Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 1

Information About Him (5)

Answer 1

• (1756-1791)
• born in Salzburg, Austria
• father was a musician
• child prodigy
• dad took him and his sister on concert tours

Question 2

Information About His Time in Salzburg (5)

Answer 2

• (1769-1781)
• concert master at the court where father worked
• dismissed and struggled to work for patrons
• traveled to Italy to give concerts and traveled to other European cities
• mother passed away

Question 3

Information About His Time in Vienna (7)

Answer 3

• (1781-1791)
• free-lance teacher, performer, and composer
• tended to have financial difficulties
• became friends with Haydn
• continued to write opera
• married Constance Weber against father’s wishes
• named court composer to Emperor Joseph II

Question 4

Information About His Final Year (3)

Answer 4

• (1791)
• had financial and health problems
• finished a few operas and started working on a requiem, which was finished by his student, Süssmayr

Question 5

Important Piece: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (2)

Answer 5

• serenade for two string quartets with optional double bass

- four movements

Question 6

First Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (3)

Answer 6

• in G major
• allegro
• in sonata form

Question 7

Exposition of First Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (7)

Answer 7

• theme 1 has a rocket theme
• melody played by violin
• bridge modulates to D major
• Second theme group:
• 2A – soft, downward triplet pattern
• 2B – repeated eighth-note figure
• codetta ends with cadence in D major

Question 8

Development of First Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (3)

Answer 8

• features D major and C major
• develops theme 1 and theme 2B
• dominant preparation

Question 9

Recapitulation of First Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (3)

Answer 9

• theme 1 remains the same
• bridge ends in D major
• second theme group in D major followed by a coda

Question 10

Second Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (7)

Answer 10

• in C major
• in rondo form (ABACA Coda)
• andante
• section A: lyrical, elegant, in rounded binary form
• section B: more rhythmically active with new melody
• section C: in C minor, has imitation and repeated notes
• section A returns in C major
• coda uses section A material

Question 11

Third Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (6)

Answer 11

• in G major
• in ternary form
• allegretto
• Menuet: strong character, in rounded binary form
• Trio: in D major, more lyrical and chromatic
• Menuet returns in D major

Question 12

Fourth Movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (5)

Answer 12

• in G major
• in sonata-rondo form
• allegro
• theme 1 has a rocket theme, very spirited
• theme 2 begins with a downward minor 6th and uses more stepwise motion