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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Classical period covers what general years? | 1750-1825 |
| A theme may be fragmented by dividing it into smaller units called: | motives |
| Music for a small ensemble of two to about ten players with one player to a part is called: | chamber music |
| A string quartet consists of : | 2 violins, viola, and cello |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmucik: | German for "A little Night Music," an example of program music, is a symphony for full orchestra. |
| Which best describes the form of the first movement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik? | Sonata-allegro |
| The first movement of a symphony is always in: | Sonata-allegro form |
| Of which genre is Haydn's The Creation representative? | oratorio |
| Absolute music can be described as: | form that has no prescribed story |
| Beethoven suffered perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. | Deafness |
| Which best describes Beethoven? | A transitional composer whose early works reflected many Classical elements and whose later works led the way to Romanticism |
| How many symphonies did Beethoven write? | 9 |
| Which of Beethoven's symphonies is called the choral symphony? | the fifth |
| A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called: | a requiem |
| _______ is called the Father of the Symphony. | Haydn |
| The most influential chamber music genre of the classical period was: | the string quartet |
| The letter used to catalogue Mozart's works was: | K |
| The most important type of absolute music during the classical period was: | the symphony |
| The classical orchestra usually numbered | 30-40 players |
| A fanciful solo passage in the manner of an improvisation that interrupts the movement in a concerto is called: | a cadenza |
| Which of these is NOT one of the greatest Classical composers? | Bach |
| The homophonic texture used in the classical period means: | a melody with accompanying harmony |
| The three main sections of conata-allegro form are the exposition, development, and: | recapitulation |
| Which of the following genres only had one movement? | a chorale |
| In sonata-allegro form, the section that features the most tension and drama through modulation and motivic interplay is called: | the development. |
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