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 an equal by his employer.

D a freelance musician.

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 Stefanházy.

C Liszt.

D Esterházy.

Question #3

The piano trio is a musical composition for

A violin, cello, and piano.

B violin, piano, and continuo.

C piano and two violins.

D three pianos.

Question #4

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for

A violin, viola, cello, and bass.

B All answers are correct.

C two violins, viola, and cello.

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 has two expositions.

C is in the same form as a classical symphony.

D does not have a development section.

Question #7

A classical concerto is a three-movement work for

A vocal soloist and orchestra.

B instrumental 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 is always in the tonic key of the symphony.

D All answers are correct.

Question #9

The slow movement of a classical symphony

A All answers are correct.

B is usually in theme and variations form.

C is generally not in the tonic key.

D tends to be more heroic and triumphant in character.

Question #10

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

A ABA

B sonata

C rondo

D minuet

Question #11

The main theme of the rondo

A seldom ends the movement.

B is usually in the tonic key.

C returns only once in the movement.

D is usually slow and dignified.

Question #12

The sonata-rondo

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

B combines rondo form with elements of sonata form.

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 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 scherzo

B ritornello

C fugato

D presto

Question #15

The character of the minuet is best described as

A heavy and ponderous.

B brisk and lively.

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 AA’A”A”’A””

B AABB

C ABACABA

D ABA

Question #17

Each successive variation in a theme with variations

A is usually in the same key.

B is usually in a new 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 motives.

B codas.

C rides.

D melodies.

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 changing the meter of the second theme.

C retaining the same tonality for both themes.

D the introduction of a new theme in the bridge.

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 a new theme is presented in the bridge.

D the second theme is in a new key.

Question #22

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement

A a new meter enters with the second theme.

B the second theme is in a new key.

C a new theme is always presented in the bridge.

D the closing theme is in the tonic key.

Question #23

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

A transition.

B introduction.

C motives.

D recapitulation.

Question #24

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

A Development

B Recapitulation

C Rondo

D Exposition

Question #25

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

A slow

B final fast

C All answers are correct.

D first

Question #26

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

A writing comic operas that sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy.

B flavoring their serious compositions with folk and popular music.

C All answers are correct.

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 fourth-largest city in Europe.

C was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire.

D had a population of almost 250,000.

Question #28

Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered

A a freelance musician.

B a visiting guest composer.

C a skilled servant.

D an equal by his employer.

Question #29

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life

A as a church musician and organist.

B as a professional free-lance musician.

C serving a wealthy aristocratic family.

D as an independently wealthy composer.

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 heroic and mythological plots.

B folk and popular music.

C elaborately ornamented improvisational melodies.

D All answers are correct.

Question #32

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

A colonial powers.

B military-industrial complex.

C church.

D military.

Question #33

Social mobility during the classical period was

A a limited sociological factor.

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

C ruthlessly stamped out by the aristocracy.

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-short-long

C short-long-short

D short-short-short-long

Question #35

A symphony is a

A work for solo instrument.

B sonata for orchestra.

C work for piano solo.

D work for chorus and orchestra.

Question #36

Beethoven’s only opera is entitled

A Madame Butterfly.

B Don Giovanni.

C Fidelio.

D The Magic Flute.

Question #37

Beethoven is often credited as being

A the inventor of the symphony.

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

C the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.

D the pioneer of light classical music.

Question #38

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

A Basso continuo

B Operatic form

C Monophony

D Fugal counterpoint

Question #39

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

A string quartets.

B Missa solemnis

C All answers are correct.

D the Ninth Symphony.

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 Timpani

B Trumpets

C Horns

D Trombones

Question #42

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

A the legendary Spanish lover.

B the servant to Leporello.

C Sir John Falstaff.

D a despotic Italian nobleman.

Question #43

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

A Cos” fan tutte

B Orfeo

C The Marriage of Figaro

D Don Giovanni

Question #44

Mozart composed his Requiem

A as an exercise for his composition teacher.

B on commission from a stranger.

C to help his pupil Süssmayr.

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 Paris

C London

D Salzburg

Question #46

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

A went to Vienna to study with Haydn.

B was continually on tour in England and Europe.

C received an excellent formal education in Salzburg.

D played in the archbishop’s orchestra in Salzburg.

Question #47

Mozart was born in

A Bonn, Germany.

B Eisenach, Germany.

C Salzburg, Austria.

D Rohrau, Austria.

Question #48

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

A serenades

B operas

C baryton trios

D string quartets

Question #49

The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of

A woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings.

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

C a loose ensemble of available instruments.

D strings with harpsichord continuo.

Question #50

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

A 1600-1750.

B 1750-1820.

C 1450-1600.

D 1820-1900.

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