Test Three

Question 1

Johann Christian Bach and Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach were far better known during their lifetime than their father JS Bach was during his.

Answer 1

A. True

Question 2

The sonata form was popular until the 1840s when it ceased to be used.

Answer 2

B. False

Question 3

The function of the development section is to further increase the musical tension created by exposition.

Answer 3

A. True

Question 4

Mozart and Haydn delighted in presenting surprising twists and turns in the transition section of the exposition

Answer 4

A. True

Question 5

Johann Christian Bach developed a style that sought to be:

Answer 5

C. Pleasant and Elegant

Question 6

The Sonata form was used most extensively and expansively:

Answer 6

C. In the first movements of instrumental compositions

Question 7

The transition section has two functions which are:

Answer 7

E. to move to a new key and make it seem like a big deal

Question 8

To recapitulate from the Italian word capo or head means

Answer 8

B. to go to the beginning

Question 9

The piano:

Answer 9

B. became the preferred solo instrument in concertos

Question 10

The sonata has 3 movements which are

Answer 10

A. fast-slow-fast

Question 11

K in the titles of Mozart compositions stands for

Answer 11

C. Kochel

Question 12

Haydn’s employment by the Esterhazy family lasted

Answer 12

B. almost 30 years

Question 13

Haydn used the musical elements to recreate sounds such as ___________ in his work

Answer 13

A. bird chirps

Question 14

A performance of all 3 movements of Vivaldi’s Spring will take less time than a performance of the first movement of the Surprise symphony

Answer 14

A. true

Question 15

A story circulated that Haydn’s surprise in the 2nd movement of his symphony was to wake up members of the audience who had dozed off

Answer 15

A. true

Question 16

The major difference between early and late 18th century orchestras was that:

Answer 16

D. the woodwind and brass instruments and timpani were no longer considered optional

Question 17

The woodwinds of the late 18th century

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B. are fundamentally similar to their modern counterparts

Question 18

Haydn was invited by Johann Peter Salomon to perform music in

Answer 18

D. London

Question 19

The surprise in the second movement of Haydn’s symphony is:

Answer 19

B. only the most obvious of many surprises in the entire work

Question 20

One can view Don Giovanni as a synthesis of the traditions represented by Handel’s Julius Caesar and Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera

Answer 20

A. True

Question 21

Don Giovanni was identified as an opera buffa, although it ends as seriously as possible

Answer 21

A. True

Question 22

Opera buffa grew up with the new Classical style

Answer 22

A. True

Question 23

The Beggar’s Opera made fun of

Answer 23

C. opera seria and artistocratic society

Question 24

Singspiel was

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B. the German speaking counterpart to opera comique

Question 25

In its grand scheme, Don Giovanni is

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D. a comic opera with a tragic ending

Question 26

La ci darem la mano translates at

Answer 26

A. give me your hand

Question 27

In a cenar teco the orchestral accompaniment lets us know that

Answer 27

A. Don Giovanni's end is near

Question 28

In the final scene of Don Giovanni, Mozart crafts all ____________ vocal lines to match the characters

Answer 28

C. Three

Question 29

In the classical concerto the soloist is heard in opposition to the orchestra rather than as an extension of it

Answer 29

A. True

Question 30

All of the 27 concertos attributed to Mozart are customarily played

Answer 30

B. False

Question 31

Pianists cannot play both harmony and melody but have to select which one to play at a given moment

Answer 31

B. False

Question 32

Major changes in musical life during the latter part of the 18th century include all except

Answer 32

B. the disappearance of opera

Question 33

At the age of ______ Mozart and his family left Salzburg, Austria for a three year performance tour

Answer 33

D. Seven

Question 34

Piano and orchestra are equal in the sense that

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D. both can provide complete textures: melody, accompaniment and counter melody

Question 35

Mozart's Concerto no 24 in C minor opens with

Answer 35

A. a long orchestra statement

Question 36

Paganini was rumored to be runnin with the devil because of his....

Answer 36

A. true

Question 37

The most obvious compositional evidence of the heightened appreciation...

Answer 37

A. true

Question 38

By the time of his death, Beethoven:

Answer 38

B. had become a celebrated figure throughout Europe

Question 39

As the market grew for new genres of music _____ became less expensive and more readily available

Answer 39

A. pianos

Question 40

For the general public, ______ became a component of public school instruction in Europe and North America over the course of the 19th century

Answer 40

C. vocal music education

Question 41

The most significant impact of technology was

Answer 41

A. the introduction of manufacturing into the production of musical instruments

Question 42

Improvements to existing woodwind and brass instruments and the invention of new wood instruments led to the expansion of the

Answer 42

D. military band

Question 43

During the 19th century

Answer 43

E. concert bands joined opera companies as major cultural institutions

Question 44

Romanticism valued

Answer 44

B. subjectivity, feeling, and inspiration

Question 45

Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini are remembered mostly for their

Answer 45

B. composing, especially opera

Question 46

Romantic composers generally followed one of three paths

Answer 46

A. emulate the classics, outdo the classics, completely novel path

Question 47

The most important and innovative vocal genre of the 19th century was the

Answer 47

D. Lied

Question 48

Beethoven's achievements and influence were unmatched by any other composer

Answer 48

A. True

Question 49

Beethoven felt that he learned everything he needed to be a great composer from Haydn

Answer 49

B. False

Question 50

Beethoven scratched out the dedication to Napoleon on the title page

Answer 50

A. True

Question 51

The Heiligenstadt Testament was

Answer 51

B. a letter to Beethoven's brothers revealing his loss of hearinh

Question 52

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in

Answer 52

B. Bonn

Question 53

The most sensational parts of Beethoven's performance were his

Answer 53

E. improvisations

Question 54

Two qualities that would characterize much of Beethoven's music throughout his career were

Answer 54

C. individuality and expansion

Question 55

Beethoven wrote far more _____ than symphonies...

Answer 55

D. piano sonatas

Question 56

The slow introduction is the most distinctive feature of the Pathetique ________

Answer 56

A. sonata

Question 57

Scherzo is the Italian word for joke

Answer 57

A. True

Question 58

The 3rd movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony is a dark, foreboding movement

Answer 58

B. False

Question 59

Typically, scherzo and trio movements are

Answer 59

B. light and lighthearted

Question 60

Goethe's poems are far better known in Schubert's settings...

Answer 60

A. True

Question 61

Franz Schubert was born near Vienna into a musical family

Answer 61

A. True

Question 62

Liede are the most intimately personal first person music of the Romantic era

Answer 62

A. True

Question 63

When Jenny Lind was brought to the US to perform by PT Barnum

Answer 63

B. a crowd estimated to be over 30,000 was waiting dockside when she arrived in New York

Question 64

The term "Bohemians" can be defined as

Answer 64

B. arty types who lived on the fringes of society without putting down roots

Question 65

Piano manufacturing

Answer 65

C. made them affordable for middle class families and businesses

Question 66

In Schubert's settings of Goethe's poems

Answer 66

B. the text remains intact and intelligible even as the melody goes beyond the expressive capabilities of speech

Question 67

The word for the French art song is

Answer 67

B. chansons

Question 68

Schubert's most significant innovation in song composition was

Answer 68

A. expanding the role of the accompaniment

Question 69

A Schubertiade was

Answer 69

C. an evening of music written and sometimes performed by Schubert

Question 70

In Brahm's German Requiem, Christ is not mentioned

Answer 70

A. True

Question 71

Brams's Ein deutsches Requim

Answer 71

B. is not a liturgical work and is most commonly performed in concert halls

Question 72

Requim settings by Beriloz and Verdi are

Answer 72

C. far too theatrical for liturgical use

Question 73

_______ was the dominant music influence on Brahms

Answer 73

C. Beethoven

Question 74

The belief that the divine could be understood for reason alone was known as

Answer 74

A. deism

Question 75

75-81 Dr. Wilson's research

Answer 75

answer is true