MUSIC 152

Question 1

Haydn quartet

Answer 1

Emperor string quartet

Question 2

Thematic development

Answer 2

-necessary in larger forms to provide clarity, etc
-too complex for short pieces

Question 3

Absolute music

Answer 3

-no prescribed story or text
-have “generic” titles–the title is the name of the genre

Question 4

Most instrumental pieces of the Classical era follow a sequence of sections
or movements known as ________?

Answer 4

multimovement cycle

Question 5

Chamber music

Answer 5

-Smaller ensemble
-Players function as a team, participating equally
- “Conversations without words”

Question 6

Haydn played a central role in the development of what genre?

Answer 6

Chamber genre

Question 7

Who composed quartets?

Answer 7

Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven

Question 8

When was Joseph Haydn born and where?

Answer 8

-1732–1809
-Austrian composer

Question 9

Haydn’s second movement of the emperor quartet was for what and who?

Answer 9

birthday of Emperor Franz II
(became the Austrian national anthem)
-now the German national anthem AND the alma mater song of Illinois State University

Question 10

In the classical era, emphasis shifted to what?

Answer 10

concertos with one soloist
(Three movements, fast–slow–fast)

Question 11

What is a cadenza

Answer 11

-a virtuosic solo passage
-orchestra falls silent
-improvisational

Question 12

How many concertos did Haydn compose?

Answer 12

35

Question 13

What is considered one of
Haydn’s finest concertos

Answer 13

Trumpet Concerto, his last orchestral work

Question 14

When was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born and where?

Answer 14

1756-1791
born in Salzburg, Austria
-Son of Leopold Mozart

Question 15

Mozart opera example

Answer 15

The Marriage of Figaro

Question 16

How many symphonies did Mozart write

Answer 16

more than 40

Question 17

Mozart wrote his first symphony in what year? how old was he?

Answer 17

1764 at the age of eight

Question 18

By the Classical period, the orchestral ensemble had solidified to include
what four instrumental families?

Answer 18

Strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion

Question 19

What was the principal orchestral genre of the Classical era

Answer 19

Symphony

Question 20

The eighteenth century orchestra had how many players?

Answer 20

30-40

Question 21

How many operas did Mozart compose?

Answer 21

20, in three styles

Question 22

Who did Mozart joined forces with in 1785?

Answer 22

Lorenzo da Ponte

Question 23

What is a trouser role?

Answer 23

operatic characters who are
adolescent boys are intended to be sung
by a woman dressed in male costume.
Ex: The marriage of figaro

Question 24

When was Beethoven born and where?

Answer 24

1770-1827
-born in Bonn, Germany

Question 25

What was Beethoven's disability

Answer 25

Deafness, started losing it in his late twenties

Question 26

How many piano sonatas did Beethoven compose?

Answer 26

32 Ex:moonlight sonata

Question 27

When was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor completed?

Answer 27

Completed 1808; perhaps the best-known symphony of all time

Question 28

How many players does chamber music have?

Answer 28

-Two to around ten performers; one player to a part

Question 29

What did Haydn play?

Answer 29

-viola and sometimes violin

Question 30

Haydn was important in the development of what?

Answer 30

-the symphony and string quartet (father of the string quartet)

Question 31

What style music was associated with Haydn?

Answer 31

Classical style music

Question 32

Who was the most extraordinarily gifted child in the history of Western art music, and a child prodigy

Answer 32

Mozart

Question 33

Who had a difficult childhood

Answer 33

Beethoven

Question 34

At age 22, where did Beethoven move?

Answer 34

Vienna

Question 35

Beethoven was the master of large-scale forms or small scale forms?

Answer 35

large-scale forms

Question 36

What form is commonly used in the first movement of a classical string quartet?

Answer 36

sonata-allegro

Question 37

The classical concerto form has how many movements?

Answer 37

3

Question 38

What multimovement tempo schemes corresponds to the typical classical concerto?

Answer 38

fast-slow-fast

Question 39

The heart of the classical orchestra was what section?

Answer 39

String

Question 40

Is Mozart symphony No. 4 considered a representation of both Baroque and classical movements?

Answer 40

No

Question 41

In the classical era, the two most popular types of opera were

Answer 41

opera buffa & opera seria

Question 42

While serious opera was in Italian, comic opera was generally in...

Answer 42

the vernacular

Question 43

How many symphonies did Beethoven compose?

Answer 43

9

Question 44

How many movements are in Beethoven's symphony No. 5?

Answer 44

4

Question 45

Is the third movement of Beethoven's symphony No. 5 a rondo?

Answer 45

No

Question 46

How many notes are in Beethoven's symphony No. 5?

Answer 46

4 (short-short-short-long)