MUS-102 - LISTENING QUIZ #1

“Joke” String Quartet

• Haydn

• Instrumental

• Chamber music

“Surprise” Symphony

• Haydn

• Instrumental

• Symphonic music

A Little Night Music

• Mozart

• Instrumental

• Chamber music

Piano Concerto in G Major

• Mozart

• Instrumental

• Syphonic music

The Marriage of Figaro

• Mozart

• Italian

• Opera music

Requiem in D minor, Dies Irae

• Mozart

• Latin

• Choral music

Aria

part of an opera that features complicated solos that voice their feelings after an action has happened

Arpeggio

Binary form

consists of two main sections labeled A-B

Cadenza

Solo passage in a piece where the rest of the orchestra pauses for the soloist to play

Chamber music

ensemble music for a group of two to about a dozen players with only one player to a part

Concerto

classical music written for a solo instrument accompanied by a full orchestra

Conjunct

Small intervals

Consonant

occurs with a resolution of dissonance, stable sound

Disjunct

Large intervals

Dissonant

created by a discordant combination of pitches

Duple Meter

two beats per measure

Triple Meter

three beats per measure

Recitative

multiple singers singing to mimic a normal conversation where the action happens

Rondo

a lively movement with a lighthearted theme (ABACADAE…)

String quartet

chamber music made up of two violins, viola, and cello

Symphony

an ensemble of strings coupled with an assortment of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments

Tonic

central pitch that the harmonies and melody are built around

Theme & Variations

musical form that starts with a main melody and follows it with altered repetitions

Ternary form

consists of three main sections labeled A-B-A

Monophonic

one person singing or playing an instrument alone

Heterophonic

lines doing similar things, but one is a little fancier

Polyphonic

multiple lines doing different things where there is not a clear melody; equal in importance

Homophonic

multiple lines doing different things but in clearly defined roles

Homorhythmic

all voices are singing in the same rhythm

The aesthetics of the classical period, and how these were expressed in music. This includes how it was different from the previous period (the baroque period).

The aesthetics of the Classical period focused on balance and clarity. Composers expressed these ideals through clear melodies and homophonic textures. The classical period was less ornate and focused on simplicity.

How classical-period music is related to the Age of Enlightenment. 

The social contexts in which chamber music, symphonic music, and opera would have been performed. 

Chamber - Aristocratic salons, homes

Symphonic - Public concert halls, royal courts

Opera - Opera houses and grand public

The different parts of sonata-allegro form in detail, including the likely places the keys would shift to if it begins in a major key, and if it begins in a minor key.  

Exposition: establishment of main melodic themes, movement from original key to contrasting key

Development: Composer plays with melodic themes, moves them through the orchestra, and moves through a variety of keys before returning to original key at the very end

Recapitulation: Repeat of the exposition but remaining in the original key throughout

First movement is usually major, Second movement is usually minor, Third movement is usually major again

The main differences between opera buffa (comic opera) and opera seria (dramatic opera) in the classical period. (Note: We will discuss this more in Monday’s class, but it is also covered in the reading assigned for Monday.) 

Opera seria tended to be based on mythological or historical characters + they were generally much longer than opera buffa

Opera buffa tended to be based on contemporary characters and situations, and sometimes social and political satire + used spoken dialogue in place of recitative