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Question 1

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From which older genre did the symphony evolve?

  

The Italian oratorio

  

The Italian opera overture

  

The French opera overture

 

Question 2

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Percussion is absent from the second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100.

  

True

  

False

 

 

Question 3

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The Classical symphony orchestra typically featured some woodwind and brass instruments along with strings.

  

True

  

False

 

 

Question 4

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The Classical-era orchestra is typically composed of _____.

  

thirty to forty players

  

ten to twenty players

  

seventy to eighty players

 

Question 5

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The composer of the London symphonies was:

  

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  

Ludwig van Beethoven

  

Joseph Haydn

 

Question 6

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The heart of the Classical orchestra was the _____.

  

string section

  

woodwind section

  

brass section

 

Question 7

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The meter heard throughout the second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 is triple meter.

  

True

  

False

 

Question 8

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The second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 was composed in sonata-allegro form.

  

True

  

False

 

Question 9

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Theme and variation was a typical form for the second movement of a symphony.

  

True

  

False

 

Question 10

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Which of the following is NOT a contribution to the symphony of the German Classical symphonists?

  

The use of a "steamroller" crescendo

  

The use of a "rocket theme"

 

The use of large amounts of polyphony