Intro to Music Test 4 questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Intro to Music Test 4Stylistically, the music of the classical era was a reaction to the instrumental polyphony of the late baroque - correct answer True The classical style was essentially polyphonic - correct answer False The classical orchestra was exactly the same as the baroque, with no fixed makeup. - correct answer False Mozart was a child prodigy. - correct answer True Mozart was finally able to secure a permanent post as the concertmaster for the emperor of Austria. - correct answer False Mozart said, in essence, that he composed the music in his head and later simply wrote it down. - correct answer True Mozart's Symphony No. 40, like ''Spring," is considered program music. - correct answer False During the classical period, the solo concert was developed while the concerto grosso fell into disuse - correct answer True Solo concertos were written for a number of orchestral instruments. - correct answer True The favored instruments for classical solo concertos were piano and violin - correct answer True No conductor is necessary for chamber music - correct answer True Haydn gave music lessons to Beethoven - correct answer True Instrumental music, in general, seemed to hold greater importance than vocal music during the classical period. - correct answer True Beethoven wrote numerous operas. - correct answer False Mozart's version of The Marriage of Figaro took out all the political controversy in the plot - correct answer False The music of Beethoven has lost its public appeal over the years. - correct answer False Beethoven was a child prodigy. - correct answer False Beethoven had a tremendous amount of influence on the composers of the romantic period. - correct answer True Beethoven was an independent musician throughout his life, never attaching himself to a court. - correct answer True Beethoven increased the size of the orchestra primarily by adding brass and strings. - correct answer False Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn all composed for the piano. - correct answer False Your textbook gives a generic structural layout for multi-movement works detailing three and four movements. The first movement is in sonata form consisting of - correct answer Three sections