Music History: Chapters 15-17 Test

In what city did Mozart’s Don Giovani and Le nozzle di Figaro first find significant success?

Prague

Which best describes the political situation of eighteenth-century Europe?

It was dominated by centralized states with large militaries.

According to the text, what was the primary aim of instrumental music in the early Classic
period?

to provide suitable accompaniment to social functions

Joseph Haydn spent much of his career

working for a single noble family.

n an opera seria, action progresses through

recitative, either simple or accompanied.

What term refers to eighteenth-century pianos in order to distinguish them from their later
counterparts?

fortepianos

Which of the following is not a characteristic of empfindsam style?

regular phrases

Which of the following Baroque genres remained in common use throughout the Classic period?

concerto

Hayden began his career as a(n)

choirboy at a cathedral

All of the following are true of public concerts in the eighteenth century except:

Composers’, not performers’, names were listed in ads and programs

Scherzo refers to a

joking fast movement.

New styles in the eighteenth century placed musical focus on

melody

If you were to hear an aria from a ballad opera, it probably would

use a familiar tune from a folk or popular song

Haydn’s The Creation was designed to be sung in which two languages?

English and German

Why is the Esterházy family important for Classic-era music?

They provided Haydn with job stability and skilled musicians.

The third movements of Mozart’s piano concertos

frequently use rondo form.

Which eighteenth-century musical technique is a reaction against the complexity of Baroque
music?

melodies in short phrases over spare accompaniment

Which of the following characteristics shows the influence of vocal music on instrumental
music?

emphasis on lyrical melodies

Which instrument was not usually included in the late eighteenth-century symphony?

trombone

When Mozart moved to Vienna, he earned money by doing all of the following except

performing as a singer.

Of the following genres, which was considered music for private consumption?

keyboard sonata

Which genre or ensemble was invented in the early Classic period?

string quartet

Why was the symphony sometimes viewed in the 1700s as a reflection of democratic ideals?

Many instruments work together to express ideas and sentiments.

Which composer was known for writing in the empfindsam style?

C.P.E. Bach

Mozart wrote three operas with which librettist?

Lorenzo da Ponte

Which of the following is not a typical characteristic of Italian comic opera in the mid-1700s?

complex harmonies

Billings declared independence from normal rules of counterpoint. He often used

parallel octaves and fifths and open chords without thirds.

____________ is one of the most famous and successful intermezzi.

La serva padrona

Why has Haydn been called “the father of the symphony”?

He set standards and patterns that later composers emulated.

The Sturm und Drang style was the primary source for what aspect of Haydn’s music?

heightened agitated sentiment and abrupt dynamics

In the 1700s, the Concert spirituel was a

concert series that fostered the development of the symphony.

Most of William Billings’s compositions were “plain tunes,” but later collections included
pieces that open with a syllabic and homophonic section, feature a passage in free imitation, and close with voices again in homophony. These are known as

fuging tunes.

Why were keyboard sonatas common in the eighteenth century?

There was a growing interest in and demand for challenging music to be played by
amateurs at home.

Who was the first composer to consistently write symphonies with four movements?

Johann Stamitz

Published music for keyboard, chamber ensemble, or voice and keyboard was often
performed by amateurs in domestic settings.

True

Opera buffa both entertained and served a moral purpose by poking fun at human foibles.

True

In Classic-era music, contrasts of stability and instability help listeners follow the form.

True

Fragmentation, counterpoint, digressions, and silences are common in Haydn’s development
sections

True

Mozart’s travels as a youth were important because they allowed him to absorb and later
synthesize every kind of music being written in western Europe

True

Italian comic opera strongly influenced the new musical style of the eighteenth century

True

Composers of instrumental music in the mid-1700s adapted musical techniques from opera.

True

Haydn and Mozart admired and influenced each other

True

In eighteenth-century Europe, shared humanity and culture mattered more than national differences.

True

Mid-eighteenth-century orchestras gave woodwinds important solo parts.

False

List three duties or stipulations from Haydn’s original contract.

Composing music, supervising the orchestra, maintaining the court’s musical library

Eighteenth-century theorists drew many parallels between musical form and language. List two.

Phrases as sentences, cadences as punctuation

List the instruments that perform in a string quartet.

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello

What expressive advantage did the pianoforte have over the harpsichord?

Pianoforte had a wider range of dynamics, making a more expressive sound, while harpsichord was more uniform in sound.

What tempo and character are typical of each of the four movements of a symphony from the
late 1700s? Also include probable forms.

1st = Allegro, sonata form, dramatic.

2nd = Adante or Adagio, binary or ternary form, expressive

3rd = Moderate, ABA form, dance-like

4th = Allegro or Presto, rondo or sonata form, joyful

What reed instrument was invented during the early 1700s?

Clarinet

The left hand in the musical example below shows the technique known as ___________.
Briefly define it.

Alberti Bass, follows the pattern low-high-mid-high (1 5 3 5), & follows the chord pattern of the harmony.

What is the foundational tonal paradigm for Classic-era music?

I - IV - V - I