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The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the second
symphony
When performers encounter the phrase, da capo, they return to the beginning of the piece and repeat the music
da capo,
Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
✓ serving a wealthy aristocratic family.
✓ serving a wealthy aristocratic family.
Haydn
The _________ movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony is in theme-and-variations form.
✓ second
✓ second
Haydn's Surprise Symphony
In the classical period, comic operas sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy
comic operas
Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.
✓ Vienna
✓ Vienna
Mozart age 25
A _____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment.
✓ serenade
✓ serenade
serenade
The main theme in a rondo movement is usually
✓ lively, pleasing, and simple to remember
✓ lively, pleasing, and simple to remember
rondo
The string quartet
usually consists of four movements.
is the most important form in classical chamber music.
is written for two violins, viola, and cello.
✓ All answers are correct.
usually consists of four movements.
is the most important form in classical chamber music.
is written for two violins, viola, and cello.
✓ All answers are correct.
string quartet
The classical string quartet is a musical composition for
✓ two violins, viola, and cello.
✓ two violins, viola, and cello.
classical string quartet
Why did Mozart's music fall out of favor with Vienna audiences towards the end of this life?
✓ The Viennese thought that it was too complicated and contained too many dissonances.
✓ The Viennese thought that it was too complicated and contained too many dissonances.
Mozart-Vienna
A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for✓ an instrumental soloist and orchestra.
concerto
Which of the following statements is not true of the classical period?
✓ Philosophers and writers in the classical period believed that custom and tradition, rather than reason, were the best guides to human conduct.
During the early eighteenth century, the heavy, monumental baroque style gave way to the more intimate rococo style, with its light colors, curved lines, and graceful ornaments.
By the late eighteenth century, the rococo style had been superseded by the neoclassical style, which attempted to recapture the "noble simplicity and calm grandeur" of ancient Greek and Roman art.
Philosophers and writers in the classical period saw their time as a great turning point in history and called it the "age of enlightenment."
✓ Philosophers and writers in the classical period believed that custom and tradition, rather than reason, were the best guides to human conduct.
During the early eighteenth century, the heavy, monumental baroque style gave way to the more intimate rococo style, with its light colors, curved lines, and graceful ornaments.
By the late eighteenth century, the rococo style had been superseded by the neoclassical style, which attempted to recapture the "noble simplicity and calm grandeur" of ancient Greek and Roman art.
Philosophers and writers in the classical period saw their time as a great turning point in history and called it the "age of enlightenment."
not true classical period
The minuet-and-trio movement of a classical symphony, string quartet, or other work, is in ____________ form.
✓ ABA
✓ ABA
minuet-and-trio movement
Social mobility during the classical period was
✓ an important factor in the rise of the middle class.
✓ an important factor in the rise of the middle class.
Social mobility