Music Chp 17

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From about __________, democratic, republican, and revolutionary causes affected every phase of European life and art.

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1750-1825

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(T/F) Although the late eighteenth century was marked by democratic revolution and profound social change, it was also a period of classical restraint in the arts

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TRUE

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The two outstanding Classical composers of the late eighteenth century were

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Haydn and Mozart.

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The musical center of the Classical style, and the city where Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven all lived and worked was

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Vienna.

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The term classical is an ambiguous word that has acquired all of the following meanings except

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-referring to the arts of ancient Greece and Rome.
X describing an objective, emotionally restrained approach to art as opposed to the subjective "romantic" style.
- referring to a work of art that is new, innovative, and sure to become popular.
- referring to the music of Haydn and Mozart's period.

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Which of the following characteristics of the late eighteenth century's artistic style renders the term Classical particularly applicable to the period?

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-frequent references to the arts of Greece and Rome.
-concern with clarity of form.
-a quality of emotional restraint characteristic of the most important works of the period.
ALL OF THE ABOVE

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The goals of the Enlightenment included all of the following except

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-to use reason to improve the quality of life.
x to encourage mystic, supernatural, and religious beliefs.
-to promote religious tolerance.
- to replace political abuse with social justice.

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It was the French who articulated and defended the ideas that led to the Age of Reason, but they freely acknowledged their debt to the English for pointing the way toward the intellectual movement called the

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Enlightenment.

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(T/F) The members of the Enlightenment were concerned with mistreatment of the upper classes, and they initiated significant humanitarian reforms to correct these injustices.

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FALSE

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(T/F) Proponents of the Enlightenment believed that knowledge is universal, truth absolute, and reason the pathway to Enlightenment.

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TRUE

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(T/F) The frivolous, aristocratic art of the Rococo was well suited to expressing the enlightened, democratic, and revolutionary views of the late eighteenth century.

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FALSE

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The greatest painter of mid-eighteenth-century France was

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J. B. S. Chardin.

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Jacques-Louis David was a __________ artist whose revolutionary sympathies imbued his later works with romantic characteristics.

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neoclassic

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The English artist __________ was a moralist, but he tempered his visual sermons with satire and caustic wit.

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William Hogarth

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One of England's greatest painters during this period, __________, preferred to paint the rich and the elegant, stressing line over color in the classical manner.

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Who made the likenesses of Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington on United States coins?

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Houdon

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(T/F) Although Houdon made his living from portraiture, he made every effort to produce accurate rather than flattering portrayals.

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TRUE

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In literature, the eighteenth century was an age of __________ more than poetry.

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prose

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During the eighteenth century, the __________ theater was of unprecedented importance.

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English

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(T/F) During the eighteenth century, concerts became more common and the public's appreciation for music increased.

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TRUE

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(T/F) During the late eighteenth century, a significant number of women became professional musicians, braving criticisms of impropriety and often winning recognition for their accomplishments.

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TRUE

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During the eighteenth century, Marianne von Martinez studied with the famous composer, __________, and later composed a large number of full-length works.

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Franz Joseph Haydn

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Which Classical composer accepted the social and artistic restrictions of court employment?

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Haydn

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All of the following were characteristics of Classical music except

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X composers embraced Baroque intensity of religious feeling.
-classicists found beauty in order and symmetry of design.
-crescendos were used, and were longer and more expressive.
- instrumental music clearly dominated the Classical period.

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During the Classical period, the predominant texture was

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homophony.

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18th Century movement led by French intellectuals who advocated reason as the universal source of knowledge and truth.

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Enlightenment

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Early piano, named for its range of dynamic levels

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fortepiano

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-Term applied to the music of Heydn, Mozart, and the young Beethoven
-The term someimes is applied to the Classical style to avoid the ambiguity of "classical"

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Viennese style

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Emotionally restrained, formally balanced style of music from about 1750 to 1825

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Classical Style