WorksheetsIGCSE Music Classical Music 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which are the commonly accepted dates for the Classical Period?
1600-1700
1800-1900
1730-1820
1540-1650
Who are the main 3 Classical Period composers? (3)
Mozart
Handel
Haydn
Bach
Beethoven
Classical Melodies had:
More ornamentation than the Baroque
No ornamentation at all
The same amount as the Baroque
Less than the Baroque
The first Viennese school comprised of?
Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
Berg, Webern, Schoenberg
Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mahler
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
Which instrument would you always find in a Classical sonata?
Piano
Harpsichord
Organ
Timpani
In the Classical Period, the word Sonata changes to mean a:
Piece of music in a specific structural form
Any instrumental music
Any music with vocals
The piece must have voices and instruments
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra is called a:
(a)
Which keyboard instrument was not a part of the orchestra, but was often featured as a soloist in Classical concertos?
Organ
Xylophone
Piano
Harpsichord
How many soloists were there in Classical Period Concertos?
1
2
3
4
Which type of Classical Piece was written for Orchestra and had 4 movements (sections)
Sonata
Concerto
String Quartet
Symphony
These musicians make a:
Symphony Orchestra
Wind Band
String Quartet
Brass Quintet
This group could be playing a:
Sonata
Concerto Grosso
Solo Concerto
Symphony
Which instruments were in a string quartet?
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Harp
Which three chords did composers use obsessively in the Classical Period?
III, ii, vi
I, IV, V
V, VI, VII
vi, V, iv
Which word best describes Harmony in the Classical period?
Complex
Chromatic
Non-Diatonic
Simple
Which chords are I, IV an V in C Major?
C
D
F
G
A
How many notes in a triad?
1
2
3
4
5
Melodies in the Classical period commonly have:
One long phrases
Balanced phrases of equal length
Two different length phrases
Three or more different length phrases.
We can name these phrases: (2)
Antecedent
Copy
Imitation
Consequent
Which composers are not from the Classical Period?
Haydn
Handel
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
This could be a performance of a:
Concerto
Symphony
Sonata
String Quartet
