Unit 4 Classical Period

Question 1

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

Answer 1

1750-1820

Question 2

What does classical mean?

Answer 2

of highest quality

Question 3

What is the time leading up to the Classical period in music called

Answer 3

The Age of Enlightenment

Question 4

Where was the Rococo style of the Classical Period most often found?

Answer 4

France

Question 5

Most music in the Classical period was ________

Answer 5

Homophonic

Question 6

True or False- The orchestras of the Classical period grew to be larger than orchestras of today

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False- The “form” of a piece was very important to classical composers

Answer 7

true

Question 8

IN which movement of a symphony, concerto, or string Quartet is sonata form likely to be found?

Answer 8

First movement

Question 9

What is the order of the three sections of sonata form?

Answer 9

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Question 10

What are the letters that make rondo form?

Answer 10

ababa, abaca

Question 11

What is the leading genre of the classical period?

Answer 11

Symphony

Question 12

One change of the Enlightenment was _________

Answer 12

The increase of public concerts

Question 13

Sonata means a work for _____________

Answer 13

solo piano or for solo instrument and piano

Question 14

What are the tempos of the three movements of a sonata?

Answer 14

Fast-slow-fast

Question 15

True or False- “Sonata-Allegro” is a genre of music and sonata is a form of musical composition

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What was a solo concerto written for?

Answer 16

A soloist accompanied by an orchestra

Question 17

What is a showy passage for the soloist to play in a concerto?

Answer 17

Cadenza

Question 18

Where is chamber music meant to be performed?

Answer 18

A small venue

Question 19

What are three examples of a chamber ensemble?

Answer 19

Piano trio, brass quintet, and woodwind quintet

Question 20

What was the most significant chamber ensemble of the classical period?

Answer 20

String quartet

Question 21

What is the string quartet made up of?

Answer 21

2 violins, a viola, and a cello

Question 22

What are 2 distinct types of opera

Answer 22

opera buffs and opera serial

Question 23

How did Christopher Willibald Gluck attempt to reform opera?

Answer 23

He wanted to make drama the most important element

Question 24

What is opera buffa?

Answer 24

comic opera

Question 25

Who is the statue that comes to dinner in Don Giovanni?

Answer 25

The father who died defending the honor of his daughter from Don Giovanni

Question 26

What family did Haydn work for?

Answer 26

Esterhazy

Question 27

How long did Haydn work for that family?

Answer 27

30 years

Question 28

What was Haydn’s employment an example of?

Answer 28

The patronage system

Question 29

What was Beethoven known for as a performer?

Answer 29

playing the piano

Question 30

Who was a child prodigy born in Austria?

Answer 30

Mozart

Question 31

What did Beethoven compose in his middle period?

Answer 31

Symphony No. 3 and Symphony NO. 5

Question 32

By 1814 Beethoven had completely lost his ________

Answer 32

hearing

Question 33

Beethoven’s final symphony, Symphony No. 9, was the first to include a __________

Answer 33

Chorus