Classical Era
9. The prospering middle class in the classical period sought aristocratic luxuries such as
A. theater
B. literature
C. music
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
12) During this era, Romantic composers drew their inspiration from all the following except
A) Drama
B) Church
C) Nature
D) Literature
B) Church
2. Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?
A. Wolfgang A. Mozart
B. Ludwig van Beethoven
C. Joseph Haydn
D. Johann Sebastian Bach
D. Johann Sebastian Bach
26) The word _______ is commonly used for a Romantic art song with a German text
A) melodie
B) chanson
C) ballade
D) lied
D) lied
5. Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?
A. timpani
B. saxophones
C. trumpets
D. horns
B. saxophones
7. In the Classical Era political and economic power shifted from the church and the aristocracy to the
A. colonial powers
B. military-industrial complex
C. middle class
D. military
C. middle class
16) Of all the inspirations for Romantic art, none was more important than
A) nature
B) the church
C) ancient Greek art and culture
D) the aristocracy
A) nature
33. Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life
A. serving a wealthy aristocratic family
B. as an independently wealthy composer
C. as a church musician and organist
D. as a professional free-lance musician
C. as a church musician and organist
46. Beethoven, in comparison with earlier composers, was far more extensive and explicit in
marking _____________in his scores.
A. expressive indications
B. tempos
C. dynamics
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
17. Which of the following elements is usually not changed in varying the theme in theme and variations form?
A. length
B. harmony
C. rhythm
D. melody
D. melody
6. Social mobility during the classical period was
A. not common
B. promoted and encouraged by the church
C. an important factor in the rise of the middle class
D. ruthlessly stamped out by the aristocracy
C. an important factor in the rise of the middle class
6) Which of the following statements is not true of the Romantic era?
A) The emphasis in music was on color.
B) Harmonies are fuller and often more dissonant.
C) Melodies were shorter and less dramatic and emotional.
D) Romantics where drawn to ''the exception of the rule."
C) Melodies were shorter and less dramatic and emotional.
34. Haydn was fortunate in having a long and fruitful, as well as financially stable relationship with the noble Hungarian family of
A. Kadar
B. Stefanhazy
C. Liszt
D. Esterhazy
D. Esterhazy
36) Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the
A) idée fixe
B) germ motive
C) théme varié
D) basic motive
A) idée fixe
4. The typical orchestra of the classical period consisted of
A. strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani
B. strings with harpsichord continuo
C. a loose ensemble of available instruments
D. woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings
A. strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani
14. Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called
A. codas
B. motives
C. melodies
D. rides
C. melodies
20) The orchestra in the Romantic period
A) was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra
B) had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments
C) ranged from twenty to sixty players
D) was basically the same as in the classical period
A) was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra
35. Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104
A. serenades
B. symphonies
C. songs
D. operas
B. symphonies
32) Liszt created the_______ a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
A) sonata
B) piano concerto
C) concert overture
D) symphonic poem
D) symphonic poem
7) A slight slowing down or speeding up of the tempo, characteristically employed in the performance of much Romantic music, is
A) rubato
B) syncopation
C) ostinato
D) chromatic
A) rubato
3. Which of the following statements is not true of the music of the classical period?
A. Classical melodies are among the most tuneful and easy to remember.
B. The basso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemble.
C. Classical composers stressed balance and clarity of structure.
D. The standard orchestra comprised of four sections evolved during the classical period.
B. The basso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemble.
19) Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by all of the following except
A) using their national legends as subject matter
B) drawing creative inspiration from cultures of other lands
C) using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands
D) basing their music on the folk songs of their country
B) drawing creative inspiration from cultures of other lands
40. Mozart composed his Requiem
A. for his own funeral
B. as an exercise for his composition teacher
C. on commission from a stranger
D. to help his pupil Sussmayr
C. on commission from a stranger
39) A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas, is called
A) speech-song
B) unending melody
C) leitmotif
D) lied
C) leitmotif
9) Music that is written to convey an extra-musical idea is called
A) Nationalism
B) Gesamtkunstwerk
C) Program Music
D) Absolute Music
C) Program Music