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Q: With which symphony did Beethoven begin to expand the possibilities of the genre? a. No. 1 c. No. 5 b. No. 3 d. No. 9

Q: Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style? a. Beethoven c. Haydn b. Mozart d. Bach

Q: Describe the musical characteristics of each of Beethovens three creative periods.

Q: How does Beethovens Moonlight Sonata conform to and deviate from the standard multimovement form of the Classical era?

Q: Beethoven thought that the Moonlight Sonata was the best work he had ever composed.

Q: Countess Giulietta Guicciardi was the inspiration for Beethovens Moonlight Sonata.

Q: Beethovens Moonlight Sonata is an example of program music.

Q: The first movement of Beethovens Moonlight Sonata is full of stormy virtuosity.

Q: Some consider Beethoven to be the supreme architect in music.

Q: Beethoven achieved much acclaim during his lifetime and died a famous and revered composer.

Q: Beethoven was unable to compose music after he became deaf.

Q: Although Beethoven received support from music-loving aristocrats, he functioned primarily as a freelance, or independent, composer.

Q: Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 during his late style period.

Q: Beethoven first suggested calling his Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 the Moonlight Sonata.

Q: During the Classical era, the sonata was intended for professional musicians only.

Q: The sonata is an instrumental work in one movement for one or two solo instruments.

Q: Beethoven dedicated the Moonlight Sonata to: a. his mother. c. Napoleon. b. Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. d. the Queen of Austria.

Q: For Haydn, Mozart, and their successors, the term sonata meant: a. an orchestral work. b. an instrumental work for one or two instruments. c. an orchestral work with a featured soloist. d. an instrumental work for up to five performers.

Q: Which composer developed a sonata style that has been continuously valued as strikingly individual and meaningful? a. Mozart c. Beethoven b. Bach d. Haydn

Q: The dreamy first movement of the Moonlight Sonata features: a. a singing melody. c. a modified strophic form. b. sonata-allegro form. d. rondo form.

Q: How many movements does Beethovens Moonlight Sonata have? a. two c. four b. three d. five

Q: Beethoven gave his Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 the designation: a. Moonlight. c. adagio cantabile. b. quasi una fantasia. d. con amabilit.

Q: How many symphonies did Beethoven write? a. five c. thirty-two b. nine d. 104

Q: In his third compositional period, Beethoven: a. returned to the simple Classicism of his first period. b. used more chromatic harmonies. c. composed few works because of his deafness. d. all of the answers shown here

Q: Beethovens compositional activity fell into ______ periods. a. two c. four b. three d. five

Q: Beethoven suffered perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it? a. blindness c. diabetes b. deafness d. paralysis

Q: Beethoven supported himself through: a. teaching music lessons. c. giving public concerts. b. publishing his music. d. all of the answers shown here

Q: Beethovens Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 was subtitled Moonlight by: a. the publisher. b. the composer. c. the poet Ludwig Rellstab shortly after the composers death. d. modern publishers.

Q: How many piano sonatas did Beethoven compose? a. nine c. twenty-four b. eighteen d. thirty-two

Q: During the Classical era, the sonata was for piano alone, piano and violin, or: a. piano and trumpet. c. piano and voice. b. piano and flute. d. piano and cello.

Q: Haydns Concerto for Trumpet is rarely performed by professional trumpet players.

Q: A virtuosic passage in the manner of an improvisation that comes toward the end of a concerto movement is called a cadenza.

Q: The Classical concerto has four movements.

Q: After its premiere in 1800, the original manuscript for Haydns Concerto for Trumpet was lost until 1929.

Q: A rondo is a virtuosic solo passage that comes toward the end of the first movement of a concerto.

Q: The Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, composed in 1796, was Haydns last orchestral work.

Q: In Haydns time, the trumpet had not yet advanced beyond the natural form of the instrument with no valves.

Q: The Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major is Haydns only concerto.

Q: The finale of a Classical concerto is often in rondo form.

Q: In the first movement of a Classical concerto, there is usually a double exposition.

Q: In the Classical concerto, the marking andante or adagio would most likely apply to the third movement.

Q: The classical concerto emphasized the combination of a solo group and orchestra.

Q: Haydns Concerto for Trumpet was written for ________. a. the natural trumpet c. the valve trumpet b. an experimental trumpet with keys d. the bugle

Q: How many concertos did Haydn compose? a. 100 c. 35 b. 41 d. 6

Q: What is the order of the movements of the Classical concerto? a. fast-slow-fast c. fast-fast-slow-fast b. slow-fast-slow d. fast-slow-slow-fast

Q: Which of the following best depicts a rondo in its simplest form? a. A-B-C c. A-B-A-C-A b. A-B-C-A d. A-B-C-D

Q: Which form is based on the recurrence of a musical idea in alternation with contrasting episodes? a. sonata-allegro c. theme and variations b. rondo d. concerto

Q: What is the form of the third movement of Haydns Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major? a. theme and variations c. fugue b. sonata-rondo d. A-B-A

Q: Haydns Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major: a. is written in the standard three-movement format. b. is in the unusual four-movement format normally reserved for the symphony. c. has only two movements. d. is a single movement.

Q: ______ typically begins the first movement of a Classical concerto. a. The soloist b. The orchestra c. A dialogue between soloist and orchestra d. A cadenza

Q: The first movement of a Classical concerto is in sonata-allegro form with a: a. double exposition. c. slow introduction. b. double coda. d. fugal recapitulation.

Q: A/An _______, a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment, is a typical feature of a concerto. a. introduction c. cadenza b. codetta d. development

Q: How many movements are in a Classical concerto? a. two c. four b. three d. six

Q: Explain how a cadenza creates a dramatic effect in a concerto.

Q: Describe the form of a typical Classical concerto.

Q: How does the minuet and trio differ from sonata-allegro form? How are they similar? Use the first and third movements of Mozarts Eine kleine Nachtmusik as a model.

Q: Describe the differences between the exposition and recapitulation in sonata-allegro form.

Q: Mozart wrote his Requiem because he knew that he was dying.

Q: Mozart rebelled against the social restrictions imposed by the patronage system.

Q: The minuet was originally a Baroque court dance.

Q: In sonata-allegro form, the recapitulation is essentially identical to the exposition.

Q: In sonata-allegro form, the development section manipulates thematic material from the exposition while remaining in the tonic key.

Q: The finale of a multimovement cycle is generally the longest and most developed.

Q: The divertimento and serenade were light genres intended for social functions.

Q: Two popular expanded chamber genres in Mozarts day were the: a. sonata and the concerto. c. divertimento and the sonata. b. divertimento and the serenade. d. serenade and the concerto.

Q: The English translation for the Italian words da capo is: a. from the beginning. c. on top of my head. b. on my head. d. from the middle.

Q: The second dance, or the middle section, of a minuet is called the: a. minuet II. c. da capo. b. trio. d. scherzo.

Q: The overall form of a minuet and trio is best described as: a. A-B. c. A-B-A-C-A-B-A. b. A-B-A. d. A-B-C-D-E-F-A.

Q: Mozart died before he was able to complete the: a. Requiem. c. opera The Magic Flute. b. last symphony. d. opera The Marriage of Figaro.

Q: Which composer rebelled against the patronage system and struggled to achieve financial independence? a. Haydn c. Salieri b. Mozart d. Bach

Q: Mozart is remembered today as: a. the leading patron of Classical church music. b. the inventor of the Classical symphony. c. the most gifted child prodigy in the history of music. d. a slow starter who later achieved fame as a composer.

Q: Which of the following best describes the opening of the first movement of Mozarts Eine kleine Nachtmusik? a. It is a lilting, triple-meter dance. b. It has a marchlike character. c. It has a lyrical, conjunct melody. d. It begins with a slowly ascending chromatic scale.

Q: Which of the following best describes the form of the first movement of Mozarts Eine kleine Nachtmusik? a. sonata-allegro c. rondo b. theme and variations d. minuet

Q: The ______ is an extension of the closing idea that leads to the final cadence in the home key. a. exposition c. recapitulation b. development d. coda

Q: The psychological climax of sonata-allegro form is the ________, when the first and second themes are restated in the tonic key. a. exposition c. recapitulation b. development d. coda

Q: What section in sonata-allegro form features the most tension and drama through modulation and motivic interplay? a. exposition. c. recapitulation. b. development. d. coda.

Q: In sonata-allegro form, the contrasting key is established by the statement of the: a. development. c. second theme. b. bridge. d. codetta.

Q: What is the function of the bridge in sonata-allegro form? a. to establish the tonic c. to develop the themes b. to modulate to a new key d. to restate the themes

Q: In sonata-allegro form, a modulatory section that leads from one theme to the next is called the: a. codetta. c. bridge. b. development. d. introduction.

Q: The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, the development, and the: a. bridge. c. coda. b. recapitulation. d. trio.