Music History Quiz 1

  • La serva padrona (recitative: “Ah, quanto mi sta male”): by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Intermezzo/comic opera in 1733

  • La serva padrona (aria: “Son imbrogliato io”): by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Intermezzo/comic opera 1733 112a John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (Air XV: “My heart was so free”) Ballad opera/comic opera 1728

  • The Beggar’s Opera (Air XVI: “Were I laid on Greenland’s coast”): by John Gay Ballad opera/comic opera 1728

  • Orfeo ed Euridice: by Christoph Willibald Gluck Opera/reform opera 1762

  • Sonata in A Major, H. 186 (II. Poco adagio): by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Keyboard sonata 1765

  • Symphony in F Major, J-C 32 (I. Presto): by Giovanni Battista Sammartini Symphony ca. 1740

  • Sinfonia a 8 in E-flat Major, Op. 11, No. 3 (I. Allegro assai): by Johann Stamitz Symphony mid 1750s

  • Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op.7, No. 5 (I. Allegro di molto): by Johann Christian Bach Keyboard concerto 1770

  • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1 (III. Rondeau): by Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin concerto 1774

  • String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, The Joke (II. Scherzo: Allegro): by Joseph Haydn String quartet 1781

  • String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, The Joke (IV. Finale: Presto): by Joseph Haydn String quartet 1781

  • Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332 (I. Allegro): by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano sonata 1781

  • Don Giovanni (Act 1, Scenes 1-2): by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera/dramma giocoso 1787

  • Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica (I. Allegro con brio): by Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1803

  • String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (III. Molto adagio): by Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet 1824-25

  • String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (IV. Alla Marcia): by Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet 1824-25

  • String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (V. Allegro appassionato): by Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet 1824-25