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Of the three periods, this was the period of Beethoven's "heroic" era.
What is the second period?
The usual title of the third movement, incorporating a dance in binary form.
What is minuet and trio?
This section usually doubled the strings and added color.
What is the woodwind section?
The instrumental introduction to an opera.
What is an overture?
Walking speed.
What is andante?
This composer excelled in writing opera buffa.
Who is Mozart?
The letter outline of rondo form.
The entire orchestra is used in this type of multimovement work.
What is a symphony?
A song in an opera sung by three people, also known as a trio.
What is terzetto?
This type of role in an opera was usually a teenage boy, but performed by a mezzo soprano dressed as a boy.
What is a trouser role?
The father of the symphony.
Who is Haydn?
The first section in sonata-allegro form, before the development, which is repeated in the recapitulation.
What is the exposition?
The instruments found in a string quartet.
What are 2 violins, one viola, one cello?
The speech-like singing that moves the plot along in an opera.
What is recitative?
Beethoven described the short-short-short-long opening motive of this symphony as "fate knocking at the door."
What is his 5th Symphony?
This composer helped to usher in the Romantic era.
Who is Beethoven?
Typically the tempo marking (name) for the second movement in a multimovement work.
What is adagio?
A piece written for a solo instrument, occasionally a duo.
What is a sonata?
The name for serious, dramatic operas.
What is opera seria?
The fastest tempo we discussed, 200 beats per minute.
What is presto?
The wealthy Hungarian family, Esterhazys, were the patrons for this composer.
Who is Haydn?
The number of movements in a symphony.
What is four?
Music with no literary basis, poem, or story.
What is absolute music?
The German name for comic opera.
What is singspiel?
The name for a "mass for the dead".
What is a requiem?