Unit 3 Review

Which composer primarily composed piano music?

• Beethoven

• Foster

• Schubert

• Chopin

Opera presented in a comic manner, in vernacular, and marketed towards the general population is called:

• Opera seria

• Opera buffa

Beethoven's Third Symphony is dedicated to:

• Haydn

• Napoleon

• Caeser

• Mozart

Beethoven has how many creative periods? (Use a number)

A piece of music that is short, virtuosic, and often a technical study is called:

• An opera

• A symphonic poem

• An etude

• A symphony

In a Classical Symphony, which instrument family primarily features the melody?

• Winds

• Brass

• Strings

• Percussion

A song whose text is based on a German lyric poem is called:

• Ballad

• Lied

• Sonata

• Chant

The recurring theme attached to a character, object, or scene in Wagner's operas is called:

• Libretto

• Letimotif

• Fixed idee

• Melody

Music without a story or text is called:

• Absolute Music

• Program Music

A free, improvisatory solo passage featured in a concerto is called:

• Cadenza

• Development

• Coda

• Introduction