Msc 3044 Quiz 3

Front 1

Scherzo

Back 1

Italian for joke / jest. Downbeat out of sync w/minuet triple meter, creating syncopation and hemiolas.

Front 2

"Bird" Quartet

Back 2

By Haydn. Op. 33 No. 3, strings sound like birds

Front 3

Emperor Quartet

Back 3

By Haydn refects the Napoleonic Wars

Front 4

The Emperor's Hymn

Back 4

By Haydn. National Anthem for Austria for Emperor Franz II (to the text of God Preserve Emperor Franz)

Front 5

Paris Symphonies

Back 5

Six Symphonies by Haydn for the Loge Olympique.

Front 6

London Symphonies

Back 6

Twelve Symphonies by Haydn for a lot of money in London after Esterházy died.

Front 7

"Surprise" Symphony

Back 7

By Haydn. Slow 2nd mvmt has fortissimo timpani and violin triple stops at the end

Front 8

The Creation

Back 8

By Haydn. Is a sacred oratorio. In English and German.

Front 9

Köchel (K) number

Back 9

Identifies Mozart's compositions in roughly chronological order

Front 10

"Little" G-Minor Symphony

Back 10

By Mozart. No. 25. 1st symphony in minor key. Not to be confused with No. 40 Great G minor symphony.

Front 11

"Prague" Symphony

Back 11

By Mozart. Difficult to perform, dense texture and high demand on woodwinds (strings with pairs of flute, bassoon, oboe, horn, trumpet and timpani)

Front 12

Symphony 40 in G minor

Back 12

By Mozart. Great symphony. One of three written summer of 1788 for subscription concerts in Vienna.

Front 13

"Jupiter" Symphony

Back 13

By Mozart. Final symphony. Trumpets and timpani and stately dotted rhythms evoke images of nobility and godliness.

Front 14

"Haydn" Quartets

Back 14

Mozart studied Haydn's quartets which inspired 6 of his own that Mozart dedicated to Haydn.

Front 15

"Dissonance" Quartet

Back 15

By Mozart. The Adagio intro is chromatic and lacks tonal clarity.

Front 16

Turkish Music

Back 16

Military bands w/blaring double reed instruments and jangling percussion.

Front 17

Concerto-sonata form

Back 17

Orchestra exposition entirely in I (passive) followed by soloist exposition with modulation from I to V (active).

Front 18

Cadenza

Back 18

A fantasy at the end of the first movement of a concerto where the soloist plays without accompaniment and uses fragments of themes. Written or improvised.