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Classical Music Exam Review

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  • How did Beethoven's deafness affect his musical career?
    It ended his career as a pianist but not in composition.
    He could only perform on special pianos.
    It caused him to completely abandon music.
    Beethoven's deafness did not affect his career.
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  • How did Franz Joseph Haydn earn his living as a musician during his adult career?
    He did not earn his living from music; music was just hobby
    He earned his living exclusively by selling his compositions
    He earned his living as a concert pianist.
    He was employed by the Esterházy family .
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  • Identify a musical ancestor of the Classical-era symphony.
    The Classical symphony was developed from the French
    The sinfonia from 17th-century Italian opera.
    The German chorale from 17th-century church
    Gregorian chants from the Middle Ages
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  • Which of the following statements is true of Classical-era public concerts?
    They were funded by the sale of tickets
    Public concerts had a variety of musical performances.
    All answers are correct.
    They often opened with a symphony.
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  • When did Franz Joseph Haydn live?
    During the 20th/21st century.
    During the 19th/20th century.
    During the Renaissance.
    During music's Classical Period.
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  • What life-changing incident in Beethoven's early 20s started his career in composing ?
    He began to lose his vision.
    He began to lose his hearing.
    His wife passed away.
    He was expelled from his music conservatory.
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  • Which of Beethoven's symphonies is known as the Eroica, or Heroic Symphony?
    Beethoven's 3rd Symphony
    Beethoven's 5th Symphony
    Beethoven's 1st Symphony
    Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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  • Which of Beethoven's symphonies opens with the forceful rhythm of short-short-short-LONG?
    Beethoven's 6th Symphony
    Beethoven's 9th Symphony
    Beethoven's 5th Symphony
    Beethoven's 3rd Symphony
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  • Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that David's 'Oath of the Horatii' shows neoclassical artistic values?
    The painting uses a realistic style.
    t illustrates a Roman story that celebrates bravery.
    An ancient Greek god looms over the scene.
    It uses three arches to create a symmetrical, orderly form.
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  • Which of the following statements about neoclassical art is FALSE?
    It tended to de-emphasize human subjects.
    It was inspired by the art of ancient Greece and Rome.
    It was a reaction against the earlier sensual, pastel style
    It was inspired by the Enlightenment.
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  • Where would you be likely to hear a piano played during the Classical Period?
    Only in private home performances
    Only in the palaces of wealthy aristocrats
    At public concerts OR in home performances
    Only at public concerts
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  • How is the Classical-era fortepiano different from the modern piano?
    The fortepiano is smaller than the modern piano.
    The fortepiano has a quieter tone than the modern piano.
    All answers are correct.
    The modern piano has an iron frame, fortepiano doesn't.
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  • Which of the following Classical-era instrumental genres usually have three movements?
    String quartet and sonata
    Symphony and concerto
    Concerto and sonata
    Symphony and string quartet
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  • What instruments are used in a string quartet?
    Two violins, one viola, and one cello
    Four violins
    Four cellos
    Two violas and two cellos
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  • Which two styles of opera were popular in the Classical Era?
    Opera buffa and comic opera
    Opera seria and serious opera
    Opera buffa and opera seria
    Musical theater and tragic opera
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  • Which of the following is an opera seria by Mozart?
    Don Giovanni
    The Marriage of Figaro
    Idomeneo
    Orpheus and Euridice
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