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Classical Era Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tune is playing?

a)

C.P.E. Bach – Symphony in D major

b)

B. F.J. Haydn – Symphony #88

c)

F.J. Haydn – Symphony #101

d)

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto #21

e)

W.A. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

2.

Which tune is playing?

a)

C.P.E. Bach – Symphony in D major

b)

B. F.J. Haydn – Symphony #88

c)

F.J. Haydn – Symphony #101

d)

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto #21

e)

W.A. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

3.

Which tune is playing?

a)

C.P.E. Bach – Symphony in D major

b)

B. F.J. Haydn – Symphony #88

c)

F.J. Haydn – Symphony #101

d)

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto #21

e)

W.A. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

4.

Which tune is playing?

a)

C.P.E. Bach – Symphony in D major

b)

B. F.J. Haydn – Symphony #88

c)

F.J. Haydn – Symphony #101

d)

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto #21

e)

W.A. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

5.

Which tune is playing?

a)

C.P.E. Bach – Symphony in D major

b)

B. F.J. Haydn – Symphony #88

c)

F.J. Haydn – Symphony #101

d)

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto #21

e)

W.A. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

6.

What piece is playing?

a)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony #40, 3rd movement

b)

W.A. Mozart – Turkish March

c)

Paganini – Caprice #24

d)

Rossini – William Tell Overture

e)

Schubert – Die Erlkonig

7.

What piece is playing?

a)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony #40, 3rd movement

b)

W.A. Mozart – Turkish March

c)

Paganini – Caprice #24

d)

Rossini – William Tell Overture

e)

Schubert – Die Erlkonig

8.

What piece is playing?

a)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony #40, 3rd movement

b)

W.A. Mozart – Turkish March

c)

Paganini – Caprice #24

d)

Rossini – William Tell Overture

e)

Schubert – Die Erlkonig

9.

What piece is playing?

a)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony #40, 3rd movement

b)

W.A. Mozart – Turkish March

c)

Paganini – Caprice #24

d)

Rossini – William Tell Overture

e)

Schubert – Die Erlkonig

10.

What piece is playing?

a)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony #40, 3rd movement

b)

W.A. Mozart – Turkish March

c)

Paganini – Caprice #24

d)

Rossini – William Tell Overture

e)

Schubert – Die Erlkonig

11.

The Classical period is the years between:

a)

1600 - 1750

b)

1750 - 1825

c)

1825 – 1900

12.

The texture of Classical writing is most often:

a)

Homophonic

b)

Monophonic

c)

Polyphonic

13.

Which was NOT true of the Classical period:

a)

The French and American revolutions occur

b)

  The excess of the Baroque period was rejected

c)

Harpsichord became an important solo instrument

14.

Music written to feature one instrument with orchestral accompaniment is called a:

a)

fugue

b)

concerto

c)

cappella

15.

Haydn’s most successful period took place where and when?

a)

Early in his life, in Vienna

b)

In the middle of his career, at the court of Esterhazy

c)

At the end of his career, in London

16.

Mozart began his musical career at what age?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

35

17.

What personality trait is NOT attributed to Mozart?

a)

He was a genius

b)

He was a picky eater

c)

He had a childish sense of humour

18.

Schubert’s Erlkonig tells the story of:

a)

A Turkish March

b)

A man shooting an apple off his son’s head

c)

A dying son