Review - Compositions - Classical

Question 1

Answer the following for the music excerpt.

Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
What is the name of a theme in the begging in which it goes up quickly outlining an arpeggio (a broken chord)?
What kind of texture is in the excerpt?

(This excerpt is the first them of the first movement exposition).

Answer 1

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
Rocket them
Homophonic texture

Question 2

Answer the following for the music excerpt.

Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer

(This excerpt is the development section of the first movement)

Answer 2

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart

Question 3

Answer the following for the music excerpt.

Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
Which movement and what’s the nickname of this excerpt?
What is the form of this movement?

Answer 3

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
The excerpt is the second movement and Romanza is the nickname.
second movement is the rondo form (ABACA coda)

Question 4

Answer the following for the music excerpt.

Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
Which movement is this excerpt from?
What is the form of this movement?
What’s the name of the theme that opens the movement?

Answer 4

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
The excerpt is the first theme of the 4th movement.
Fourth movement is the sonata-rondo form
A rocket theme opens the movement.

Question 5

Give definition and name one example and composer of the term:

theme and variations*

Answer 5

• a work a melody (theme) followed by a series of transfomrations (variations)
• Changes can be made to melody, harmony, rhythm, or orchestration
• often used in the slow movement of a sonata cycle (so the second movement).

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”)

Question 6

Give definition and name one example and composer of the term:

chamber music*

Answer 6

• music for small ensembles (two to 10 players), one player per part and usually performed without a conductor.

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”)

Question 7

Provide the term and give one example composition and composer

Provide the term and give one example composition and its composer

• the most important chamber music genre of the Classical era. Instruments are first violin, second violin, viola, and cello

Answer 7

string quartet

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”)

Question 8

Give definition and name one example and composer of the term:

string quartet*

Answer 8

• String quartet is the most important chamber music genre of the Classical era. Instruments are first violin, second violin, viola, and cello
• Usually in four movements: fast-slow-moderately fast - fast
• Fist fmovement is generally in sonata form

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”)

Question 9

Provide the term and give one example composition and composer

Provide the term and give one example composition and its composer

• music for small ensembles (two to 10 players), one player per part and usually performed without a conductor.

Answer 9

chamber music

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”) by Haydn

Question 10

Provide the term and give one example composition and composer

Provide the term and give one example composition and its composer

• a work a melody (theme) followed by a series of transformations

Answer 10

theme and variations

Example: String Quartet C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor Quartet”)

Question 11

Identify the audio clip and answer the following

The name and movement of the piece

Key:

Which instrument plays theme:

Tempo:

Music features:

Answer 11

The theme from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.

Key: G major

Theme: played by the first violin

Tempo: Poco adagio, catabile

Music features: dolce (“sweetly”) and homophonic texture

Question 12

Identify the audio clip and answer the following

Which instrument plays theme:

Music features:

Answer 12

Variation I from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.

• Theme played by the second violin. To create contrast, first violin plays fast 16th notes.
• Viola and cello do not play.

Question 13

Identify the audio clip and answer the following

Which instrument plays theme:

Music features:

Answer 13

Variation II from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.

Theme played by the cello. Other instrments have their own melodies. Rhythm increases.

Question 14

Identify the audio clip and answer the following

Which instrument plays theme:

Music features:

Answer 14

Variation III from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.

Theme played by the viola.

Charmotic harmony in the accompaniment.

Syncopation in the violins.

Question 15

Identify the audio clip and answer the following:

Which instrument plays theme:

Music features:

Answer 15

Variation IV from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.

Theme played the first violin, first time in the middle register, second time in the upper register

Changed to E minor so more serious and eventually modulates back to G major

Pedal points in the cello gives a sesne of finality to the movement

Question 16

What is the another title of the “Emperor Quartet”

Answer 16

The Emperor Quartet is String Quartet In C Major, op. 76, no. 3

Question 17

What is the significance of title, “Emperor Quartet”?

Answer 17

Significance of title: It’s called Emperor because the second movement theme is based on an anthem

Question 18

Answer the following information questions on Emperor quartet:

Composition date:

Significance of title:

Structure:

Give second movement overall music features

Answer 18

Genre: string quartet

Composition date:1797

Significance of title: It’s called Emperor because the second movement theme is based on an anthem

Structure: four movements (sonata cycle)

• five phrases: aabcc
• hymn text honours the Austrian emperor
• binary form (AB)
• mostly diatonic harmonies

Question 19

Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:

Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key
What is the form of the movement?

Give the musical feature of this excerpt.

Answer 19

Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical

Which movement is the music excerpt part of? First movement
What is the key: C minor
What is the form of the movement? Sonata form

Musical features include:
- The tempo is Allegro con brio (fast with energy)
-The famous motive is the three short, one long rhythm.
-Clarinet and strings play the motive.

Question 20

Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:

Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?

Give the musical feature of the excerpt.

Answer 20

Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical

Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 3rd movement
What is the key: C minor
What is the form of the movement? ABC (ternary) - scherzo and trio
Scherzo and trio is not a typical form.
The typical form for the third movement is menuet and trio.

The third movement has a rocket theme played by the low strings in the beginning. The rocket theme is very quiet (pp).

Question 21

Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:

Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?

Give the musical feature of the excerpt.

Answer 21

Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical

Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 4th movement
What is the key: C major
What is the form of the movement? sonata form

The first three notes of the theme is the tonic chord of the C major. Loud trumpets adds the powerful feelings.

Question 22

Give definition of symphony

Give example title for this term.

Answer 22

A symphony is a multi-movement orchestral work started in the 18th century and it usually has four movements. Usually the first, and sometimes, the fourth, movements is in sonata form.

Symphony No 5 in C- is a symphony.

Question 23

Give definition of cyclical structure

Give example title for this term.

Answer 23

Cyclical structure is the structure in which material heard in one movement recurs in later movements. This creates a connection (structural unity) in a multi-movement work.

Symphony No 5 in C- has cyclical structure.

Question 24

Give definition of motive.

Give example title for this term.

Answer 24

A motive is a short musical idea used to build a melody.

Symphony No. 5 in C- has a short-short-short-long motive.

Question 25

Give definition of scherzo and trio.

Give example title for this term.

Answer 25

Scherzo and trio and Italian for “joke”. Beethoven uses scherzo instead of menuet because scherzo is more dramatic than the elegant menuet. Scherzo could also be humorous and it has a contrasting middle section so it’s scherzo-trio-scherzo, this is the ABA form.

The third movement in Symphony No. 5 in C- has the scherzo and trio form.

Question 26

What is a multi-movement orchestral work started in the 18th century and it usually has four movements?

Give example title for this term.

Answer 26

Symphony

Symphony No 5 in C- is a symphony.

Question 27

What is the structure in which material heard in one movement recurs in later movements? This creates a connection (structural unity) in a multi-movement work.

Give example title for this term.

Answer 27

Cyclical structure

Symphony No 5 in C- has cyclical structure.

Question 28

What is the short musical idea used to build a melody?

Give example title for this term.

Answer 28

Motive

Symphony No. 5 in C- has a short-short-short-long motive.

Question 29

What is more dramatic than menuet and is Italian for “joke?” This could also be humorous and it has a contrasting middle section so it’s also the ABA form.

Give example title for this term.

Answer 29

Scherzo & trio

The third movement in Symphony No. 5 in C- has the scherzo and trio form.

Question 30

Name 5 ways in which Symphony No. 5 demonstrates Beethoven’s originality

Answer 30

• Short and sharp motive (3 short, one long motive)
• dramatic scherzo and trio in the third movement instead of menuet of trio
• use of cyclical structure
• used new orchestral instruments: piccolo, trombone and contrabassoon
• very loud, sudden accents and extreme dynamic contrasts, is found throughout the symphony