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Question #1
Match the description with its term. The first movement of a concerto is generally in this form.
A.
cadenza
B.
string quartet
C.
double exposition form
D.
Köchel number
Question #2
Match the description with its term. The means by which we identify Mozart's compositions
A.
string quartet
B.
Köchel number
C.
cadenza
D.
genre
Question #3
Match the description with its term. An instrumental genre intended for performance in the home either by a small group of professional or amateur musicians (from the middle class or aristocracy); it was characteristically limited to one person per part.
A.
sinfonia
B.
cadenza
C.
string quartet
D.
genre
Question #4
Match the description with its term. The fantasy-like section of improvisation in a concerto, it concludes with a trill.
A.
cadenza
B.
double exposition form
C.
genre
D.
sinfonia
Question #5
Match the description with its term. Term for a type or class of music.
A.
genre
B.
double exposition form
C.
string quartet
D.
sinfonia
Question #6
Match the description with its term. This single-movement instrumental composition subdivides into three sections: fast, slow, fast.
A.
sinfonia
B.
double exposition form
C.
string quartet
D.
Köchel number
Question #7
Match the description with its term. In this form, the themes are first presented by the orchestra and then by the soloist's version of the same material.
A.
cadenza
B.
double exposition form
C.
string quartet
D.
Köchel number
Question #8
During the Classical period men usually played string instruments such as the violin or cello, but women generally played the:
A.
piano
B.
flute
C.
harp
D.
serpent
E.
F.
violin
Question #9
How does the soloist signal the end of the cadenza?
A.
nods her head to the conductor
B.
plays several cadences in a row
C.
plays a trill
D.
stops playing
E.
syncopates the theme
Question #10
Of the following, which composition is based on a falling half-step motive, an interval used throughout the history of music to denote pain and suffering?
A.
Mozart's Don Giovanni
B.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica"
C.
Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata
D.
Haydn's Quartet Op. 73, No. 3, the "Emperor"
E.
Mozart's Symphony No. 40
Question #11
Of the following, which instrument was added to the orchestra during the Classical period?
A.
saxophone
B.
cello
C.
clarinet
D.
tuba
E.
English horn
Question #12
Which composer's works have a Köchel (K) number to assist in identification?
A.
Haydn
B.
Mozart
C.
Beethoven
Question #13
Of the three major composers of the Classical period, who composed 41 symphonies?
A.
Beethoven
B.
Mozart
C.
Haydn
Question #14
Which instrument is most closely associated with the genre of the sonata?
A.
harpsichord
B.
flute
C.
piano
D.
timpani
Question #15
Who is considered the "father of the string quartet"?
A.
Haydn
B.
Beethoven
C.
Mozart
Question #16
While this composition conveys an introspective mood of tragedy and despair, it is not related to a specific biographic event in the composer's life. It was first performed in a casino, perhaps consoling those who had just lost a bundle of cash.
A.
Haydn's Symphony No. 94, the "Surprise"
B.
Mozart's Symphony No. 40
C.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
D.
Mozart's Don Giovanni
E.
Mozart's A Little Night Music
Question #17
Match the description with its term. A term may be used more than once. This operatic convention allows the plot to unfold more quickly
A.
vocal ensemble
B.
diminished chord
C.
Singspiel
Question #18
Match the description with its term. The German term for comic opera is:
A.
vocal ensemble
B.
diminished chord
C.
Singspiel
Question #19
Match the description with its term. A chord consisting entirely of minor thirds
A.
vocal ensemble
B.
diminished chord
C.
Singspiel
Question #20
Match the description with its term. Comic operas in the Classical period introduced this new element into the opera house
A.
Singspiel
B.
vocal ensemble
C.
diminished chord
Question #21
What is the term for German comic opera?
A.
Sprechstimme
B.
Singspiel
C.
Zauberflöte
D.
Scherzo
E.
Zerlina
Question #22
Which adjective best describes the diminished chord?
A.
jovial
B.
energetic
C.
all of these
D.
heroic
E.
painful
Question #23
Who was Lorenzo da Ponte?
A.
Mozart's principle librettist during the 1780s
B.
a Venetian adventurer whose life provided the model for Leporello in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni
C.
the author of the play The Marriage of Figaro
D.
all of these
E.
the archbishop of Salzburg who didn't recognize Mozart's genius and treated him like a hired servant
Question #24
Which of these compositions was critical of the aristocracy?
A.
A Little Night Music
B.
Symphony No. 3, the Eroica
C.
Don Giovanni
D.
String Quartet, Opus 76, No. 3, the "Emperor"
E.
Piano Sonata, Opus 13, the Pathétique
Question #25
Match the description with its term. Beethoven's third symphony, it was originally composed to honor Napoleon Bonaparte.
A.
Heiligenstadt Testament
B.
"Pathétique" sonata
C.
"Eroica" ("Heroic") Symphony
Question #26
Match the description with its term. One of Beethoven's most famous compositions for piano, he gave this work a title in order to suggest the passion and pathos he felt within it.
A.
Heiligenstadt Testament
B.
"Eroica" ("Heroic") Symphony
C.
"Pathétique" sonata
Question #27
Match the description with its term. More than any other single orchestral work, this composition changed the historical direction of the symphony.
A.
"Pathétique" sonata
B.
Heiligenstadt Testament
C.
"Eroica" ("Heroic") Symphony
Question #28
Match the description with its term. Beethoven's lengthy confessional statement that, among other things, acknowledged his growing deafness
A.
"Pathétique" sonata
B.
Heiligenstadt Testament
C.
"Eroica" ("Heroic") Symphony
Question #29
A scherzo typically appeared in the __________ movement of a symphony or string quartet.
A.
fifth
B.
0:second
C.
third
D.
first
E.
fourth
Question #30
What personal adversity did Beethoven struggle to overcome during his adult life?
A.
acid reflux disease
B.
deafness
C.
blindness
D.
alcoholism
E.
drug addiction
Question #31
Where did Beethoven generally play his Piano Sonata, Op. 13, the Pathétique?
A.
he didn't play the composition with any frequency
B.
on the concert stage of large auditoriums
C.
in the parlors of middle-class homes for a select group of his friends
D.
all these places listed
E.
in the homes and palaces of the Viennese aristocracy
Question #32
Which symphony did Beethoven initially dedicate to Napoleon Bonaparte?
A.
Symphony No. 9
B.
Symphony No. 5
C.
Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral"
D.
Symphony No. 2
E.
Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica"
Question #33
Which of these statements does not apply to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
A.
Beethoven is said to have described the motive as Fate knocking at the door
B.
it is the first symphony to employ motivic unity between all four movements
C.
the four movements convey a sense of psychological progression
D.
it is the first symphony to use theme and variations form as one of its movements
E.
the initial motive dominates the first movement
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