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In Musical compositions, a theme is
a musical idea that is used as a building block
A composer can fragment a theme by dividing it into smaller units called
motives
Which of the following descriptions is MOST characteristic of a jazz performance?
improvisations on preestablished harmonic patterns
Which of the following best describes absolute music?
music without a story or text
In absolute music, the lack of a prescribed story or text to hold the music together makes the element of ___ especially important.
form
Which movement is the MOST highly organized and MOST characteristic of the multimovement cycle?
first
Which of the following is a common characteristic of the second movement of a multimovement cycle?
lyrical, songful melodies
Which of the following compositional techniques does rondo form utilize?
the use of a refrain
A string quartet consists of
two violins, viola, and cello
Which of the following were major composers of string quartets?
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 was nicknamed the "Joke" because
the main theme during the coda is cut short by a series of pauses leading to a whispered close
The form of the fourth movement of Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 is
rondo
Haydn served as a choirboy in
Vienna
Haydn was born in
Austria
Which diagram represents a rondo in its simplest form
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