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WorksheetsClassical Music Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The classical era in music is the period between
1750-1800
1700-1750
1600-1700
1750-1850
Who was the first composer to write concertos for the harpsichord?
Mozart
Bach
Beethoven
Gluck
Symphonies were not initially independent, they were originally part of
Cantatas
Orchestras
Sonatas
Operas
When ________ became ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, there were many changes to sacred music
Gluck
Mozart
Joseph II
Louis XIV
Which city thrived as a center for music because of its many nobles and aristocratic families?
Florence
Vienna
Amsterdam
Paris
Most concertos of the Classical era were in three movements following which pattern?
Fast - Slow - Fast
Fast - Fast - Slow
Slow - Fast - Slow
Slow - Slow - Fast
What was Mozart's final composition?
Concerto no. 1
Don Giovanni
The Magic Flute
Requiem
Who was not an important composer of the Classical Period?
Mozart
Haydn
Gluck
Monteverdi
Performers were expected to do what when performing?
Play incredibly quiet
Improvise
Dance
Write their own overture
Which composers stopped writing masses because of Joseph II?
Mozart and Haydn
Mozart and Gluck
Haydn and Gluck
Beethoven and Haydn
Which describes the 1st movement of a symphony?
Minuet/Dance
Slow
Sets tone
Light/Sonata Form
Which is not an opera by Mozart?
Don Giovanni
The Magic Flute
Alceste
The Marriage of Figaro
Which is a consequence of the Industrial Revolution?
People moved to the cities
People moved to the country
People began farming more
People began paying higher taxes
The symphony began to distinguish itself when?
1700
1720
1770
1800
Who spelled out the reforms necessary for opera in one of his own compositions?
Mozart
Gluck
Beethoven
Haydn
Whose operas were known for an abundance of thematic ideas?
Gluck
Haydn
Monteverdi
Mozart
What is opera buffa?
Serious opera
Romantic opera
Dramatic opera
Comic opera
Which typical characters in opera buffa?
Heroes
Everyday characters
Greek gods
Royalty
Why did Britain lose control of the American colonies?
Taxes
Lack of police force
Britain did not care
Finances
Which voice part is more common in opera buffa?
Bass
Tenor
Alto
Soprano
Advances in technology led to the
Enlightenment
Bronze Age
Industrial Revolution
Modern Age
Opera buffa was focused on _______ instead of _______
Woodwinds, Brass
Ensemble singing, solos
Dancing, theater
Serious plots, comic plots
Which is not an important instrumental genre of the Classical Period?
String Quartet
Woodwind Quintet
Concerto
Sonata
The Enlightenment belief for individuals is
Reason to pursue a better job
Reason to pursue a better home
Reason to pursue self-fulfillment
Reason to pursue tacos
The root of buffa is?
Opera seria
Intermezzo
Overture
Singspiel
In the classical, the first and last movements were typically
Fast
Slow
Dance
Moderate
Who said the enlightenment was "man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity"?
Immanuel Kant
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Joseph II
What was the main reason for reforming opera?
Too much scenery
Too many seats available
Too many people on stage
Too many showy soloists
What was the forerunner to the piano?
Harpsichord
Clavinova
Celeste
Fortepiano
What led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England?
Glorious Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
Constitution
