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Johann Christian Bach and Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach were far better known during their lifetime than their father JS Bach was during his.

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A. True

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The sonata form was popular until the 1840s when it ceased to be used.

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B. False

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The function of the development section is to further increase the musical tension created by exposition.

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A. True

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Mozart and Haydn delighted in presenting surprising twists and turns in the transition section of the exposition

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A. True

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Johann Christian Bach developed a style that sought to be:

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C. Pleasant and Elegant

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The Sonata form was used most extensively and expansively:

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C. In the first movements of instrumental compositions

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The transition section has two functions which are:

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E. to move to a new key and make it seem like a big deal

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To recapitulate from the Italian word capo or head means

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B. to go to the beginning

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The piano:

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B. became the preferred solo instrument in concertos

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The sonata has 3 movements which are

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A. fast-slow-fast

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K in the titles of Mozart compositions stands for

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C. Kochel

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Haydn’s employment by the Esterhazy family lasted

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B. almost 30 years

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Haydn used the musical elements to recreate sounds such as ___________ in his work

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A. bird chirps

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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

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A. true

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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

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A. true

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The major difference between early and late 18th century orchestras was that:

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D. the woodwind and brass instruments and timpani were no longer considered optional

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The woodwinds of the late 18th century

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B. are fundamentally similar to their modern counterparts

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Haydn was invited by Johann Peter Salomon to perform music in

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D. London

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The surprise in the second movement of Haydn’s symphony is:

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B. only the most obvious of many surprises in the entire work

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One can view Don Giovanni as a synthesis of the traditions represented by Handel’s Julius Caesar and Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera

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A. True

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Don Giovanni was identified as an opera buffa, although it ends as seriously as possible

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A. True

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Opera buffa grew up with the new Classical style

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A. True

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The Beggar’s Opera made fun of

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C. opera seria and artistocratic society

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Singspiel was

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B. the German speaking counterpart to opera comique

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In its grand scheme, Don Giovanni is

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D. a comic opera with a tragic ending

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26
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La ci darem la mano translates at

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A. give me your hand

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In a cenar teco the orchestral accompaniment lets us know that

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A. Don Giovanni’s end is near

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28
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In the final scene of Don Giovanni, Mozart crafts all ____________ vocal lines to match the characters

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C. Three

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In the classical concerto the soloist is heard in opposition to the orchestra rather than as an extension of it

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A. True

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30
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All of the 27 concertos attributed to Mozart are customarily played

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B. False

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31
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Pianists cannot play both harmony and melody but have to select which one to play at a given moment

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B. False

32
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Major changes in musical life during the latter part of the 18th century include all except

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B. the disappearance of opera

33
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At the age of ______ Mozart and his family left Salzburg, Austria for a three year performance tour

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D. Seven

34
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Piano and orchestra are equal in the sense that

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D. both can provide complete textures: melody, accompaniment and counter melody

35
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Mozart’s Concerto no 24 in C minor opens with

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A. a long orchestra statement

36
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Paganini was rumored to be runnin with the devil because of his….

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A. true

37
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The most obvious compositional evidence of the heightened appreciation…

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A. true

38
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By the time of his death, Beethoven:

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B. had become a celebrated figure throughout Europe

39
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As the market grew for new genres of music _____ became less expensive and more readily available

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A. pianos

40
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For the general public, ______ became a component of public school instruction in Europe and North America over the course of the 19th century

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C. vocal music education

41
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The most significant impact of technology was

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A. the introduction of manufacturing into the production of musical instruments

42
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Improvements to existing woodwind and brass instruments and the invention of new wood instruments led to the expansion of the

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D. military band

43
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During the 19th century

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E. concert bands joined opera companies as major cultural institutions

44
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Romanticism valued

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B. subjectivity, feeling, and inspiration

45
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Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini are remembered mostly for their

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B. composing, especially opera

46
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Romantic composers generally followed one of three paths

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A. emulate the classics, outdo the classics, completely novel path

47
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The most important and innovative vocal genre of the 19th century was the

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D. Lied

48
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Beethoven’s achievements and influence were unmatched by any other composer

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A. True

49
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Beethoven felt that he learned everything he needed to be a great composer from Haydn

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B. False

50
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Beethoven scratched out the dedication to Napoleon on the title page

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A. True

51
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The Heiligenstadt Testament was

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B. a letter to Beethoven’s brothers revealing his loss of hearinh

52
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in

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B. Bonn

53
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The most sensational parts of Beethoven’s performance were his

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E. improvisations

54
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Two qualities that would characterize much of Beethoven’s music throughout his career were

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C. individuality and expansion

55
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Beethoven wrote far more _____ than symphonies…

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D. piano sonatas

56
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The slow introduction is the most distinctive feature of the Pathetique ________

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A. sonata

57
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Scherzo is the Italian word for joke

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A. True

58
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The 3rd movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is a dark, foreboding movement

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B. False

59
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Typically, scherzo and trio movements are

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B. light and lighthearted

60
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Goethe’s poems are far better known in Schubert’s settings…

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A. True

61
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Franz Schubert was born near Vienna into a musical family

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A. True

62
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Liede are the most intimately personal first person music of the Romantic era

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A. True

63
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When Jenny Lind was brought to the US to perform by PT Barnum

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B. a crowd estimated to be over 30,000 was waiting dockside when she arrived in New York

64
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The term “Bohemians” can be defined as

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B. arty types who lived on the fringes of society without putting down roots

65
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Piano manufacturing

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C. made them affordable for middle class families and businesses

66
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In Schubert’s settings of Goethe’s poems

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B. the text remains intact and intelligible even as the melody goes beyond the expressive capabilities of speech

67
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The word for the French art song is

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B. chansons

68
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Schubert’s most significant innovation in song composition was

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A. expanding the role of the accompaniment

69
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A Schubertiade was

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C. an evening of music written and sometimes performed by Schubert

70
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In Brahm’s German Requiem, Christ is not mentioned

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A. True

71
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Brams’s Ein deutsches Requim

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B. is not a liturgical work and is most commonly performed in concert halls

72
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Requim settings by Beriloz and Verdi are

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C. far too theatrical for liturgical use

73
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_______ was the dominant music influence on Brahms

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C. Beethoven

74
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The belief that the divine could be understood for reason alone was known as

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A. deism

75
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75-81 Dr. Wilson’s research

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answer is true

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