How Is A Symphony Unified

Question: Symphonies were one of the greatest contributors of the _____ period.

Answer: classical

Question: which of the following are characteristics of the second movement of a classical symphony?

Answer: -it has a slow tempo and song-like theme

-it is in a key other than the tonic key of the other movements

-it may be in sonata form or theme-and-variations form

Question: How is a symphony unified?

Answer: by use of the same key in some of its movements

Question: which of the following are true statements about the first movement of a classical concerto?

Answer: -the first movement begins with only the orchestra playing

-the first movement is in sonata form with two expositions

-the second exposition is played by the soloist

Question: The part in a concerto where the soloist plays without the orchestra and shows the performer’s virtuosity is known as the _____.

Answer: cadenza

Question: which description applies to the second exposition of the first movement of a classical concerto?

Answer: -the soloist’s entry can be powerful or quiet

• it explores themes from the first exposition and introduces new ones

• Question: which of the following are typical ensembles that played chamber music in the classical era?

• Answer: -violin, cello, and piano

• -two violins, viola, and cello

• Question: A work for string quartet in the classical era had the same pattern of movements as a symphony, but it differs in what way?

• Answer: sometimes the minuet and trio is the second movement, and the slow movement is the third.

• Question: which instruments make up a string quartet?

• Answer: two violins, one viola, one cello

• Question: which of the following are accurate assessments of haydn’s musical style

• Answer: -it was robust, direct, and with a sense of optimism

• -it often had a sense of humor

• -it was influenced by folk music and his love for nature