Quiz 4 The Classical Period

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Question #1

Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered

A a skilled servant.

B a visiting guest composer.

C a freelance musician.

D an equal by his employer.

Question #2

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the noble Hungarian family of

A Kadar.

B Liszt.

C Esterházy.

D Stefanházy.

Question #3

The piano trio is a musical composition for

A violin, piano, and continuo.

B piano and two violins.

C violin, cello, and piano.

D three pianos.

Question #4

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for

A two violins, viola, and cello.

B violin, viola, cello, and bass.

C All answers are correct.

D violin, guitar, viola, and cello.

Question #5

The string quartet

A is the most important form in classical chamber music.

B usually consists of four movements.

C is written for two violins, viola, and cello.

D All answers are correct.

Question #6

The first movement of a classical concerto

A is usually a long cadenza.

B does not have a development section.

C has two expositions.

D is in the same form as a classical symphony.

Question #7

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for

A symphonic orchestra.

B instrumental soloist and orchestra.

C instrumental soloist and piano.

D vocal soloist and orchestra.

Question #8

The last movement of a classical symphony

A is usually fast, lively, and brilliant, but somewhat lighter in mood than the opening movement.

B is most often in sonata or sonata-rondo form.

C is always in the tonic key of the symphony.

D All answers are correct.

Question #9

The slow movement of a classical symphony

A tends to be more heroic and triumphant in character.

B is generally not in the tonic key.

C is usually in theme and variations form.

D All answers are correct.

Question #10

The first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast, and in _____ form.

A rondo

B minuet

C sonata

D ABA

Question #11

The main theme of the rondo

A is usually in the tonic key.

B is usually slow and dignified.

C returns only once in the movement.

D seldom ends the movement.

Question #12

The sonata-rondo

A combines rondo form with elements of sonata form.

B may be outlined as ABA-development section-ABA.

C usually has a lively, pleasing, and simple to remember theme.

D All answers are correct.

Question #13

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they

A play the written part an octave higher.

B return to the beginning of the piece and repeat the music.

C play extremely quietly.

D look at the conductor.

Question #14

In many of Beethoven’s works, there is a _______ movement instead of the minuet.

A presto

B scherzo

C ritornello

D fugato

Question #15

The character of the minuet is best described as

A quiet and relaxed.

B brisk and lively.

C stately and dignified.

D heavy and ponderous.

Question #16

The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work, is in ____________ form.

A AABB

B ABA

C AA’A”A”’A””

D ABACABA

Question #17

Each successive variation in a theme with variations

A is usually in a new key.

B is usually in the same key.

C presents a new melodic idea.

D retains some elements of the theme.

Question #18

Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called

A rides.

B melodies.

C motives.

D codas.

Question #19

A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by

A the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.

B retaining the same tonality for both themes.

C the introduction of a new theme in the bridge.

D changing the meter of the second theme.

Question #20

A modulation from the home key to a new key in the exposition of a sonata form movement takes place in the

A motive.

B coda.

C theme.

D bridge.

Question #21

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement

A the closing section is in the tonic key.

B there is no second theme.

C the second theme is in a new key.

D a new theme is presented in the bridge.

Question #22

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement

A the second theme is in a new key.

B the closing theme is in the tonic key.

C a new theme is always presented in the bridge.

D a new meter enters with the second theme.

Question #23

Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and

A recapitulation.

B transition.

C introduction.

D motives.

Question #24

Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?

A Exposition

B Recapitulation

C Development

D Rondo

Question #25

Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the ________ movement of a multimovement work.

A All answers are correct.

B final fast

C slow

D first

Question #26

Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by

A writing dance music for public balls.

B All answers are correct.

C flavoring their serious compositions with folk and popular music.

D writing comic operas that sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy.

Question #27

Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active,

A had a population of almost 250,000.

B was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire.

C was the fourth-largest city in Europe.

D All answers are correct.

Question #28

Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered

A a skilled servant.

B a freelance musician.

C an equal by his employer.

D a visiting guest composer.

Question #29

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life

A as a professional free-lance musician.

B as an independently wealthy composer.

C serving a wealthy aristocratic family.

D as a church musician and organist.

Question #30

The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as

A theater.

B All answers are correct.

C literature.

D music.

Question #31

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by

A heroic and mythological plots.

B elaborately ornamented improvisational melodies.

C folk and popular music.

D All answers are correct.

Question #32

Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the

A military-industrial complex.

B military.

C church.

D colonial powers.

Question #33

Social mobility during the classical period was

A ruthlessly stamped out by the aristocracy.

B an important factor in the rise of the middle class.

C a limited sociological factor.

D promoted and encouraged by the church.

Question #34

The opening motive of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 has a ____________ rhythm.

A short-short-short-long

B short-long-short

C short-short-long

D long-long-short

Question #35

A symphony is a

A work for solo instrument.

B work for piano solo.

C work for chorus and orchestra.

D sonata for orchestra.

Question #36

Beethoven’s only opera is entitled

A Fidelio.

B The Magic Flute.

C Madame Butterfly.

D Don Giovanni.

Question #37

Beethoven is often credited as being

A the pioneer of light classical music.

B the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.

C the inventor of the symphony.

D the first musician to incorporate folk tunes into serious compositions.

Question #38

What following technique did Beethoven use more extensively in his late works?

A Fugal counterpoint

B Basso continuo

C Monophony

D Operatic form

Question #39

Beethoven’s late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include

A All answers are correct.

B string quartets.

C the Ninth Symphony.

D Missa solemnis

Question #40

Beethoven

A began to feel the first symptoms of deafness in his twenty-ninth year.

B was a brilliant pianist.

C All answers are correct.

D was self-educated and had read widely, but was weak in elementary arithmetic.

Question #41

Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?

A Horns

B Timpani

C Trombones

D Trumpets

Question #42

Don Giovanni, in Mozart’s opera of that name, is

A the legendary Spanish lover.

B Sir John Falstaff.

C the servant to Leporello.

D a despotic Italian nobleman.

Question #43

Which of the following is not one of Mozart’s three masterpieces of Italian opera?

A Orfeo

B The Marriage of Figaro

C Don Giovanni

D Cos” fan tutte

Question #44

Mozart composed his Requiem

A to help his pupil Süssmayr.

B as an exercise for his composition teacher.

C on commission from a stranger.

D for his own funeral.

Question #45

Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.

A Vienna

B Salzburg

C Paris

D London

Question #46

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

A received an excellent formal education in Salzburg.

B went to Vienna to study with Haydn.

C played in the archbishop’s orchestra in Salzburg.

D was continually on tour in England and Europe.

Question #47

Mozart was born in

A Rohrau, Austria.

B Salzburg, Austria.

C Bonn, Germany.

D Eisenach, Germany.

Question #48

Along with his symphonies, Haydn’s ___________ are considered his most important works.

A serenades

B baryton trios

C string quartets

D operas

Question #49

The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of

A a loose ensemble of available instruments.

B woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings.

C strings with harpsichord continuo.

D strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani.

Question #50

Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years

A 1600-1750.

B 1750-1820.

C 1820-1900.

D 1450-1600.

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