Music Listening

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

What did the typical orchestra of the classical period consist of?

What is a symphony?

What was social mobility during the classical period?

Political and economic power shifter to the middle class from the aristocracy and the ______

In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by _____.

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

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life as what?

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

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

Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the ______ movement of a multi movement work.

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

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement, what happens?

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement, what happens?

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a ______.

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

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

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

Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as

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

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

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

The minuet first appeared around 1650 as an

The character of the minuet is best described as ______

The minuet is in ____ meter

The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it _____.

A ______ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment

When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they

The main theme in a rondo movement is usually ______.

Because of its character, the rondo most often serves as a

What is a symphony?

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is ______.

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

The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the ______.

The last movement of a classical symphony

The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the _____.

What is the essence of a classical concerto?

A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is

The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that is does not have a ______ movement

A classical concerto greatly relies on a soloist's _____.

A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called

Classical chamber music is designed _______.

The most important form of classical chamber music is the _____.

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for ____.

The piano trio is a musical composition for _____.

Hayden's contract of employment shows that he was considered _____.

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

Hayden's two popular oratorios are entitled the seasons and ____.

Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart

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

Mozart composer his requiem

Mozart's requiem was ____.

Don Giovanni, in Mozart's opera of that name, is _____.

Why did Mozart's music fall out of favor with Vienna audiences towards the end of this life?

The third symphony of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of ____ as the embodiment of heroism and democratic

Beethoven

We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because he did what?

Beethoven is often credited as being _____.

Beethoven's only opera is entitled ______.

The opening motive of Beethoven's symphony No.5 has a ______ rhythm