Question 1

The fully developed classical style in music flourished during the period

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1770-1820

Question 2

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and _____ were two of the more important preclassical composers.

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Johann Christian Bach

Question 3

Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period

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The texture is basically polyphonic

Question 4

The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of

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strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani

Question 5

A symphony is a

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sonata for orchestra

Question 6

Social mobility during the classical period was

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An important factor in the rise of the middle class

Question 7

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

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church

Question 8

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by

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folk and popular music

Question 9

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

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all answers correct

Question 10

Public concerts presented by the Concert des Amateurs in Paris in the 1770s were conducted by

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The Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Question 11

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life

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serving a wealthy aristocratic family

Question 12

Haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered

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a skilled servant

Question 13

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

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all answers are correct

Question 14

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

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all answer are correct

Question 15

In the classical period, comic operas sometimes

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ridiculed the aristocracy

Question 16

In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart

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became close friends

Question 17

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

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all answers are correct

Question 18

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

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recapitulation

Question 19

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement

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a new theme is always presented in the bridge

Question 20

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement

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the closing section is in the tonic key.

Question 21

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a

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repeat sign

Question 22

Which of the following statements is not true?

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The development section of a sonata form almost always takes the main thematic material through all twelve chromatic keys.

Question 23

A transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section is called a

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bridge

Question 24

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

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bridge

Question 25

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

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the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.

Question 26

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

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motives

Question 27

The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the

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coda

Question 28

Sonata form should be viewed as

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a set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.

Question 29

a set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.

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retains some elements of the theme

Question 30

Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as

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AA'A''A'''A'''

Question 31

Which of the following statements is not true?

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The form called theme and variations is widely used in the classical period, either as an independent piece or as one movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet.

Question 32

Which of the following elements is usually not changed in varying the theme in theme-and-variations form?

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length

Question 33

The _________ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variations form.

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secound

Question 34

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

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ABA

Question 35

The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the

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third

Question 36

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

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scherzo

Question 37

The double bass in the classical orchestra, as in Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, often

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doubles the cello part an octave lower.

Question 38

The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is

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fast, slow, minuet or scherzo, fast.

Question 39

The piano trio is a musical composition for

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violin, cello, piano

Question 40

Although Haydn spent most of his time in Hungary, he often traveled to ________, where his music was performed often and greatly admired.

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london

Question 41

Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled The Seasons and

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the creation

Question 42

Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104

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symphonies

Question 43

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

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string Quartets

Question 44

Mozart was born in

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salzburg, austria

Question 45

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

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was continually on tour in England and Europe.

Question 46

Mozart's Requiem was

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finished by one of his pupils.

Question 47

Mozart's Symphony No. 40

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is in G minor

Question 48

Beethoven is often credited as being

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the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.

Question 49

Beethoven's only opera is entitled

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fidelio

Question 50

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

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short-long-short

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