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Glossary of classical music

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A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer\'s virtuosity
cadenza
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A classical concerto is a 3 movemnt work for
instrumental soloist and orchestra
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A common rondo pattern is
ABACA
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A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for
an instrumental soloist and orchestra
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A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion
the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes
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A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music from the symphony or concerto is that chamber music
is performed by one player per part
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A modulation from the home key to a new key in the exposition of a sonata form movement takes place in the
bridge
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A pause in the score of a concerto is indicted by
fermata
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A symphony is unified partly by the use of the same
key in 3 of its movements
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A transitional pasage that leads to a contrasting section is called a
bridge
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A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is
fast, slow, fast
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A ____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainmnet
serenade
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Another common rondo patter is
ABACABA
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At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a
repeat sign
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carl phillip emanuel bach and ____ were two of the more important preclasical composers
Johann Christian Bach
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classical chamber music is designed
for the intimate settin of a small room
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Classicism, as a stylistic period in western art music, roughly encompassed they years
1750-1820
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Each successive variation in a theme with variations
retain some elements of the theme
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In many of Beethoven\'s works, there is a ________ movement instead of the minuet
scherzo
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Mozart and Beethoven number of concertos for their favorite solo instrumen, the
piano
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Short musical ideas or fragments f themes that are developed within a composition are called
motives
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Sonata form should be viewed as
a set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of them and key
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The 3 main sections of a sonata-form movement are often followed by a concluding section known as the
coda
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The classical concerto differs from the symphoy in that it does not have a ________ movement.
minuet or scherzo
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The double bass in the classical orchestra, as in Mozart\'s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, usually
doubles he cello part an octave lower
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The favored solo instrument in the classical concerto was the
piano
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The first movement nd sometimes in the last movement of a classical concerto there is a special unaccompanied showpiece for the soloist, the
cadenza
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The first movement of a classical concerto
has 2 expositions
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The fully develooped classical style in music flourished during the period
1770-1820
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The last movement of a classical symphony
is all of the above
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the lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the
second
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The main theme of the rondo
is usually in the tonic key
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the most important form of classical chamber music is the
string quartet
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The preclassical period roughly encompassed the years
1730-1770
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The return of the main theme in rondo form is all the more welcome because it is usually
in the tonic key
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The rondo may be schematically
ABACABA
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The scherzo differs from the minuet in that is
moves more quickly
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The slow movement of a classical symphony
is generally not in the tonic key
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The sonata-rondo
all of the above
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Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as
AA\'A\"A\"\'A\"\"
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Typical in classical music, the string bass part in Mozart\'s Eine kleine Nachtmusik
sounds an octave lower than the cello part
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Unity is achieved in the classical symphony partly by the use of the same
key in 3 of its four movements
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Unlike the other movements in the symphony, the ______ movement is generally not in the tonic key
second
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Which of the following characteristics is not typical of the musi of the clasical period?
classical music is basically polyphonic
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Which of the following composers is not considered master of the classical period?
Johann Christian Bach
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Which of the following is no true?
composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their composition
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Which of the following statements is not true
a typical sequence of movements ina classical concerto is fast, slow, dance-related, fast
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Which of the following statements is not true of the classical period
philosophers and writers in the classical period believed that custom and trdiotion, rather than reason, were the best guides to human conduct
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Which of the following statements is not true of the music of the classical period?
the bsso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemble
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Which of the following statements is not true?
the character of the minuet is best described as brisk and lively