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Test3; MA; Ch11-15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| is an idea centered on the aesthetic of balance & symmetry; Instrumental music held greater importance than vocal music during this period | Classical Music |
| 4-movement work with a sonata-form 1st movement and a minuet & trio in 3rd movement | Classical Symphony |
| this form is used in the first movement of a symphony work | Sonata Form |
| has two themes in two different keys | Exposition |
| this form is used in the third movement of a symphony work | Minuet & Trio |
| Beethoven developed a style of third movement which was faster and more forceful | Scherzo & trio |
| director of Mannheim Orchestra credited with standardizing the classical orchestra | Johann Stamitz |
| is responsible for 1) setting the tempo of a piece, 2) controlling the dynamics of a piece, 3) bringing the players in at the correct place, 4) controlling the expressiveness of the piece, etc. | Orchestra conductor |
| Complied Mozart's music into a roughly chronological listing | Ludwig von Köchel |
| child prodigy, composing by age 5; principal instrument was the keyboard (harpsichord); lessons with Franz Joseph Haydn; struggled financially, dying poor; said in essence that he composed the music in his head & later wrote it down | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| was a three-movement genre featuring the contrast of soloist & orchestra & was the type of concerto popular during the classical period | Solo concerto |
| section of a concerto where the solo performer could show off his or her skills; normally improvised by the performer; Mozart composed suggested ones for his performers in case they chose not to improvise | Cadenza |
| the rapid alternation between two notes | Trill |
| Public concerts were frequently held during in ____ or _____ normal used for other things. | theaters, halls |
| ____ to public concerts was fairly _____. | Admission, expensive |
| The favored instruments for classical solo concertos were the ____ & ____. | piano, violin |
| 1]"Father of the Symphony"/"Master of the String Quartet";choirboy until voice changed(dismissed);played street bands; most lucrative position is music director 4 Prince Esterhazy(patronage-composed Prince's desires/was a servant;music owned by Prince) | Franz Joseph Haydn |
| 2]taught Beethoven;Symphony No.45 "Farewell", musicians stop at various points during 4th movement & leave stage;opus 33 sting quartets 1st performed for Russian Grand Duke Paul | Franz Joseph Haydn |
| Chamber music, in a four-movement structure, written for two violins, viola, & cello | String Quartet |
| Music for two to nine players, usually with one player per part | Chamber Music |
| German opera; the language of it is German | Singspiel |
| serious opera | Opera seria |
| Italian comic opera | Opera buffa |
| in classical opera, a role for a woman performing the part of a young man, usually in his teens | Pants role |
| wrote the play, Le Nozze di Figaro, which was so politically controversial that King Louis XVI attempted to ban the play | Beaumarchais |
| Mozart wrote music for this opera based on Beaumarchais&told King that the political controversy was removed(it wasn't); opera buffa; leading characters-servants; plot of opera foreshadows the French Revolition | Marriage of Figaro |
| wrote the libretto for the Marriage of Figaro | Lorenzo da Ponte |
| today, opera houses use this to translate the text for the audience | Supertitles |
| a very florid & high soprano voice | Coloratura soprano |
| some singers, especially soprano/tenors, receive this title because of their egos | Diva |
| Leading _____ roles in opera were generally given to ____. | female, sopranos |
| _____ was the greatest ____ composer of opera. | Mozart, classical |
| Operas are divided into large sections called ____. | acts |
| a structural form based on a theme followed by alternate versions of that theme | Theme and variations |
| writing and arranging music for orchestra | Orchestration |
| The ___ was invented during the classical period. | piano |
| _____, ____, & _____ all composed for piano | Bethoven, Hayden, & Mozart |
| lived primarily off earrings from concert hall;increased size of orchestra by adding brass&woodwind;life was divided into 3 periods;went deaf&communicated via notebooks;1st major composer to demand equal footing with aristocracy;5th Symphony(most popular) | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, I | 1st melody: think "it's a bird, it's a plane, no it's Mozart" |
| Haydn: "Surprise" Symphony no. 94, II | gets softer, then BAM (to wake you up) |
| Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, I | piano is solo instrument (after 1st part) |
| Haydn: Sting Quartet op. 33, no. 3 ("The Bird"), IV | only string quartet piece; think chickens pecking at food/chirping |
| Mozart: "Non più anadia" ("No more will you") Marriage of Figaro | ONLY ONE WITH WORDS |
| Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor |
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