Music HW 1
Beethoven’s sixteen __________ are generally considered among the greatest music ever composed. -string quartets2.What is a symphony? -a sonata for an orchestra3.What following technique did Beethoven use more extensively in his late works? -fugal counterpoint4.Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by doing what? -All answers are correct5.Public concerts presented by the Concert des Amateursin Paris in the 1770s were conducted by ______. -Saint-Georges6.Which of the following statements is nottrue? -The opening movement of a classical symphony is almost always slow and in ABA form.7.We have a record of Beethoven’s struggle with his musical material because he did what? -Showed his workflow in musical sketchbooks8.Although Haydn spent most of his time in Hungary, he often traveled to ________, where his music was performed often and greatly admired. -London9.A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music ______. -is performed by one player per part10.Which of the following was notone of Haydn’s duties while in the service of the Esterházys? -Writing a cantata each week for Sunday services11.How should the sonata form be viewed as? -A set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key12.Which of the following statements is nottrue? -A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is fast, slow, dance-related, fast13.The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the ______. -third14.A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer’s virtuosity is called ______. -a cadenza15.The main theme of the rondo does what? -usually in the tonic key16.Because of its character, the rondo most often serves as a ______. -finale17.A classical concerto greatly relies on a soloist’s ______. -virtuosity18.Haydn’s contract of employment shows that he was considered ______. -skilled servant19.The most important form of classical chamber music is the ______. -string quartet20.The main theme in a rondo movement is usually ______. -lively, pleasing, and simple to remember21.Which of the following statements is nottrue? -Like Haydn and many other composers of the classical period, Beethoven depended on the aristocracy for hisfinancial well-being.22.Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the ______. -church23.Which of the following characteristics is nottypical of the music of the classical period? -Classical music is basically polyphonic.24.The preclassical period roughly encompassed the years ______. -1730-177025.A _____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment. -serenade26.Beethoven’s only opera is entitled ______. -Fidelio27.What is a symphony? -All answers are correct
28.Which of the following statements is nottrue of the music of the classical period? -The basso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemb
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