A Quiz On Classical Orchestral Music
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Again, this is a practice for the notes on exam 3. Do not forget about the listening from this unit as well.
- 1.Beethoven's middle period is commonly refered to as his "Classic" period.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Haydn's Symphony No. 95 is cyclic.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Beethoven goes deaf and writes a letter to his brother about his feeling of disgrace.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Miniatures were written in the Classical Era.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Programmatic music depicts an idea that isn't musical in nature.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The essential point of a character piece is to tell a story.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Frederick Chopin's father was French and his mother was Polish. He was born in France.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.There were only a few Operas in the Renaissance.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Opera Buffa was written in Italian, with the characters portraying everyday people.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Siegelend and Siegfried fell in love and had a child, Siegmund.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.
- A.
Das Rheingold, Siegfried, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung
- B.
Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung
- C.
Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung
- D.
Die Walküre, Siegfried, Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung
- 12.
- A.
1813- 1883
- B.
1810- 1880
- C.
1820- 1890
- D.
1815- 1885
- 13.
- A.
Trio/ scherzo/ trio
- B.
Minuet/ scherzo/ minuet
- C.
Scherzo/ trio/ scherzo
- D.
Scherzo/ minuet/ scherzo
- 14.In which movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 does the scherzo appear?
- A.
1st and 3rd
- B.
2nd and 4th
- C.
3rd and 4th
- D.
1st and 2nd
- 15.
- A.
Symphonie fantastique
- B.
Haydn's Symphony No. 95
- C.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
- D.
Dido and Aneas
- 16.
- A.
Beethoven
- B.
Haydn
- C.
Mozart
- D.
Bach
- 17.
- A.
Mozart
- B.
Haydn
- C.
Chopin
- D.
Bach
- 18.When was Beethoven's "Classic" period?
- A.
Early Beethoven
- B.
Middle Beethoven
- C.
Late Beethoven
- D.
Post Beethoven
- 19.
- A.
Florestan
- B.
Chiarina
- C.
Eusebius
- D.
Master Raro
- 20.
- A.
Poland; Paris
- B.
Paris; Poland
- C.
Poland; Italy
- D.
Italy; Poland
- 21.
- A.
He embraced the popularity and enjoyed big audiences
- B.
He was very shy and only played small concerts
- C.
He was timid at first but grew to perform only in big concerts
- D.
He loved to play in big concerts but became sickly and fragile as he got older and only played in smaller concerts
- 22.
- A.
Teaching
- B.
Playing in big concerts
- C.
Playing in small concerts
- D.
Publishing
- 23.
- A.
Character pieces
- B.
Symphonies
- C.
Concertos
- D.
Jingles
- 24.
- A.
1770- 1827
- B.
1772- 1820
- C.
1727- 1802
- D.
1778- 1822
- 25.When was Beethoven's introspective period?
- A.
Early Beethoven
- B.
Middle Beethoven
- C.
Late Beethoven
- D.
Post Beethoven
- 26.
- A.
Binary
- B.
Rounded binary
- 27.
- A.
Lied
- B.
Quartet
- C.
Scherzo
- D.
Character piece
- 28.Define program music
- A.
Music with no direction
- B.
Music with terrace dynamics
- C.
Music with a story
- D.
Music for small parties
- 29.
- A.
Total work of art
- B.
Music with passion
- C.
Great kinds of art
- D.
Meaningful music
- 30.
- A.
French royalty
- B.
German or Nordic mythology
- C.
Catholic stories
- D.
Gesamtkunstwerk
- 31.
- A.
A character in the German mythology that Wagner wrote his librettos about
- B.
A city in which the festival hall was created to house Wagner's operas
- C.
The time that Wagner was writing his opera
- D.
The opera house constructed for Wagner's opera
- 32.
- A.
It had a shell covering of the orchestra pit
- B.
It had different types of seats throughout
- C.
It had a little stage
- D.
It had multiple stages
- 33.
- A.
Goethe
- B.
Schumann
- C.
Schubert
- D.
Heine
- 34.
- A.
Goethe
- B.
Schumann
- C.
Schubert
- D.
Heine
- 35.
- A.
Clarinet
- B.
French horn
- C.
Harpsichord
- D.
Piano
- 36.What form can a late Haydn Symphony's 2nd movement be?
- A.
Sonata
- B.
Variation
- C.
ABA
- D.
Rondo
- E.
Minuet
- 37.
- A.
Sonata
- B.
Variation
- C.
ABA
- D.
Rondo
- E.
Minuet
- 38.In which movements of Beethoven's 5th symphony does the "fate" theme occur?
- A.
1st, 2nd, 4th
- B.
All
- C.
2nd, 3rd, 4th
- D.
1st, 3rd, 4th
- E.
1st, 2nd, 3rd
- 39.
- A.
Haydn
- B.
Bach
- C.
Mozart
- 40.When does Beethoven start to write string quartets?
- A.
In his classic period
- B.
In his experimental period
- C.
In his introspective period
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