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Question 1 0 / 1 pts A great deal of music written during the Classical Era had multiple movements, told no specific story, and was written for the purpose of entertaining an audience

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Question 1

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A great deal of music written during the Classical Era had multiple movements, told no specific story, and was written for the purpose of entertaining an audience.  This type of music is known as:

 

Absolute music

  

Sacred music

  

Chamber music

  

Program music

 

 

Question 2

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Who performs a piano sonata?

 

A solo pianist

   

A pianist and a string quartet

  

A pianist and a violinist

  

A pianist and an orchestra

 

 

Question 3

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What is the genre of a piece entitled "Symphony No. 17"?

  

Rondo

 

Symphony

  

Sonata

  

Opera

 

 

Question 4

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Which is NOT a prominent feature of Classic Era music?

  

Mostly consonant harmonies

  

Mostly polyphonic texture

  

Balanced, symmetrical structures

 

Delicate, graceful, polite expression of emotion

 

 

Question 5

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Which Classic Era composer was one of the greatest musical child prodigies in history?

  

Beethoven

 

Mozart

  

Haydn

 

They were all child prodigies

 

 

Question 6

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Which Classic Era composer functioned successfully in the patronage system, working for the same patron for over 30 years?

  

Haydn

  

Beethoven

 

Mozart

  

None of these composers worked under the patronage system

 

 

Question 7

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Which of the following is NOT true about sonata-allegro form?

  

There is an exposition that introduces the themes, which are usually contrasting

  

It is usually a theme and variations

  

Most first movements are written in this form

 

It is usually fast

 

 

Question 8

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Which of the following genres would be considered an example of chamber music?

  

an opera

  

a string quartet

  

a symphony

  

a concerto

 

 

Question 9

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Beethoven was a successful example of the patronage system.

  

True

  

False

 

 

Question 10

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The optional added-on ending of a piece or movement is called a:

 

 

Coda