Joseph Haydn

As a child, Haydn was a soloist in a

• band

• boychoir

• Ballet company

• string quartet

True or False: Haydn began composing while still a teenager?

• True

• False

Hayden worked as

• court musician

• an opera singer

• band director

• all of the above

During the last ten years of his life, Haydn wrote a great deal of music?

• True

• False

Haydn met or taught many other composers, including?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• George Frideric Handel

• all of the above

As a composer, Haydn was influenced by

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• George Frideric Handel

• none of the above

When Haydn worked for Prince Esterhazy, which of the following was not a part of his duties?

• compose music for family concerts

• compose music for the Prince's Military Band

• compose music for private performances

• compose music for church services

The Litening example, Haydn's "Symphony No 4, is also known as

• the Timpani Symphony

• the Surprise Symphony

• the Oratorio Symphony

• the Baryton Symphony

True or False: Another name for timpani is kettle drum

• True

• False

In analyzing a piece of music, musicians refer to the main melody as

• the "A Melody"

• the "Main Melody"

• the "Number One Melody"

• the "Grand Melody"