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Classical Music Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the characteristics of songs in the Classical period

a)

It was accompanied by a keyboard

b)

The accompaniment is easy enough to be played by the singer

c)

The form is strophic or modified strophic

d)

It shows extreme virtuosic singing

2.

What is the name of English songs

a)

Lied

b)

Romance

c)

Ballads

d)

Lagu

3.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a German Lied

a)

Smaller songs were composed

b)

It was performed in gathering spaces such as the saloons

c)

Were through composed

d)

Style is syllabic

4.

Which of the following statements is/are not true about Instrumental music in the classical period

a)

The string quartet was mainly played in private

b)

the piano replaced the harpsichord and clavichord as a favorite instrument

c)

Concerto and symphony are prominent orchestral music

d)

A new structure called the sonata was used as an important formal structure

5.

Who invented the piano?

a)

Bartolomeo Christofori

b)

Chistopher Zell

c)

Heinrich Stoelzel

6.

Which of the J.S Bach sons was known as 'The London Bach'

a)

Johann Christian Bach

b)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

c)

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

d)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

7.

The instrument above was the earliest models of the piano. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the earliest Piano

a)

The Piano hammers strike the strings giving better control of the dynamics

b)

The inventor was Bartolomeo Christofori

c)

It was invented in Florence in 1700

d)

When the Piano was invented, no one wanted to play the Harpsichord or the Clavichord at all up till the mid 18th century.

8.

True or False: Strophic form songs mean they consist of the same melody for each stanza, but it has a different text or lyrics

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who was the first prominent composer of symphonies

a)

Sammartini

b)

Scarlatti

c)

J.S. Bach

d)

Pergolesi

10.

Who composed sonatas under the title Essercizi or Exercises

a)

Scarlatti

b)

Sammartini

c)

Pergolesi

d)

CPE Bach

11.

Which fo the following does NOT describe CPE Bach's works

a)

His slower compositions reflect emfhindsam style

b)

His preference was the piano

c)

most of his works is for the keyboard

d)

His music used sudden changes of dynamics and unexpected harmony shifts

12.

What is the form used in classical period that encompasses a Exposition, Development, Recapitulation and Coda as basis of its form structure

(a)  

13.

Which of the following instruments are NOT played by females

a)

Piano

b)

flute

c)

clarinet

d)

trumpet

14.

Which of the following best suites the Rondo form

a)

Same as sonata form

b)

AB

c)

ABA

d)

ABACA