Test 2

Question 1

The Classical era is the golden age of ________ (ensemble music for two to about ten performers, with one player per part).

Answer 1

chamber music

Question 2

The ________ (two violins, viola, and cello) was the most important chamber-music genre of the era.

Answer 2

string quartet

Question 3

the finale of Joseph Haydn’s Joke Quartet features a playful tune that recurs as a refrain in a ________ form.

Answer 3

rondo

Question 4

Most Classical era works followed a sequence of sections or movements known as a _________.
The first movement was a fast _________ form.
The second movement was a slow _________ or _________.
The third movement was a dance-like _________.
The fourth movement was a fast _________ or ________ form (or a hybrid of the two).

Answer 4

multi-movement cycle
sonata
theme and variation or ternary
ternary minuet & trio
rondo or sonata

Question 5

Haydn’s 1761 contract with the _________ made him their music slave (compose music on demand, hire and train court musicians)

Answer 5

Esterhazys

Question 6

The first movement of the Classical multimovement cycle is usually in a _________ tempo and in _________ form, with three main sections: ________, ________, and _________.

The third movement is a _________-meter pair of dances, usually a _________.

Answer 6

fast
sonata-allegro
exposition
development
recapitulation

triple
minuet and trio

Question 7

The Classical concerto form has three movements, alternating _________. The first movement, the longest and most complex is called __________. Mozart’s ___________ - with it’s graceful melodies, brilliant piano passagework and virtuosic ________ (improvised solo passages) - is a notable example of the genre.

Answer 7

fast-slow-fast
first-movement concerto form
Piano Concerto in G Major, K.453
cadenzas