FREE MUSIC AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TEST3; MA;

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FREE MUSIC AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TEST3; MA;

CH11-15

Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -43 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation Question 1: director of Mannheim Orchestra credited with standardizing the classical orchestra

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Johann Stamitz

Question 2: wrote the libretto for the Marriage of Figaro

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Lorenzo da Ponte

Question 3: Complied Mozart's music into a roughly chronological listing

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Ludwig von Köchel

Question 4: ____ to public concerts was fairly _____.

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Admission, expensive

Question 5: this form is used in the first movement of a symphony work

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Sonata Form

Question 6: German opera; the language of it is German

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Singspiel Question 7: Mozart wrote music for this opera based on Beaumarchais&told King that the political controversy was removed(it wasn't); opera buffa; leading characters-servants; plot of opera foreshadows the French Revolition

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Marriage of Figaro Question 8: was a three-movement genre featuring the contrast of soloist & orchestra & was the type of concerto popular during the classical period

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Solo concerto

Question 9: this form is used in the third movement of a symphony work

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Minuet & Trio

Question 10: a very florid & high soprano voice

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Coloratura soprano Question 11: Chamber music, in a four-movement structure, written for two violins, viola, & cello

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String Quartet Question 12: 1]"Father of the Symphony"/"Master of the String Quartet";choirboy until voice changed(dismissed);played street bands; most lucrative position is music director 4 Prince Esterhazy(patronage-composed Prince's desires/was a servant;music owned by Prince)

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Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 13: some singers, especially soprano/tenors, receive this title because of their egos

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Diva Question 14: Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, I

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1st melody: think "it's a bird, it's a plane, no it's Mozart"

Question 15: 2]taught Beethoven;Symphony No.45 "Farewell", musicians stop at various points during 4th movement & leave stage;opus 33 sting quartets 1st performed for Russian Grand Duke Paul

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Franz Joseph Haydn Question 16: is an idea centered on the aesthetic of balance & symmetry; Instrumental music held greater importance than vocal music during this period

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Classical Music

Question 17: Italian comic opera

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Opera buffa

Question 18: has two themes in two different keys

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Exposition Question 19: Beethoven developed a style of third movement which was faster and more forceful

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Scherzo & trio Question 20: lived primarily off earrings from concert hall;increased size of orchestra by adding brass&woodwind;life was divided into 3 periods;went deaf&communicated via notebooks;1st major composer to demand equal footing with aristocracy;5th Symphony(most popular)

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 21: Haydn: "Surprise" Symphony no. 94, II

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gets softer, then BAM (to wake you up)

Question 22: _____, ____, & _____ all composed for piano

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Bethoven, Hayden, & Mozart

Question 23: is responsible for

1) setting the tempo of a piece, 2) controlling the dynamics of a piece, 3) bringing the players in at the correct place, 4) controlling the expressiveness of the piece, etc.

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Orchestra conductor Question 24: Mozart: "Non più anadia" ("No more will you") Marriage of Figaro

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ONLY ONE WITH WORDS

Question 25: child prodigy, composing by age 5; principal instrument was the keyboard (harpsichord); lessons with Franz Joseph Haydn; struggled financially, dying poor; said in essence that he composed the music in his head & later wrote it down

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 26: serious opera

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Opera seria Question 27: wrote the play, Le Nozze di Figaro, which was so politically controversial that King Louis XVI attempted to ban the play

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Beaumarchais