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Music Appreciation Exam 4 Classical Era

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What is a Musical Idea used as a building block in a composition?   show
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show Thematic Development  
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show A motive  
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show No prescribed story or text to hold the music together. The story is the music itself.  
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The classical era is often referred to as what?   show
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What is melody centric?   show
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show three or four movements in prescribed forms and tempos  
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The First Movement of the typical multi-movement cycle is usually in what form?   show
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The Second Movement of the typical multi-movement cycle is characterized by what?   show
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show often in a dance form and most commonly the minuet and trio  
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show Minuet and Trio  
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What forms were the Fourth Movement of the typical multi-movement cycle usually in?   show
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Sonata-allegro form's three main sections were called what?   show
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show exposition  
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show development  
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Which part of the sonata-allegro form restates the first and second themes, both in the tonic key, and is the psychological climax of the form?   show
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show Chamber Music  
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show ensemble music for two to about ten performers, with one player per part  
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show two violins, viola, and cello  
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show the most important chamber music genre of the era.  
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*Joseph Hayden worked where? How old was he?   show
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What/Who's String Quartet was written for the emperor, becoming the national anthem of Germany?   show
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show for being a child prodigy who started to write music before the age of five.  
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show the symphony, sonata, chamber music, concerto, sacred music, and various types of operas.  
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show Mozart's music  
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Who was a choir boy of Vienna?   show
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Joseph Hayden received phenomenal musical success after from what?   show
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Mozart rebelled against what? What was the result?   show
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Mozart died at what age?   show
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show the String Quartet  
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Which serenade's first movement, by Mozart, is a good example of the sonata-allegro form?   show
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show in the Italian opera overture  
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How many movements were in the Pre-Classical Symphonies?   show
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show the fast-slow-fast sections of the Italian opera overture  
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What type of music has no prescribed story or text to hold the music together and the story is the music?   show
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The Standard Multi-movement Cycle is often employed in what genres?   show
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Which movement of the Typical multi-movement cycle is usually the most highly organized and the longest movement?   show
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The minuet and trio was replaced by what? When?   show
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show exposition  
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show development  
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Which section came 3rd in the sonata-allegro form?   show
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What genre was considered the most important Chamber Music of the classical era?   show
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What is a rocket theme?   show
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show drawn out crescendos, slowly gathering force as they rose to a climax  
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What were 3 of the main contributions to the classical symphony made by composers in Mannheim, Germany?   show
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show 30-40 players  
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What section was the 'heat' of the classical orchestra?   show
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show 4 movements  
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show sonata-allegro form  
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The second movement of the Classical Symphony was usually in what form?   show
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show a minuet and trio (replaced by schirzo by end of the classical era)  
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show Usually fast in sonata-allegro form or a rondo, serving as the finale.  
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show "Father of the Symphony"  
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show Joseph Hayden  
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show over 100  
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What did Beethoven do after rejected Patronage and how did he support himself financially?   show
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What did Beethoven suffer from later in life?   show
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show Beethoven produced 9 symphonies, but all were considered the pinnacle of the genre  
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show Beethoven  
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How many forms does the classical concerto have and what's the temp?   show
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show the cadenza  
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show A somewhat improvised solo passage that interrupts the movement towards the end.  
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show The cadenza has a dramatic effect: the orchestra falls silent and the soloist launches into a free play of fantasy on one or more themes of the movement  
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show the opposition of two dissimilar elements, such as soloist, or solo group, vs an orchestra  
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What is the first movement of the Classical Concerto form?   show
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show the Orchestra  
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show the soloist  
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The second movement of the Classical Concerto is usually at what tempo? What type of melodies does it usually feature?   show
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show Really fast, with a temp of Allegro or Presto. Usually shorter than the first movement, in rondo form. Often features a cadenza that brings the piece to an end.  
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What often highlights the virtuosity of the soloist in Classical Concertos?   show
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show one solo instrument (often the piano forte), or for duos  
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show Beethoven's and Mozart's  
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show Beethoven wrote 32 piano sonatas  
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show Mass, Requiem Mass, and oratorio  
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show Mass  
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What is a musical setting for the dead called?   show
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show oratorio  
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show Opera seria  
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What was comic opera called in Italy?   show
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show Singspiel  
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What was comic opera called in France?   show
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show ballad or dialogue opera  
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What changed about choral music from the Baroque era to the Classical era?   show
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show the classical era  
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show opera seria  
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show display the virtuosity of the star singers  
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Who reformed opera seria, creating a highly expressive drama with a lot of crows appeal?   show
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show comic operas  
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Which social class was the opera seria popular for?   show
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What was the response of the aristocratic opera seria?   show
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Which social class was the comic opera popular for?   show
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show the vernacular  
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Who had a centralized role in the comic operas?   show
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show A buffoon who spoke the the audience in a bass voice  
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what tonality was the buffo's voice?   show
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