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    CH 17 Quiz

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    This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It tests knowledge about the characteristics of their symphonies, operas, and other works. For each question, the correct answer is provided. The questions cover topics like the number of movements in Haydn's later symphonies, the size of the orchestra at Eszterháza, how Mozart earned a living in Vienna, and influences on their compositional styles.

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    This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It tests knowledge about the characteristics of their symphonies, operas, and other works. For each question, the correct answer is provided. The questions cover topics like the number of movements in Haydn's later symphonies, the size of the orchestra at Eszterháza, how Mozart earned a living in Vienna, and influences on their compositional styles.

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    This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It tests knowledge about the characteristics of their symphonies, operas, and other works. For each question, the correct answer is provided. The questions cover topics like the number of movements in Haydn's later symphonies, the size of the orchestra at Eszterháza, how Mozart earned a living in Vienna, and influences on their compositional styles.

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    CH 17 Quiz

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    This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It tests knowledge about the characteristics of their symphonies, operas, and other works. For each question, the correct answer is provided. The questions cover topics like the number of movements in Haydn's later symphonies, the size of the orchestra at Eszterháza, how Mozart earned a living in Vienna, and influences on their compositional styles.

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    After the late 1760s, how many movements did Haydn's symphonies contain?

    Select one:
    a. 2
    b. 3
    c. 4
    d. 5

    The correct answer is: 4

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    At its largest, how many musicians were in the orchestra at Eszterháza?

    Select one:
    a. 15
    b. 25
    c. 40
    d. 60
    The correct answer is: 25

    Question 3
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    During Mozart's first three years as a resident of Vienna, how did he successfully
    earn a living?

    Select one:
    a. freelancing
    b. as Kapellmeister
    c. as conductor of the Vienna Court Opera
    d. as director of music at St. Stephen's Cathedral

    The correct answer is: freelancing

    Question 4
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    Haydn's last twelve symphonies were written for audiences in

    Select one:
    a. Paris.
    b. London.
    c. Vienna.
    d. Eszterháza.

    The correct answer is: London.

    Question 5
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    How did Haydn become acquainted with the oratorio genre?

    Select one:
    a. at the cathedral school in Vienna
    b. through Nikolaus Esterházy's interest in the genre
    c. through hearing Handel's oratorios in London
    d. on studying the oratorios of Handel during his time in Eszterháza

    The correct answer is: through hearing Handel's oratorios in London

    Question 6
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    How do we know that Haydn's later keyboard sonatas were written for the
    pianoforte instead of the harpsichord?
    Select one:
    a. There are longer durations written into the earlier sonatas.
    b. There are dynamic markings in the later sonatas.
    c. There are note combinations that are impossible on the harpsichord in the
    later sonatas.
    d. There are more masculine themes in the later sonatas.

    The correct answer is: There are dynamic markings in the later sonatas.

    Question 7
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    How does Mozart's Die Zauberflöterepresent the Singspiel tradition?

    Select one:
    a. It contains soaring melodies, room for heavy ornamentation, and lyrical
    voice types.
    b. The plot involves Greek gods, and there are distinctions between dry and
    accompanied recitative.
    c. It contains characters from the commedia dell'arte and a basso profundo.
    d. It contains spoken dialogue instead of recitative and characters that
    originate in popular comedy.

    The correct answer is: It contains spoken dialogue instead of recitative and
    characters that originate in popular comedy.

    Question 8
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    How does Mozart's Don Giovanni interact with Italian opera genres?

    Select one:
    a. It incorporates elements of opera seria into opera buffa.
    b. It elevates the opera seria genre.
    c. It lowers the Singspiel genre.
    d. It incorporates elements of Singspiel and grand opera.

    The correct answer is: It incorporates elements of opera seria into opera buffa.

    Question 9
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    What is one difference between Haydn's symphonies and Haydn's string quartets?

    Select one:
    a. His symphonies frequently included four movements, but his string
    quartets most often contained three.
    b. Most of his symphonies were written for performance at Eszterháza, but
    his string quartets were not.
    c. While his symphonies were written for audience listening, his string
    quartets were written for the entertainment of the amateur player.
    d. While the first movements of his symphonies were most often in sonata
    form, the first movements of the string quartets were in rondo.
    The correct answer is: While his symphonies were written for audience listening, his
    string quartets were written for the entertainment of the amateur player.

    Question 10
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    What is one shift that occurred in Haydn's symphonies around 1768?

    Select one:
    a. They became music for music's sake, written for close listening.
    b. They became lighter in character, designed to accompany theater works or
    as light entertainment.
    c. They became more influenced by the counterpoint of J. S. Bach, often
    incorporating fugues.
    d. They increasingly incorporated baryton solos to please Prince Esterházy.

    The correct answer is: They became music for music's sake, written for close
    listening.

    Question 11
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    What is one way that Mozart's adult compositional style was impacted by his
    unusual childhood?

    Select one:
    a. He became well-versed in the singular musical style of the Viennese
    nobility and was able to cater to them, if at the expense of amassing popularity
    outside of those circles.
    b. Having experienced a lot of pressure as a small child, he became
    increasingly irascible as an adult, and his music became increasingly
    tumultuous. After trying and failing to secure a marriage, he died a bachelor.
    c. He was exposed to and absorbed the styles of a number of composers
    living in many areas.
    d. He had exclusive access to the manuscripts of J. S. Bach and was able to
    continue his stylistic traits exclusively.

    The correct answer is: He was exposed to and absorbed the styles of a number of
    composers living in many areas.

    Question 12
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    What of the following is characteristic of Haydn's final twelve symphonies?

    Select one:
    a. The most perfect examples of periodicity we have in Western music
    history.
    b. Stormy, tumultuous compositional style that foregrounds the symphonies
    of Beethoven.
    c. A turn away from the influence of folk music.
    d. Novelties such as a large crash in an ordinarily quiet movement, elements
    of Janissary bands, and imitation of bagpipes.

    The correct answer is: Novelties such as a large crash in an ordinarily quiet
    movement, elements of Janissary bands, and imitation of bagpipes.
    Question 13
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    Who was an important patron for Mozart in Vienna?

    Select one:
    a. Antonio Salieri
    b. Baron van Swieten
    c. Joseph Haydn
    d. C. P .E. Bach

    The correct answer is: Baron van Swieten

    Question 14
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    Why is Haydn sometimes called "the father of the symphony"?

    Select one:
    a. He wrote the first symphony.
    b. His symphonies were the first to be performed.
    c. He set conventions from which future composers drew.
    d. At Eszterháza, he championed the symphonies of other composers,
    seeming to set them at the head of a great tradition.
    The correct answer is: He set conventions from which future composers drew.

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