concertos.
c. masses and symphonies.
d. string quartets and piano concertos.
e. string quartets and symphonies.

Answer 37

e. string quartets and symphonies.

Question 38

Haydn spent most of his career
a. in London.
b. as a freelance musician.
c. working for the Archbishop of Salzburg.
d. working for a single noble family.
e. at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.

Answer 38

d. working for a single noble family.

Question 39

The galant style was the primary source for what aspect of Haydn’s music?
a. tuneful melodies with paired, brief phrases
b. heightened sentiment, expression, and variation
c. passages that resemble folk music
d. counterpoint
e. Turkish elements

Answer 39

a. tuneful melodies with paired, brief phrases

Question 40

Empfindsam (sensitive/expressive) style and C. P. E. Bach were the primary sources for what aspects of Haydn’s music?
a. tuneful melodies with paired, brief phrases
b. heightened sentiment, expression, and variation
c. passages that resemble folk music
d. counterpoint
e. Turkish elements

Answer 40

b. heightened sentiment, expression, and variation

Question 41

Why has Haydn been called the “father of the symphony”?
a. He invented the genre.
b. He taught Beethoven.
c. He set standards and patterns that later composers emulated.
d. His symphonies were more admired than Mozart’s.
e. His students and coworkers called him “Papa.”

Answer 41

c. He set standards and patterns that later composers emulated

Question 42

The string quartet is often compared to a
a. sermon or essay.
b. conversation among friends.
c. dance.
d. concise poem.
e. theatrical performance.

Answer 42

b. conversation among friends.

Question 43

Eighteenth-century philosophers argued that the sublime in music produces
a. beauty.
b. pleasure.
c. awe and astonishment.
d. intense laughter.
e. delicacy.

Answer 43

c. awe and astonishment.

Question 44

When Mozart moved to Vienna, he earned money by doing all of the following EXCEPT
a. composing.
b. teaching.
c. publishing.
d. performing as a singer.
e. performing as a pianist.

Answer 44

d. performing as a singer.