Music 101 Exam #3 Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions
Classical Period - Answer-1750-1820
Viennese School - Answer-Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Classical Period - Answer-Enlightenment, Birth of Democracy, Age of Revolution,
Industrial Revolution, Capitalism
Characteristics of Classical Period - Answer-Order
Objectivity
Harmonious Proportions
Rationality
Beauty
Moderation
Grace
Balance
Musical Changes - Answer-Comic Opera
Music becomes public entertainment
Pianoforte
Dramatic - no more doctrine of emotions
Melody - Answer-Short and simple
Catchy and singable
Phrases organized into antecedent-consequent pairs
Harmony - Answer-Mostly homophonic
Basso continuo gone
Rate that chords change is more fluid and flexible
Alberti bass
Rhythm - Answer-More flexible
Loss the driving perpetual motion
Texture - Answer-Lighter and more transparent
Focused on melody
Classical homophony
Marriage of Figaro - Answer-Opera written by Mozart
Count Almaviva
Susanna and Figaro
Aria: "Se voul ballare"
, Harpsichord still exists in Opera
Vienna, Austria - Answer-Center of music in Europe
Franz Joseph Haydn - Answer-1732-1809
Father of the symphony
Inventor of the string quartet
Born April 1
He learned folk songs from the country growing up
Influenced by his father - blacksmith
Lives with a relative to learn music (7-8)
Part of Vienna Boys Choir (ALMOST castrata singer)
Became a Viennese Street Band - "popular music"
First real job was a conductor of Count Morzin's Orchestra
Unhappy marriage to Maria Keller when 28
Esterhazy Family - Answer-Haydn works for them - servant
Nicholas Esterhazy
Confined to play only for Esterhazy and guests
Able to experiment with new things
Loved the Baryton (like a cello) - Haydn wrote Farewell Symphony which featured
Baryton (50 works)
Freed from contract when Nicholas dies
The London Symphonies - Answer-Last 12 Symphonies of Haydn
Becomes a celebrity and wealthy man
Hayden's Return to Vienna - Answer-Works for Nicholas II
Writes sacred music
Oratorios: The Seasons and The Creation
Dies at age 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Answer-1756-1791
Child Prodigy
Amadeus: "Beloved of God"
Salzburg, Austria
Father: Leopold Mozart - talented musician
Composer by age 6
Wrote first symphony at age 8
First oratorio at age 11
First opera at age 12
Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur - Answer-Mozart's tour of Rome
14 years old
Focus on sacred music
with Complete Solutions
Classical Period - Answer-1750-1820
Viennese School - Answer-Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Classical Period - Answer-Enlightenment, Birth of Democracy, Age of Revolution,
Industrial Revolution, Capitalism
Characteristics of Classical Period - Answer-Order
Objectivity
Harmonious Proportions
Rationality
Beauty
Moderation
Grace
Balance
Musical Changes - Answer-Comic Opera
Music becomes public entertainment
Pianoforte
Dramatic - no more doctrine of emotions
Melody - Answer-Short and simple
Catchy and singable
Phrases organized into antecedent-consequent pairs
Harmony - Answer-Mostly homophonic
Basso continuo gone
Rate that chords change is more fluid and flexible
Alberti bass
Rhythm - Answer-More flexible
Loss the driving perpetual motion
Texture - Answer-Lighter and more transparent
Focused on melody
Classical homophony
Marriage of Figaro - Answer-Opera written by Mozart
Count Almaviva
Susanna and Figaro
Aria: "Se voul ballare"
, Harpsichord still exists in Opera
Vienna, Austria - Answer-Center of music in Europe
Franz Joseph Haydn - Answer-1732-1809
Father of the symphony
Inventor of the string quartet
Born April 1
He learned folk songs from the country growing up
Influenced by his father - blacksmith
Lives with a relative to learn music (7-8)
Part of Vienna Boys Choir (ALMOST castrata singer)
Became a Viennese Street Band - "popular music"
First real job was a conductor of Count Morzin's Orchestra
Unhappy marriage to Maria Keller when 28
Esterhazy Family - Answer-Haydn works for them - servant
Nicholas Esterhazy
Confined to play only for Esterhazy and guests
Able to experiment with new things
Loved the Baryton (like a cello) - Haydn wrote Farewell Symphony which featured
Baryton (50 works)
Freed from contract when Nicholas dies
The London Symphonies - Answer-Last 12 Symphonies of Haydn
Becomes a celebrity and wealthy man
Hayden's Return to Vienna - Answer-Works for Nicholas II
Writes sacred music
Oratorios: The Seasons and The Creation
Dies at age 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Answer-1756-1791
Child Prodigy
Amadeus: "Beloved of God"
Salzburg, Austria
Father: Leopold Mozart - talented musician
Composer by age 6
Wrote first symphony at age 8
First oratorio at age 11
First opera at age 12
Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur - Answer-Mozart's tour of Rome
14 years old
Focus on sacred music
