Test 4 Flashcards

The _________________ of the classical period consisted of strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani.

What instrument was not normally included in the classical orchestra?

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

__________________.is not part of a sonata form movement.

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

The character of the minuet is best described as ____________.

stately and dignified.

Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, roughly encompassed the years __________ - __________.

_________________ music is designed for the intimate setting of a small room.

________________ is often credited as being the bridge between the classical and romantic periods.

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

The _____________ is a musical composition for

two violins, viola, and cello.

Classical String quartet

_____________ composed his Requiem on commission from a stranger.

In the _______________, serious composition was flavored by folk and popular music.

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

____________ was content to spend most of his life serving a wealthy aristocratic family.

A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music is performed by ____________.

One player per part

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

Between the ages of _______ and________, Mozart was continually on tour in England and Europe.

______________ during the classical period was

an important factor in the rise of the middle class.

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Mozart’s trips to Italy enabled him to study and master the current operatic style.
• Mozart wrote masterpieces in all the musical forms of his time.
• In his later years, Mozart was financially well off, widely acclaimed, and sought after by an adoring public.
• Between the ages of six and fifteen, Mozart was continually on tour in England and Europe.

In his later years Mozart was financially well off, widely acclaimed and sought after by an adoring public.

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions.
• While a late baroque musical composition may convey a single emotion, a classical composition will fluctuate in mood.
• In the classical period, composers were influenced by folk and popular music.
• The basso continuo was gradually abandoned during the classical period.

Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions.

Symphony may be defined as

All answers are correct

Mozart was born in ____________.

The Third Symphony of Beethoven was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of _________ as the embodiment of heroism and democratic ideals.

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

A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a ___________.

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the noble Hungarian family of _____________.

In the classical period, comic operas sometimes ridiculed the ____________.

The usual order of movements in a ______________ is fast, slow, dance-related, fast.

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

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

• music
• All answers are correct.
• theater.
• literature.

All answers are correct

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