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A typical first movement of a Classical string quartet is?
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in a moderate or fast tempo and in sonata form
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Beethoven's personal life was?
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chaotic and lonely
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The slow movement of a Classical instrumental work?
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could be in a variety of classical forms
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Which dynamic indication is the softest?
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pianissimo
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A string quartet consists of ?
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2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello
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Beethoven stopped performing because?
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he became progressively deaf
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In what key is the 2nd theme likely to be heard in the recapitulation?
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the tonic key
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Which diagram shows the greatest amount of musical contrast?
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ABC
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The 3rd movement in most Classical symphonies is generally?
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the fastest, lightest movement
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Music for the Mass was? Music for the daily Office was?
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complex; simpler
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Who was blamed for seducing Zerlina at the Ball?
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Leporello
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The shape, arrangement, relationship, or organization of elements in disciplins such as poetry, visual arts, and music is called?
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form
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Classical string quartets generally have?
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4 movements
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A section of a fugue in which new, contrasting material is presented is a(n)?
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subject
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A typical string quartet would not include the?
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bass viol.
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How many Brandenburg Concertos did Bach write?
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six
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Which section in sonata form is most likely to be repeated in a free fashion?
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exposition
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Which composer wrote music in both the Classical style and the Romantic style?
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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a typical form of the theme in them and variations form is?
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I: a :II: b :I
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The musical term for the level of strength of a sound is?
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dynamics
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The 1st movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 88 in G is?
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in sonata form w/ a slow intro
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The ___________ was the main instrument on which Bach performed.
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Organ
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in the _________ sonata form, there is modulation away from the tonic key?
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exposititon
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The fugue subject is the?
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main theme or melody
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While in Vienna, Mozart relied on _________ for income?
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teaching and conerts
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The Middle Ages, or medieval era, covers the time period of the?
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fifth century to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
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Another name for an ABA form with an exposition, a developement, and a recapitulation is ?
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sonata form
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The standard form for the italian opera aria is?
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da capo form
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When themes are broken up, recombined, reorchestrated, extended, or played in new musical contexts, they are being?
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developed
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Acoustically speaking, a cyle
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is one vibration that is transmitted through the air
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The 1st movement of Mozart's symphony No. 40 in G minor has no?
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slow intro
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The musical term for "suddenly" is?
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subito
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In sonata form, which section conatins the most modulation?
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the development
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Which is not true of an aria
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Has no set meter, the meter and melody serve the text first and foremost
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Haydn's career shows
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a combo of the patronage system and the concert system
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The single-line melodies of the early Christian Church are known as?
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Plainchant
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Name 4 of 7 main characters in movie
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Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Seporello, Donna Elvira
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Which is true of the style periods of Beethoven?
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They progress from Classical to heroic to serence
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What happens to Don Giovanni at the end?
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He goes to hell
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Handel composed most of his operas and oratorios in?
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England
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Which dance movement survived into the Classicl era?
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the minuet
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How many movements does a typical concerto have?
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three
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Which is ture of the key in which the 2nd theme is heard in the exposition?
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The 2nd theme is heard in 2nd key, to which the music has modulated during the bridge section
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With which genre is beethoven most closely associated?
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symphony
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The 1st movement of multimovement words from the Classical era are in ?
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sonata form
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Which characterizes Beethoven's personality?
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brusque and strong willed
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Which is true of most of Haydn's symphonies?
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include simle, cheerful melodies
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Most of the music of medieval times was preserved for us in musical notation that was written down by?
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members of religious orders
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A late eighteenth century work in sonata form that starts in the key of C major will end in the key oof?
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C major
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Which is not a feature of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style?
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disregard for Classical form
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Which of the following is true of the way Classical omposers wrote for the string quartet?
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All 4 parts were interdependent, each reacting to musical gestures by the others
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The 2nd movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata NO. 31 in A-flat, Op.110, is in?
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scherzo form
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What keys are used during the development section in sonata form?
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many different keys
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"Viri Galilaei" would most likely have been used?
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at a royal coronation
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What was the fee Mozart recieved to write the opera?
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100 ducats
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During the early Middle Ages, the institution(s) that preserved written records of its culture, including music, was/were the?
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Christian Church
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What are the main elements of teh exposition in sonata form>
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1st theme, bridge, second theme, cadence theme
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Music is exclusively the art of ?
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sound in time
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Italian comic operal was called?
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opera buffa
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Which musical characterisc of Beethoven's symphonies is the most moving to the listener?
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psychological progression
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The 2nd movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G is in?
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double exposition form
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Which is not a medieval mode?
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Grecian
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Mozart's Piano concert No. 17 in G can be characterized as?
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delicate
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Beethoven's performing instrument was the?
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piano
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A coda?
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is a closing section of a movement
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In which language are dynamics generally described?
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Italian
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how much of the 1st movement of a symphony is generally repeated?
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the exposition w/out the slow intro
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Which describes the relatinoship between the soloist and the orcestra in the Classical concerto?
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The soloist and the orchestra were equally balanced in importance
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What is the form of the 3rd movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto NO. 17 in G?
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theme and variations form
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The essence of the text of "La guistizia" involves?
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the encouragement of vengeance and justice
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the firt movement in most classical symphonies is generally?
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a moderate or fast movement in sonata form that sometimes has a slow introduction
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In a piece of music that can be diagrammed as ABA, the A indicates? the B indicates?
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Repetition; contrast
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The major genre developed by Classical composers is the?
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symphony
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Which is not a genre?
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Rondo
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Which is considered to be the most widely used form developed in the Classical era?
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sonata form
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The individual style of a particular composer is described in terms of?
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the way the composer handles musical elements
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Where did the string quartet not perform in the Classical era?
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large concert halls
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In double exposition form?
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the first exposition does not modulate, but the second one does
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The 2nd movement of Symp. No. 88 in G shows Haydn's gift for presenting?
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natural, simple, beautiful melodies
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Which describes the struggle involved in the psychological progression of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
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There is no break between the third and fourth movements
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The country that led the way in eighteenth-century comic opera was?
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Italy
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From what condition did Beethoven suffer?
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deafness
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The 2nd movement in most Classical symphonies is generally?
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a slow movement with beautiful, relaxing melodies
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Handel's "Glory to God" is a(n)?
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chorus
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The string quartet has as many movements as the?
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symphony
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Which best describe Beethoven's character as relfected in his music?
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heroic, striving, and triumphant
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What month and year did opera premier?
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October 1787
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Which is not a Baroque variation form?
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bourree
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The only one of Mozart's operas to be a success during his lifetime was?
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The Magic Flute
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Another term for tone color is?
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timbre
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In sonata form, the bridge
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restates earlier themes in the tonic key
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Our perception of high, low, and medium pitched sounds stems from?
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the range of the human voice
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What kind of operatic genre is the opera?
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"dramma giocoso" or "light hearted drama"
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In a recitative, the rhythm?
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follows the words
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The broad term for the way music functions in time is>?
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rhythm
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A fast, triple meter movement that evolved from the minuet is called a ?
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scherzo
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Which describes the early nineteenthy century concept of the artist as personified in Beethoven?
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an inspired soul who suffers to deliver art to humanity
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Which instruments are not heard until the fourth movement of beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
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trombones
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Handel's most famous oratorio, which is frequently performed today is?
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Messiah
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Music scholars divide Beethoven's music into what style periods?
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Three
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Beethoven composed mostly what in his last style period?
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piano sonatas and string quartets
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How many movements does a Classical sonata generally have?
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three
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The English word for scherzo is?
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"joke"
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The 1st movement of Mozart's piano Sonata in B-flat, K 570, is?
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in ABCA' coda form
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the form developed by Mozart for the first movement of a concert is called?
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double exposition form
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In a Classical conerto, there is no
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minuet movement
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In the final section of the first movement of a Classical concerto, the solist improvises a solo passage called a?
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cadenza
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The shape, arrangement, relationship, or organization of elements in disciplines such as poetry, visual arts, and music is called?
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form
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Many Baroque operals deal with ancient? whereas oratorios deal with ancient?
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Rome; Israel
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