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WorksheetsClassical Period Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
What are the dates for the Classical Period?
1750-1825
1600-1750
1400-1600
1100-1400
What was the main city and country for the arts during the Classical Period?
Bonn, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
What war was happening in the America during the Classical Period?
French and Indian War
American Revolution
Civil War
This word means: the building blocks for a composition.
Directions
Rules
Form
Description
This is a long melody that repeats itself in a composition. Composers wrote them to make the songs recongnizable to the listener.
Motive
Theme
This is a short grouping of notes that are repeated many times within a melody. The composer wrote them so they would be recognizable to the listener.
Theme
Motive
What kind of a form has an exposition, development, recapitulation and coda?
Rondo Form
Theme and Varriation Form
Sonata Form
Which 3 words describe music written in the Classical Period?
Ornamented
Balanaced
Uncluttered
Emotional
Clean
This ensemble became prominent in the Classical Period and contained instruments from the String, Brass, Woodwind and Percussion families.
Marching Band
Choir
Chamber Ensemble
Orchestra
This is a small group of instruments that would often perform music for parties and gatherings during the Classical Period.
Orchestra
Chamber Ensemble
Marching Band
Choir
What was comic opera called during the Classical Period?
Funny Opera
Opera Comic
Opera Buffa
Buffa Opera
Who is this composer from the Classical Period?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Who is this composer from the Classical Period?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Who is this composer from the Classical Period?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn was close with this composer, even though they had very different personalities.
Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn taught this composer, but they did not get along very well because Haydn was old school and this composer was much younger and wanted to change things.
Mozart
Beethoven
How many symphonies did Haydn compose?
100
105
200
107
Who composed The Farewell Symphony and The Surprise Symphony?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Which symphony did Haydn compose because the players wanted to leave the summer palace and return to their home? The players were instructed to leave the stage one at a time until there were only 2 players left.
The Farewell Symphony
The Surprise Symphony
Which symphony did Haydn compose because the Prince kept falling asleep during his performances? At the beginning of the second movement, there is a loud chord that was intended to wake up the Prince.
The Farewell Symphony
The Surprise Symphony
How old was Mozart when he performed for the Austrian Empress?
4
6
8
10
Mozart hated the_______________.
Patronage System
Middle Class
What city in Austria was Mozart born?
Vienna
Salzburg
Bonn
What city in Austira did Mozart die?
Vienna
Salzburg
Bonn
Who was Mozart's teacher?
Haydn
Beethoven
His Father
Check the 2 answers that describe how Mozart composed his music.
In his head.
He could just write it down without making mistakes or needed to alter it.
He needed a piano so he could play the melody and hear it and change it around.
True or False: Mozart was buried in a paupers grave or a common grave because he died and left his wife and 2 sons in debt.
True
False
What city and country were Beethoven from?
Vienna, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Bonn, Germany
What was Beethoven's main instrument?
Organ
Violin
Piano
Trumpet
Check the 2 answers that complete the sentence: Beethoven moved to __________ to study with ___________ in his twenties?
Salzburg
Vienna
Haydn
Mozart
What physical ailment happened to Beethoven during his life?
He became deaf.
He became blind.
True of False: 20,000-30,000 people lined the streets of Vienna for Beethoven's funeral.
True
False
What 2 periods of music does Beethoven's music fall under?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Which composer became the first in history to make a successful living without the Patronage System?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Which symphony did Beethoven conduct the premier for that at the end, they had to turn him around so he could see the audience applause?
5th Symphony
9th Symphony
