Exam 2

Question 1

Time period of the Classical era

Answer 1

1750-1820

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

organization of musical elements in time

Question 3

symphony

Answer 3

genre of music

Question 4

Haydn’s duties

Answer 4

• compose music
• conduct performances
• train and supervise musical personnel
• keep musical instruments in repair

Question 5

What was each composer known for?

Answer 5

Haydn- known for cortets
Mozart- known for his operas
Beethoven- known for his symphonies

Question 6

Musical capital of the classical era

Answer 6

Vienna

Question 7

Beethoven wrote how many symphonies?

Answer 7

9

Question 8

Who is responsible for starting the romantic era of music?

Answer 8

Beethoven

Question 9

What was Haydn’s title?

Answer 9

skilled servant

Question 10

What was Mozart’s title?

Answer 10

child prodigy

Question 11

Mozart wrote how many symphonies?

Answer 11

40

Question 12

Haydn wrote how many symphonies?

Answer 12

104

Question 13

Where does opera start?

Answer 13

Florence, Italy

Question 14

Classical

Answer 14

the term is applied to the mature style of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Classical also suggests the time of ancient Greece and Rome, which shares many attributes with this period.

Question 15

types of form

Answer 15

1. sonata form
2. theme and variations
3. minuet and trio
4. Rondo

Question 16

sonata form

Answer 16

refers to form of a single movement ternary form (ABA)- 3 main sections

Question 17

3 sections of sonata form

Answer 17

• Exposition- intital statement of 1st and 2nd themes
• Development- tension building section, theme broken into fragments-motives
• Recapulation- resolution of tension, re-statement of 1st and 2nd themes

Question 18

single part form

Answer 18

no large contrasting “B” section (A A’ A”), basic idea presented and then repeated over and over

Question 19

ternary form

Answer 19

based upon stately court dance of the Baroque

Question 20

rondo

Answer 20

features a main theme that keeps coming back

Question 21

coda

Answer 21

tag

Question 22

idee fixe

Answer 22

fixed idea

Question 23

Symphonie fantastique and other works made Berlioz what?

Answer 23

the leader of the radicals

Question 24

Who is responsible for starting the romantic era of music?

Answer 24

Beethoven

Question 25

Originality of Symphonie fantastique

Answer 25

- Using a symphony for a narrative - Unifying a work through a recurring theme and thematic transformation - Use of an astonishing array of instrumental colors

Question 26

Don Giovanni

Answer 26

Both types can be seen in the opening scene. Leporello opens the scene complaining in an opera-buffa style. Donna Anna and Don Giovanni sing in a dramatic opera-seria style, while Leporello frets in a buffa style. The ensuing duel ends in a death, a shocking scene in a comic opera. A powerful trio laments the turn of events. At the end, Don Giovanni and Leporello revert to comic banter.

Question 27

The Eroica Symphony, No. 3 in E-flat Major (1803–4)

Answer 27

The first movement can be seen as a story of challenge, struggle, and victory. The first theme, a triadic fanfare, ends with a surprising C-sharp. The theme is subject to various adventures, but eventually it triumphs. Syncopations, heard near the beginning, reach a terrifying climax in the development. An early entrance in the horn prior to the recapitulation creates a dominant-tonic conflict.

Question 28

Symphonie fantastique (1830)

Answer 28

Berlioz employs a recurring melody, which he called the idée fixe (“fixed idea”) The theme appears in each movement representing the hero’s beloved. The theme is transformed to suit the mood and situation of the story. It is first heard as the extended first theme of the first movement.