Test 2023-11-18 - Baroque, Classical with answers

Question 1

1 Identify the music excerpt and answer the following questions:

1. Title
2. Composer:
3. The form of the excerpt (not the form of the entire piece)

Answer 1

Title: Symphony No. 5, in C minor, op. 67 (third movement)
Composer: Beethoven
Form: scherzo & trio

Question 1

2 Identify the music excerpt and answer the following questions:

1. Title
2. Composer:
3. The form of the excerpt (not the form of the entire piece)

Answer 1

Title: Little Night Music (second movement: Romanza)
Composer: Mozart
Form: rondo form (ABACA)

Question 2

3 Identify the music excerpt and answer the following questions:

1. Title
2. Composer:
3. The form of the excerpt (not the form of the entire piece)

Answer 2

Title: Emperor Quartet
Composer: Haydn
Form: theme & variations

Question 3

4 Identify the music excerpt and answer the following questions:

1. Title
2. Composer:
3. What does the ostinato represent?

Answer 3

Title: Spring from The Four Seasons
Composer: Vivaldi
The ostinato represents a barking dog.

Question 4

5 Who am I? What piece did I write and what genre is that?

My father was a wheelwright. My mom was a cook. As a young boy, I had a beautiful voice and studied in a church choir until my voice changed. After that, I did all kind of jobs in the music field until I finally found a job with the Eserhazy family.

Answer 4

Haydn
The Emperor Quartet
Genre: String Quartet

Question 5

6 Who am I? What piece did I write and what genre is that?

I was so talented that I didn’t have fixed patrons. Instead, the rich and powerful support me in different ways. I may have written just 9 symphonies but they are full of innovations.

Answer 5

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C-, ops. 67
Symphony

Question 6

7 Who am I? What piece did I write and what genre is that?

People say that I am the master of the contrapuntal art. I dedicated my music to the glory of God. One reason was that I composed music for churches for almost 20 years. I was a firm believer in making existing formats perfect so I wrote many pieces in series. You may think I was stuck in a little town but I actually incorporated internationalism is my music.

Answer 6

Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major
keyboard

Question 7

8 Who am I? What piece did I write and what genre is that?

I grew up in a pretty good family because my father was a successful barber-surgeon. He did not want me to be a musician so I studied law. After my father died, I because a professional musician.

I was a very successful musician and I worked for many royal families. I was also a world traveller. I was born in Germany, travelled to Italy and eventually settled in England.

Answer 7

Handel
Messiah
Oratorio

Question 8

9 Who am I? What piece did I write and what genre is that?

People loved me when I was a child and I performed in front of many royalties. My father taught me harpsichord, organ, violin and composition. wrote over 40 symphonies but it is my operas that people nowadays remember the most.

Answer 8

Mozart
The Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
serenade for strings (chamber music)

Question 9

10 What am I?

I go up very quickly outlining an arpeggio and often used as a dramative motive.

Answer 9

the rocket theme

Question 10

11 What am I?

Exposition, development and recapitulation are my main components.

Answer 10

Sonata form

Question 11

12 What am I?

I may be just another ABA but Beethoven loves me as a form instead of the menuet and trio.

Answer 11

Scherzo and trio