Music Literature

Recognize the style, forms and characteristics of each representation of composers and
their compositions at significant period events in music
Multiple Choices
________1. When was Beethoven’s birth date?
a) January 27, 1756
b) March 31, 1732
c) December 17, 1770
d) March 8, 1714

________2. Who is the famous deaf composer during Classical Period?

a) Ludwig Van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Franz Joseph Haydn
d) Richard Wagner

________3. Which of the following composers is not consider a master of classical period?
a) John Christian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang A. Mozart
d) Joseph Haydn

________4. Which characteristics of classical music that includes unexpected pauses,

syncopation and frequent changes from long notes to shorter notes.
a) Contrast
b) Melody
c) Texture
d) Rhythm
________5. What classical forms that often used as the 3rd movement of classical symphonies,
String quartet.
a) Symphony
b) Sonata Form
c) Minute and Trio
d) Theme Variations

________6. Who is the Classical composer wrote his first composition at the age of 5?
a) Beethoven
b) Haydn
c) Bach
d) Mozart

________7. Who is the Classical composer that was regarded as the father of symphony?
a) Haydn
b) Mozart
c) Beethoven
d) Bach

________8. What is the most commonly classical forms used for movements in instrumental
music.
a) Theme and variation
b) Rondo
c) Sonata
d) all of the above
________9. It is known as a first and last movements of a concerto that typically contain a highly
virtuosic passage.
a) Cadenz
b) Rondo
c) Sonata
d) Symphony

________10. Who is the composer that composed many pieces of music for the courtly orchestra
to perform?

a) Haydn
b) Mozart
c) Beethoven
d) Bach

________11. How many movements numbering are there in the classical symphonies.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

________12. Who is the German composer during the classical period?

a) Haydn
b) Mozart
c) Beethoven
d) Isaac Nathan
________13. Which form is usually not included in a three-movement of classical composition?
a) Minuet and trio
b) Sonata form
c) Rondo
d) Scherzo

________14. What is the most common type of chamber music in the classical period?
a) Piano sonata
b) String quartet
c) Divertimento
d) Violin concerto

________15. Which of the following was not part of the classical orchestra?
a) 2 flutes
b) 2 trumpets
c) 2 oboes
d) 2 saxophones

________16. From what country was Franz .Joseph Haydn belong?

a) Austria
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) England
________17. How many symphonies did Haydn write?
a) 94
b) 110
c) 4
d) None of the above

________18. Who is the composer that was a child prodigy, beginning his performing career at
the age of 5.
a) Haydn
b) Bach
c) Mozart
d) Beethoven

Prepared by: Quinones, Rosamine S.