Music-Classical Music

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Who was the female opera singer, pianist, harpist, and composer whose opera "Catherine" became a hit in Paris during the final decade of the 18th century?

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Julie Candeille

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What composer of the Classic period exemplifies the transitional change in status of performers and composers that occurred during this period, spending most of his career employed by a wealthy aristocrat before becoming a successful freelance composer?

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Joseph Haydn

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According to your textbook, who are the two "masters of the Classic style?"

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Mozart and Haydn

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Joseph Haydn worked for nearly 30 years as musician, composer, and instrument repairer for which wealthy aristocratic family?

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Esterházy

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What were the dates of Franz Joseph Haydn's life?

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1732 to 1809

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What were the dates of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life?

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1756 to 1791

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In what European city did Mozart attempt -- during the final decade of his life -- to become a freelance musician, making his living by composing, giving piano lessons, and performing public concerts?

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Vienna

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The 18th-century movement led by French philosophers Voltaire and Rousseau is known as

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the Enlightenment.

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Which of the following beliefs were typical of the "Enlightened" individuals of the 18th century?

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Human concerns were favored over the Divine.
The principles of scientific objectivity were applied to issues of social justice.
Improvement of the educational system was considered important.

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Who was the "enlightened" Emperor of Austria from 1780 to 1790?

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Joseph II

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During the 18th century, the flourishing European economy created a large and prosperous middle class who felt entitled to the same privileges and cultural diversions previously reserved for members of the aristocracy. What innovation provided more opportunities for the enjoyment of such cultural diversions?

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public concerts

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What city was the most important center of symphonic composition and performance during the early Classic era?

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Mannheim, Germany

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What is the most likely reason that the type of music composed during the Classic Period was lighter, clearer, and more accessible than music of the Baroque, and substituted monody for the complex rhythms and counterpoint of the latter?

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This newly-expanded musical audience was extremely influential in the development of the Classic style of composition.

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Which of the following most accurately describes music of the Classic Period?

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balanced and well-proportioned, clear and accessible

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Which of the following was not a general characteristic of Classic Music?

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most compositions were program music

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A common practice in music of the Classic period was to create an accompaniment part in which each chord is broken into a continuously moving pattern of short notes. After what composer was this technique named?

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Domenico Alberti
The "Alberti bass" was a special development of the Classic era.

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Which type of opera was created during the Classic era to transform the Baroque opera -- the province of the aristocracy -- into a form of entertainment that would appeal to everyone?

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comic opera

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Which of the following was not typical of comic opera?

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plots were based on mythological or historical figures

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Who composed the famous early comic opera entitled La Serva Padrona?

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Giovanni Pergolesi

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What was the most important instrumental genre of the Classic era?

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the symphony

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According to your textbook, the symphony emerged from what genre of instrumental composition?

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opera overture

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Which of the following genres does not belong in the category of chamber music?

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solo concerto

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Which of the following was not one of the most important Classic forms frequently used by composers during the Classical era?

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fugue

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The first movement of a multi-movement work composed during the Classical period is almost always in what standardized form?

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sonata form

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Many early Classic compositions have three movements instead of four. Which of the four movements did not become standard until the second half of the 18th century?

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minuet and trio

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Which of the following is not one of the great operas that Mozart composed during the last five years of his life?

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The Abduction from the Seraglio

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One of Mozart's most impressive musical feats is exemplified by the scenes in which several characters sing different music simultaneously, revealing his musical brilliance and unsurpassed ability of psychological characterization. These scenes are called

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ensembles.

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minuet and trio

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aabb ccdd ab

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sonata form

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exposition - development - recapitulation

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aria form

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A-B-A

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rondo form

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A-B-A-C-A-B-A

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bb

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ex‧em‧pli‧fy

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to give an example of something:

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free‧lance

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working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company:

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em‧pe‧ror

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the man who is the ruler of an empire

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pros‧per‧ous

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rich and successful:

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di‧ver‧sion

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a change in the direction or use of something, or the act of changing it

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o‧ver‧ture

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short piece of music written as an introduction to a long piece of music, especially an opera