ACDEC Music Demicards III

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When did Joseph II try to make a German-speaking theater in Vienna: 1776
For how many yrs was M a freemason?: 7
What is the name of M's most ambitious serious opera?: Idomeneo
Mozart ended up going where after getting a letter from his dad?: France
When M wanted to go with the Webers to Italy, where did his dad say he must go?: to France
Who was Archduke Leopold of Tuscany later known as?: Emperor Leopold II
After asking Archudke Ferdinand, L M inquired to the Archduke ___ of Tuscany about a position for M: Leopold
Why did Joseph II try to shut down the Burgtheater?: save $ during a war w/ the Turks
How did Singspiel come to be accepted in Viennese society: Joseph II liked it and imposed it on society
Singspiel was welcomed in Vienna T/F: T
In the closing of exp and recap of M piano concerto, is it necessary to provide new melodic material?: yes
Who was italy's most famous opera composer in the 19th century: Verdi
After 1786, M started composing lots of _____: operas
With what era do listeners usually associate M's Piano Concerto in D minor, K 466: Romantic
How was music used in Masonic rituals: acc for "trips about the Lodge", before and after prayer, entrance into Lodge, closing meetings
Which concerto is M's most famous?: k 455 in D minor
How does the solo exposition differ from the orchestra exposition in M's PC in A Major, K 488: solo exp more ornamented and includes a moderation
What does the Fellow Craft Degree represent: strong manhood
For what event did M compose the Masonic work Gesellenreise?: his father's initiation into the Fellow Craft Degree
Which Degree was the most impt in M's Masonic-music career: Fellow Craft
3 degrees of membership within the Blue Lodge of Freemasonry: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, Master Mason
What was the name of the original Masonic group: Blue Lodge of Freemasonry
Why did Masonic lodges hold many concert: charity
Eroica's 1st or last movement was the longest in history: 1st
The ideas of the Enlightenment are most apparent in M's ___ music: Masonic
How did B communicate w/ others at end of life?: conversation books
What was the highest rank M achieved as a Freemason: Master Mason
When M went back to Salzburg, what was his position?: court organist
Who were the Free and Accepted Masons: secretive and charitable fratrnity
What is the title of M's 1st composition: Andante in C
Who composed the 1st piece of music M learned to play: Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Where did M compose Idomeneo: Salzburg
Who commissioned M to write Idomeneo: Elector of Bavaria
In what city did the 1st performance of Idomeneo take place: Munich
Mozart preferred the opera seria or buffa style?: buffa
What is the 1st composition of B's middle period?: 3rd SYmphony
Where was M born?: Salzburg
What is a cantata: musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Since Haydn saw ___'s commemoration at Westminster Abbey, Haydn wanted to write ___ music: Handel, choral
T/F: Jefferson's library was built in the style of the Acropolis: F: based on the Roman Pantheon
What separates artists of the 18th century from those of different time periods: wanted to master asethetic properties of art in classical antiquity
In Bonn, Haydn was shown ___'s cantatas, convincing Haydn to become his teacher: Beethoven
Setting the soloist's opening theme of the recap in the subdominant is characteristic of whose writing?: Schubert
what is programmatic music?: represents a person, place, or thing
name all the functions in the 7 scale degrees: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone
Musicians in the ___ era found inspiration in the alleged magical powers of music in antiquity: Baroque
What is an ostinato: short musical pattern repeated throughout some or all of a composition
texture: the way musical parts come together
During which verses of Voi does the music become more passionate and dissonant?: 6 and 7

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