Listening Pieces
This piece is
Symphony No. 5 (Mvmt. I)
the primary language of the Mass
Latin
The ______ is a Baroque keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.
fugue
A composer can fragment a theme by dividing it into smaller units called _______.
motives
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata has this many movements
3
This piece is
Spring from The Four Seasons (Mvmt. I)
Name ONE characteristic of monastic life in the early Middle Ages.
prayer, charity, hospital work, scholarship, quiet seclusion, teaching
the orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera
overture
In the Classical multi-movement cycle, the second movement is usually in this form.
theme and variations
Name ONE instrument commonly used in a Classical sonata.
piano, violin, cello
The composer of this piece is
Luther and Calvin believed that congregational singing should be in what language?
vernacular
The opening movement of Spring, from The Four Seasons, is in this form.
ritornello form
The minuet and trio form could be described as which of the following: binary, ternary, strophic, through-composed
ternary
Name ONE means by which Beethoven supported himself through his music.
teaching music lessons, publishing music, giving public concerts
The genre of this piece is
serenade OR chamber music
How were references to death usually interpreted in madrigals?
erotic
The libretto is the _____ of an opera.
text
Haydn's principle patron was _______
Prince Esterhazy
Beethoven began to expand the possibilities of the symphony as a genre with this symphony
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
In its genre, this section of the piece is an example of
aria
The madrigal was the most important secular genre during what century?
the chief element that distinguishes the concerto from other instrumental genres
the contrast between two dissimilar bodies of sound
In sonata-allegro form, the contrasting key is established by the statement of the _______.
second theme
Beethoven described the opening motive of his Symphony No. 5 using this phrase
"fate knocking at the door"