Quiz 4

Question 1

Opera Seria

Answer 1

a serious opera with noble characters and virtuoso singing

Question 2

Opera Buffa

Answer 2

comic opera with everyday characters and social mobility

Question 3

Mozart’s Reform of Opera

Answer 3

broke down the distinction between recitative and bringing the action into the “static” musical numbers

Question 4

Dramatic Expression in “La Ci Darem La Mano” (Don Giovanni)

Answer 4

Periodic Phrasing → using the Galant style, Mozart employs periodic phrasing that eventually shows Zerlina and Don Giovanni coming together and intertwining. This represents their increasing attraction and seduction.

Changing Tempo → once they have joined together, showing that the seduction was successful, the tempo shifts to a faster pace, signifying the shift from their initial hesitancy to their sense of mutual agreement and excitement.

Question 5

Symphonic Cycle

Answer 5

a symphony whose four movements form a single narrative arc

Question 6

Cyclic Elements in Beethoven’s Fifth (name at least 3)

Answer 6

1. Common motive (short, short, short, long)
2. C minor vs C major
3. No break beween the last two mvmts
4. The third movement reurns in the last movement

Question 7

French Revolution

Answer 7

1789 event that influenced Beethoven