State Correct Classical Music Flashcards

Classicism, as a stylistic period in western art music, roughly encompassed the years
1. 1450-1600
2. 1600-1750
3 1750-1820
4. 1820-1900

Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?
1. Johann Christian Back
2. Ludwig van Beethoven
3. Wolfgang A. Mozart
4 Joseph Haydn

Which of the following statments is not true of the music of the classical period?
1. classical composers stressed balance and clarity of structure
2 The standard orchestra comprised of four sections evolved during the classical period
3. The basso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemble.
4. Classical melodies are among the most tuneful and easy to remember

The typical orchestra of the clasical period consisted of
1. A loose ensemble of available instruments
2. Strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani
3. strings with harpischord continuo
4. woodwinds, trombones, drums and strings

A symphony is
1. sonata for orchestra
2. work for solo instrument
3. work for chorus and orchestra
4 work for piano solo.

Which of the following is not part of a sonata form amovement
1. recapitulation
2. exposition
3. development
4. rondo

In the recapitulation of a sonata- form movement
1. the closing section is in the tonic key.
2. a new theme is presented in the bridge
3. the second them is in a new key
4. there is no second theme.

The minuet is generally the____ movement of a classical symphony
1. first
2. second
3. third
4. fourth

In many of beethoven's works, there is a _____ movement instead of the minuet
1. Presto
2. Scherzo
3. Fugato
4 Ritomello

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
1. fast, dance related, slow, fast
2. fast, slow, dance-related, fast
3. fast, slow, fast, slow
4. slow, fast, slow, fast

A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for
1. an instrumental soloist
2. an instrumental soloist and orchestra
3. any combination of instruments.
4 symphonic orchestra

The classical string quartet is a musical composition for
1. violin, viola, cello, and bass
2. Two violins, viola and cello.
3. violin, guitar, viola, and cello
4 all answers are correct

Haydn was fortunate in having a long and frutiful, as well as financially stable, relationship with the nobel hungarian family
1. esterhazy
2. stefanhazy
3 liszt
4. Kadar

Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quarters and 104
1. Operas
2. Sernades
3 Songs
4 Symphonies

Beethoven
1. Brialliant pianist
2 self educated
3 began to feel the first symptoms of deafness in his 4twenty- ninth year
5. all answers are correct