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WorksheetsAQA A-Level Music: Purcell Trumpet Sonata in D major
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 36mins
The first movement of Purcell's Trumpet Sonata is in the key of..?
G major
A minor
D major
The texture between the trumpet and strings during movement 1 is often...
Homophonic
Antiphonal
Melody with accompaniment
The most significant modulations throughout Purcell's Trumpet Sonata are to the keys of...
B minor and G major
D minor and A major
A major and B minor
Which of the following is absent (tacet) in the second movement of Purcell's Trumpet Sonata?
Trumpet
Strings
Basso continuo
Which of the following ornaments often decorates the cadence points in the first movement of Purcell's Trumpet Sonata?
Turn
Trill
Upper mordent
In the second movement of his Trumpet Sonata, Purcell modulates to...
A major
B minor
F major
The texture of majority of movement 2 of Purcell's Trumpet Sonata is...
Chordal/homophonic
Melody with accompaniment
Fugal/polyphonic
What is the time signature of movement 3 of Purcell's Trumpet Concerto?
3/4
3/8
6/8
The harmony of movement 2 is...
Surprisingly chromatic (7ths chords, augmented triads, suspensions)
Entirely diatonic (mainly based on chords I and V)
Based upon the circle of fifths
How does Purcell develop the melody in the latter half of movement 3?
Retrograde (melody is played backwards)
Inversion (melody is played upside down)
The entries of the trumpet and strings in movement 3 are...
Imitative (fugal)
In unison
In octaves
Towards the end of movement 3 of Purcell's Trumpet Sonata, there are 11 consecutive bars of...
Alternating tonic and dominant harmony
Static tonic harmony in root position
A dominant pedal
