WorksheetsAQA A-level Music: Brahms Intermezzo in A major
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
How would you describe the overall structure of Brahms' Intermezzo in A major?
AB (binary form)
ABA (ternary form)
ABCBA (arch form)
Sonata form
The first 8 bars sound almost as if they are from which period of music?
Baroque
Classical
Modern
Medieval
Which of the following musical features CANNOT be heard in section A?
Rhythmical displacement
Cross rhythms
Acciaccaturas
Which of the following musical features make the first 8 bars seem as if it is a classical piece?
Periodic phrasing and regular cadences
Periodic phrasing and leaps in the melody (7th)
Regular cadences and use of anacrusis
The music modulates to ___________ in section B.
E major
D major
F# minor
A minor
What does 'dolce' mean?
Tenderly
Sweetly
Gradually get faster
Slow down suddenly
What does 'Piu lento' mean?
Faster
Slower
A little faster
Free time
Which rhythmic feature can be heard at the beginning of section B (LH)?
Cross rhtyhms
Rhythmic displacement
Dotted rhythms
Triplets
In the middle of section B (bars 57-64) the texture changes to be...
Homophonic
Melody with accompaniment
Monophonic
Polyphonic
During section B (subsection E) Brahms briefly modulates to the key of...
F# minor
F# major
E major
E minor
