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Multiple-choice: Choose the answer that best completes each sentence. Check your responses with the Answer Key.
1. The character of the minuet is best described as
a. heavy and ponderous
b. brisk and lively
c. stately and dignified
d. quiet and relaxed
2. A common rondo pattern is
a. AABB
b. ABA
c. ABCBA
d. ABACABA
3. A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called
a. a cadenza
b. a fermata
c. a pause
d. da capo
4. The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
a. fast, slow, fast
b. slow, fast, slow, fast
c. fast, slow, dance-related, fast
d. slow, fast, fast
5. The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of
a. a loose ensemble of available instruments
b. strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani
c. strings with harpsichord continuo
d. woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings 5.
6. In many of Beethoven's works there is a movement instead of the minuet.
a. presto
b.scherzo
c. fugato
d. theme-and-variations
7. A- symphony is a
a. sonata for orchestra
b. work for solo instrument
c. work for chorus and orchestra
d. work for piano solo
8. The standard catalog of the compositions of Mozart was made by
a. Ludwig von Kochel
b. Franz X. Siissmayr
c. Lorenzo da Ponte
d. Friedrich Kuhlau
9. Chamber music is characterized by
a. having one performer per part
b. having each player play very difficult solo passages
c. a lack of repertoire
d. being worth playing only in intimate chambers
10. A string quartet is a musical composition for
a. flute, violin, viola, and cello
b. Violin, guitar, viola, and cello
c. violin, viola, cello, and bass
d. two violins, viola, and cello
11. Classicism, as a stylistic period in music, figured prominently during the years
a. 1450-1600
b. 1600-1750
c. 1750-1820
d. 1820-1900
12. Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as
a. AABB
b. ABA d.
c. AA'A"A''' A''''
ABACA
13. The minuet is generally the _ _ movement of a classical symphony.
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
14. The classical concerto is a large-scale work in three movements for
a. solo instrument and piano
b. solo instrument and orchestra
c. solo instrument
d. orchestra
15. A piano sonata is a musical composition in two or more movements for
a. piano
b. Piano, Violin, and cello
c. piano and orchestra
d. flute and piano
Completion: Name the basic parts of sonata-allegro form:
16.
17.
18.
19. Optional part before 16:
20. Optional part after 18:
Matching: Match each composition with its composer:
| a. Ludwig van Beethoven | 21. Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| b. Joseph Haydn | 22. Symphony No. 94 in G (Surprise) |
| c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 23. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor |
| 24. Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique) | |
| 25. Don Giovanni | |
| 26. The Magic Flute | |
| 27. 7he Creation | |
| 28. Symphony No. 3 in Eb (Eroica) | |
| 29. Fidelio | |
| 30. The Marriage of Figaro |
1-c; 2-d; 3-a; 4-c; 5-b; 6-b; 7-a; 8-a; 9-a; 10-d; 11-c; 12-c; 13-c; 14-b; 15-a; 16-exposition; 17-development; 18-recapitulation; 19-introduction; 20-coda; 21-c- 22-b; 23-c; 24-a; 25-c; 26-c; 27-b; 28-a; 29-a; 30-c.