Quiz 4 The Classical Period

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Question #1

Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered

A a visiting guest composer.

B a skilled servant.

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 Liszt.

B Stefanházy.

C Esterházy.

D Kadar.

Question #3

The piano trio is a musical composition for

A piano and two violins.

B violin, cello, and piano.

C three pianos.

D violin, piano, and continuo.

Question #4

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for

A violin, guitar, viola, and cello.

B All answers are correct.

C violin, viola, cello, and bass.

D two violins, 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 All answers are correct.

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

Question #6

The first movement of a classical concerto

A does not have a development section.

B has two expositions.

C is usually a long cadenza.

D is in the same form as a classical symphony.

Question #7

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for

A instrumental soloist and orchestra.

B vocal soloist and orchestra.

C symphonic orchestra.

D instrumental soloist and piano.

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 All answers are correct.

D is always in the tonic key of the symphony.

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 All answers are correct.

D is usually in theme and variations form.

Question #10

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

A ABA

B minuet

C sonata

D rondo

Question #11

The main theme of the rondo

A is usually slow and dignified.

B is usually in the tonic key.

C seldom ends the movement.

D returns only once in the movement.

Question #12

The sonata-rondo

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

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

C combines rondo form with elements of sonata form.

D All answers are correct.

Question #13

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they

A play extremely quietly.

B look at the conductor.

C play the written part an octave higher.

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

Question #14

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

A ritornello

B presto

C scherzo

D fugato

Question #15

The character of the minuet is best described as

A brisk and lively.

B heavy and ponderous.

C quiet and relaxed.

D stately and dignified.

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 retains some elements of the theme.

B is usually in the same key.

C is usually in a new key.

D presents a new melodic idea.

Question #18

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

A melodies.

B codas.

C motives.

D rides.

Question #19

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

A the introduction of a new theme in the bridge.

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

C retaining the same tonality for both themes.

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 coda.

B motive.

C bridge.

D theme.

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 closing theme is in the tonic key.

B a new theme is always presented in the bridge.

C the second theme is in a new key.

D a new meter enters with the second theme.

Question #23

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

A transition.

B recapitulation.

C introduction.

D motives.

Question #24

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

A Rondo

B Recapitulation

C Development

D Exposition

Question #25

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

A first

B slow

C All answers are correct.

D final fast

Question #26

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

A flavoring their serious compositions with folk and popular music.

B All answers are correct.

C writing comic operas that sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy.

D writing dance music for public balls.

Question #27

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

A All answers are correct.

B was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire.

C had a population of almost 250,000.

D was the fourth-largest city in Europe.

Question #28

Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered

A a freelance musician.

B a skilled servant.

C a visiting guest composer.

D an equal by his employer.

Question #29

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life

A as an independently wealthy composer.

B as a professional free-lance musician.

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 literature.

B theater.

C music.

D All answers are correct.

Question #31

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by

A All answers are correct.

B elaborately ornamented improvisational melodies.

C heroic and mythological plots.

D folk and popular music.

Question #32

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

A military.

B colonial powers.

C church.

D military-industrial complex.

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 long-long-short

B short-long-short

C short-short-short-long

D short-short-long

Question #35

A symphony is a

A sonata for orchestra.

B work for solo instrument.

C work for chorus and orchestra.

D work for piano solo.

Question #36

Beethoven’s only opera is entitled

A The Magic Flute.

B Don Giovanni.

C Madame Butterfly.

D Fidelio.

Question #37

Beethoven is often credited as being

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

B the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.

C the inventor of the symphony.

D the pioneer of light classical music.

Question #38

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

A Fugal counterpoint

B Monophony

C Basso continuo

D Operatic form

Question #39

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

A Missa solemnis

B string quartets.

C the Ninth Symphony.

D All answers are correct.

Question #40

Beethoven

A All answers are correct.

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

C was a brilliant pianist.

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 Timpani

B Horns

C Trumpets

D Trombones

Question #42

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

A the servant to Leporello.

B Sir John Falstaff.

C a despotic Italian nobleman.

D the legendary Spanish lover.

Question #43

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

A Don Giovanni

B The Marriage of Figaro

C Cos” fan tutte

D Orfeo

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 Salzburg

B London

C Vienna

D Paris

Question #46

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

A went to Vienna to study with Haydn.

B received an excellent formal education in Salzburg.

C was continually on tour in England and Europe.

D played in the archbishop’s orchestra in Salzburg.

Question #47

Mozart was born in

A Salzburg, Austria.

B Bonn, Germany.

C Rohrau, Austria.

D Eisenach, Germany.

Question #48

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

A baryton trios

B operas

C serenades

D string quartets

Question #49

The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of

A woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings.

B a loose ensemble of available instruments.

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 1750-1820.

B 1600-1750.

C 1450-1600.

D 1820-1900.

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