Test Three Flashcards
Johann Christian Bach and Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach were far better known during their lifetime than their father JS Bach was during his.
A. True
The sonata form was popular until the 1840s when it ceased to be used.
B. False
The function of the development section is to further increase the musical tension created by exposition.
A. True
Mozart and Haydn delighted in presenting surprising twists and turns in the transition section of the exposition
A. True
Johann Christian Bach developed a style that sought to be:
C. Pleasant and Elegant
The Sonata form was used most extensively and expansively:
C. In the first movements of instrumental compositions
The transition section has two functions which are:
E. to move to a new key and make it seem like a big deal
To recapitulate from the Italian word capo or head means
B. to go to the beginning
The piano:
B. became the preferred solo instrument in concertos
The sonata has 3 movements which are
A. fast-slow-fast
K in the titles of Mozart compositions stands for
C. Kochel
Haydn’s employment by the Esterhazy family lasted
B. almost 30 years
Haydn used the musical elements to recreate sounds such as ___________ in his work
A. bird chirps
A performance of all 3 movements of Vivaldi’s Spring will take less time than a performance of the first movement of the Surprise symphony
A. true
A story circulated that Haydn’s surprise in the 2nd movement of his symphony was to wake up members of the audience who had dozed off
A. true
The major difference between early and late 18th century orchestras was that:
D. the woodwind and brass instruments and timpani were no longer considered optional
The woodwinds of the late 18th century
B. are fundamentally similar to their modern counterparts
Haydn was invited by Johann Peter Salomon to perform music in
D. London
The surprise in the second movement of Haydn’s symphony is:
B. only the most obvious of many surprises in the entire work
One can view Don Giovanni as a synthesis of the traditions represented by Handel’s Julius Caesar and Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera
A. True
Don Giovanni was identified as an opera buffa, although it ends as seriously as possible
A. True
Opera buffa grew up with the new Classical style
A. True
The Beggar’s Opera made fun of
C. opera seria and artistocratic society
Singspiel was
B. the German speaking counterpart to opera comique
In its grand scheme, Don Giovanni is
D. a comic opera with a tragic ending
La ci darem la mano translates at
A. give me your hand
In a cenar teco the orchestral accompaniment lets us know that
A. Don Giovanni’s end is near
In the final scene of Don Giovanni, Mozart crafts all ____________ vocal lines to match the characters
C. Three
In the classical concerto the soloist is heard in opposition to the orchestra rather than as an extension of it
A. True
All of the 27 concertos attributed to Mozart are customarily played
B. False
Pianists cannot play both harmony and melody but have to select which one to play at a given moment
B. False
Major changes in musical life during the latter part of the 18th century include all except
B. the disappearance of opera
At the age of ______ Mozart and his family left Salzburg, Austria for a three year performance tour
D. Seven
Piano and orchestra are equal in the sense that
D. both can provide complete textures: melody, accompaniment and counter melody
Mozart’s Concerto no 24 in C minor opens with
A. a long orchestra statement
Paganini was rumored to be runnin with the devil because of his….
A. true
The most obvious compositional evidence of the heightened appreciation…
A. true
By the time of his death, Beethoven:
B. had become a celebrated figure throughout Europe
As the market grew for new genres of music _____ became less expensive and more readily available
A. pianos
For the general public, ______ became a component of public school instruction in Europe and North America over the course of the 19th century
C. vocal music education
The most significant impact of technology was
A. the introduction of manufacturing into the production of musical instruments
Improvements to existing woodwind and brass instruments and the invention of new wood instruments led to the expansion of the
D. military band
During the 19th century
E. concert bands joined opera companies as major cultural institutions
Romanticism valued
B. subjectivity, feeling, and inspiration
Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini are remembered mostly for their
B. composing, especially opera
Romantic composers generally followed one of three paths
A. emulate the classics, outdo the classics, completely novel path
The most important and innovative vocal genre of the 19th century was the
D. Lied
Beethoven’s achievements and influence were unmatched by any other composer
A. True
Beethoven felt that he learned everything he needed to be a great composer from Haydn
B. False
Beethoven scratched out the dedication to Napoleon on the title page
A. True
The Heiligenstadt Testament was
B. a letter to Beethoven’s brothers revealing his loss of hearinh
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in
B. Bonn
The most sensational parts of Beethoven’s performance were his
E. improvisations
Two qualities that would characterize much of Beethoven’s music throughout his career were
C. individuality and expansion
Beethoven wrote far more _____ than symphonies…
D. piano sonatas
The slow introduction is the most distinctive feature of the Pathetique ________
A. sonata
Scherzo is the Italian word for joke
A. True
The 3rd movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is a dark, foreboding movement
B. False
Typically, scherzo and trio movements are
B. light and lighthearted
Goethe’s poems are far better known in Schubert’s settings…
A. True
Franz Schubert was born near Vienna into a musical family
A. True
Liede are the most intimately personal first person music of the Romantic era
A. True
When Jenny Lind was brought to the US to perform by PT Barnum
B. a crowd estimated to be over 30,000 was waiting dockside when she arrived in New York
The term “Bohemians” can be defined as
B. arty types who lived on the fringes of society without putting down roots
Piano manufacturing
C. made them affordable for middle class families and businesses
In Schubert’s settings of Goethe’s poems
B. the text remains intact and intelligible even as the melody goes beyond the expressive capabilities of speech
The word for the French art song is
B. chansons
Schubert’s most significant innovation in song composition was
A. expanding the role of the accompaniment
A Schubertiade was
C. an evening of music written and sometimes performed by Schubert
In Brahm’s German Requiem, Christ is not mentioned
A. True
Brams’s Ein deutsches Requim
B. is not a liturgical work and is most commonly performed in concert halls
Requim settings by Beriloz and Verdi are
C. far too theatrical for liturgical use
_______ was the dominant music influence on Brahms
C. Beethoven
The belief that the divine could be understood for reason alone was known as
A. deism
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