Category Review - True or False Flashcards
(40 cards)
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
1 Beethoven broke new ground by including SATB soloists and chorus in his Symphony No. 9.
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
16 Changes is a piano piece by Louie which demonstrates ABCBA form.
F. (Changes has no form per se)
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
17 Eine kleine Nachtmusick, K 525 demonstrates Mozart’s skillful writing for woodwinds.
F
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
- Stravinsky collaborated with Les Ballets Russes in the creation of his first three ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring.
T
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
18 The Creation and The Seasons are oratorios by Bach.
F (by Haydn)
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
- Berlioz and Debussy won the Prix de Rome during their studies at the Paris Conservatorie.
T
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
2 “Farewell,” “Surprise,” and “London” are nicknames for three of Haydn’s symphonies.
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
3 The Baroque era began in ca 1500 and lasted ca 1650.
F. It’s ca 1600 - ca 1750
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
4 Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and died in Vienna in 1791
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
5 The performing forces in a string quartet are violin, viola, cello and double bass.
F. It’s two violins, a viola and a cello.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
6 The subtitle of Symphonie fantastique in English is ”Episode in the Life of an Artist.”
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
7 The English horn is an instrument in the woodwind family.
T. (see p. 9).
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
8 Handel was employed by the Esterhazy family for almost thirty years.
F. It is Haydn. (the composer who says ‘hi’ (as in HAYdn) to everyone because he works there for so many years)
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
9 Schubert’s musical style demonstrates both Classical and Romantic traits
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
10 The first and last movement of “La Primavera” are in sonata form
F. It’s in ritornello.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
11 Bernstein’s West Side Story is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
T
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
12 Mozart composed three types of opera: opera seria, opera buffa and Singspiel
T.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
13 In his Symphonies fantastique, Berlioz quotes the Dies Irae iin all movements.
F. Dies irae is only in the 5th movement. It is beloved in all movements.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
14 In comparison with Bach’s chromatic harmonies, Handel’s harmonic language was generally more diatonic.
F.
Thank of B.C. (Bach Chromatic) and then Handel would be diatonic.
August 2015 Identify the statement as true or false.
15 The Well-Tempered Clavier demonstrates polytonality in music
F. It demonstrates equal temperament tuning system.
August 2018 - T or F
1.Schubert’s musical style demonstrates both Baroque and Classical traits.
T
August 2018 - T or F
- Berlioz and Debussy won the Prix de Rome during their studies at the Paris Conservatorie.
T
August 2018 - T or F
- “Eroica,” Pastoral,’ and “Choral” are nicknames for three of Beethoven’s symphonies.
T
August 2018 - T or F
- Eine kleine Nachtmusick demonstrate cyclical structure.
T
