Music Test 4

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was continually on tour in England and Europe
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Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Third Symphony of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of _________ as the embodiment of heroism and democratic ideals.
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folk and popular music
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In the classical period, serious composition was flavored by
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short-short-short-long
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The opening motive of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 has a ____________ rhythm.
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is performed by one player per part
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A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music
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Rondo
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Which of the following is not part of a sonata form movement?
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a skilled servant
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Haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered
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all answers are correct
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Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active,
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ridiculed the aristocracy
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In the classical period, comic operas sometimes
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repeat sign
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At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a
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bridge
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A transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section is called a
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third
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The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the
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scherzo
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In many of Beethoven's works, there is a _______ movement instead of the minuet.
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fast, slow, dance-related, fast
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The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
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London
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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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Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions.
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Which of the following statements is not true?
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on commission from a stranger
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Mozart composed his Requiem
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Philosophers and writers in the classical period believed that custom and tradition, rather than reason, were the best guides to human conduct.
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which of the following statements is not true of the classical period
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all answers are correct
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Symphony may be defined as
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all answers are correct
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Beethoven
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Salzburg, Austria.
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Mozart was born in
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Johann Christian Bach
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and _____ were two of the more important preclassical composers.
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serving a wealthy aristocratic family
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Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
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the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.
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Beethoven is often credited as being
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Trombones
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Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?
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AA'A''A'''A''''
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Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as
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ABACABA
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The rondo may be schematically outlined as
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recapitulation
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Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and
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an important factor in the rise of the middle class
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Social mobility during the classical period was
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church
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Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the
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fermata
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A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a
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1750-1820
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Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years
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a cadenza
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A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called
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all answers are correct
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The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as
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motives
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Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called
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string quartets
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Along with his symphonies, Haydn's ___________ are considered his most important works.
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showed his workflow in musical sketchbooks
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We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because he
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Esterhazy
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Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the noble Hungarian family of
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finished by one of his pupils
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Mozart's Requiem was
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stately and dignified
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The character of the minuet is best described as
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two violins, viola, and cello
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The classical string quartet is a musical composition for
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Vienna
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Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.
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an instrumental soloist and orchestra
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A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for
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In his later years, Mozart was financially well off, widely acclaimed, and sought after by an adoring public.
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which of the following statements is not true?
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strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani.
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The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of
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for the intimate setting of a small room.
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classical chamber music is designed
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classical music is basically polyphonic
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Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the music of the classical period?
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coda
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The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the
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string quartet
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The most important form of classical chamber music is the