Unit 3

Enlightenment

100

Name of musical style/time period associated with the Enlightenment period:

Classical Music

200

What were the main ideals of the Enlightenment period?

Logic and Reason

300

Name three stylistic features of classical music:

Rhythmic flexibility

More dynamic contrast

Expansion of the orchestra

Focus on Melody

Homophonic texture

Emphasis on formal structure

400

Name of composer who marked the transition from the Baroque style into the Classical style:

C.P.E. Bach

500

Name of the two philosophers who are commonly associated with the Enlightenment period (last names only):

Voltaire and Rousseau

The Symphony

100

How many movements were there in a symphony during the classical period?

4

200

What is the form of the first movement of the symphony during the classical period?

Sonata form

300

Musical form that is divided up into sections of exposition, development and recapitulation:

Sonata

400

Name the form of movements 2-4 of the symphony during the classical period:

2 - Any

3 - Minuet

4 - Sonata or Rondo

500

How many symphonies did Joseph Haydn write?

104

Other Classical Genres

100

Name one other classical genre other than the symphony:

String Quartet

Opera Buffa

Classical Concerto

Sonata

200

Name for a group of musicians that perform together:

Ensemble

300

Name for a piece that features a soloist with an orchestra:

Concerto

400

Name for a piece that is played as opposed to sung:

Sonata

500

List the typical movements and forms of the string quartet during the classical period:

1 - Sonata form

2 - Any

3 - Minuet 

4 - Sonata or rondo form

Beethoven

100

Name one interesting fact about Beethoven:

Deaf

Abusive Father

First Romantic composer

Etc.

200

Beethoven marked the transition from which two time periods?

Classical and Romantic

300

What significant historical event overlapped with Beethoven's life?

French Revolution

400

Name of the piece that replaced the minuet in the symphony during the Romantic time period:

Scherzo

500

Name two symphonies from Beethoven's "second period":

Symphonies 3-5

Romanticism

100

Name two ideals of the Romantic period:

Emotion

Individualism

Belief in Supernatural

Rebellion 

200

What was the Romantic artistic movement a reaction against?

The Enlightenment

300

Name one Romantic composer not on the classroom posters:

Chopin

Mahler

Etc.

400

Name two stylistic features of Romantic music:

Rubato

Chromaticism

Greater use of contrasts

Expansion of orchestra

Program Music

Spontaneity 

500

How did Romantic composers use chromaticism differently than composers of other time periods?

Used it freely and according personal taste