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This is a large scale work in several movements for an instrumental soloist and orchestra.
What is a concerto.
100
This is the name of Beethoven's only opera.
What is Fidelio.
100
Beethoven's third symphony was originally composed to commemorate the deeds of this General, as the embodiment of heroism and democratic ideals.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte.
100
This classical form may be schematically outlined as AA'A"A'"A"".
What is theme and variations.
100
This is the usual order of movements in a classical symphony.
What is fast, slow, dance and fast.
200
This form is frequently used as the form for the first movement of a multi-movement work.
What is Sonata Form.
200
This composer was content to spend most of his life serving a wealthy Hungarian family.
Who is Joseph Haydn.
200
Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and this.
What is the church.
200
This form may be schematically outlined as ABACABA.
What is a rondo.
200
This is considered to be a sonata for orchestra.
What is a symphony.
300
This movement is typically found as the third movement in an multi-movement work, with a musical outline of ABA.
What is Minuet and Trio.
300
Between the ages of six and fifteen, this composer was continually on tour in England and Europe.
Who is Mozart.
300
This famous opera by Mozart tells the story of a legendary Spanish lover.
What is Don Giovanni.
300
Along with his symphonies, these compositions by Joseph Haydn are considered his most important works.
What are string quartets.
300
The three main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as this.
What is a coda.
400
This is an extended, ambitious composition exploiting the expanded range of tone color and dynamics of the classical orchestra.
What is a symphony.
400
This composers late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include piano sonatas, string quartets and a ninth symphony.
Who is Beethoven.
400
This is the section of a classical concerto where the solo instrument has the opportunity to improvise without the orchestra.
What is a cadenza.
400
This feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement this.
What is the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.
400
Each successive variation in a theme with variations at least does this.
What is retain some elements of the theme.
500
This is a transitional passage that leads to a contrasting section.
What is a bridge.
500
This composer composed a Requiem mass on commission from a stranger; however, he did not live to finish the work.
Who is Mozart.
500
This music was designed for the intimate setting of a small room.
What is chamber music.
500
The Sonata Form consists of three main sections: exposition, development and this.
What is recapitulation.
500
Classicism, as a stylistic period in western art music, roughly encompasses these years.
What is 1750 - 1820.
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