Chapter 33 Quiz

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. Which of the following is NOT one of Beethoven's major symphonic innovations?

Expanding movements to a length well beyond those of Haydn and Mozart correct incorrect

Building up the orchestra by adding percussion and electrical instruments correct incorrect

Designing symphonies to express a story or message beyond the music correct incorrect

Linking certain movements so that they are performed without the traditional break between them correct incorrect

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. What literary figure described Beethoven's work as "frightening," "mysterious," and "sinister"?

Goethe correct incorrect

Hoffmann correct incorrect

Tolstoy correct incorrect

Schiller correct incorrect

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. In whose memory did Beethoven write a funeral cantata at the age of 20?

Mozart correct incorrect

Napoleon correct incorrect

Joseph II correct incorrect

Goethe correct incorrect

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. Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata has three movements, marked Very Slow and Sustained, Relatively Fast, and Very Slow.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The final movement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony includes an enormous finale inspired by Friedrich von Schiller's ode to universal brotherhood, the "Ode to Joy."

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. During his late twenties, Beethoven began to lose his hearing.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata. What is the rhythmic term for the way the upper notes are played against the bass pedal?

Neumes correct incorrect

Quarter notes correct incorrect

Metrical correct incorrect

Triplets correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor. What famous phrase has been used to describe this theme?

Ode to Joy correct incorrect

In God we trust correct incorrect

Fate knocking at the door correct incorrect

Love conquers all correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Which variation of the theme is this, and why?

First variation, because the theme is faster and heavily ornamented correct incorrect

Second variation, because the theme is even faster than the first but without the ornamentation correct incorrect

Third variation, because the theme has been transposed into a minor key and is now in the winds correct incorrect

Fourth variation, because the theme is being traded by the winds and violins correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Which instrument has the principal theme in this excerpt?

The French horn correct incorrect

The viola correct incorrect

The oboe correct incorrect

The violin correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor. How is this different from the original statement of the second theme?

It is now in the dominant key correct incorrect

It is now in the tonic key correct incorrect

It is now in triple meter correct incorrect

It is now set in simultaneous counterpoint with the first theme correct incorrect