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1
At the end of the Classical period and during the following Romantic period cadenzas were written out because...
A)Classical and Romantic musicians were not taught to improvise.
B)composers wanted control over what was played by the soloist.
C)soloists who wrote them wanted to get credit for them and make money selling them.
D)soloists tended to forget parts of the cadenza while performing on stage.
2
For which instrument did classical composers NOT write solo concertos?
A)Piano
B)Saxophone
C)Violin
D)Clarinet
3
Orchestral musicians in the Classical era were...
A)typically did not learn solo concertos.
B)typically taught to write solo concertos.
C)typically taught to improvise.
D)typically not taught to improvise.
4
Which statement about classical cadenzas is NOT true?
A)Classical cadenzas were usually improvised by the soloist during the classical period.
B)Classical soloists would avoid using thematic material from the movement they had just played.
C)Classical soloists were free to play cadenzas using whatever techniques they thought would please the audience.
D)Just before a cadenza, the orchestra usually sustains a chord and then stops playing completely.
5
Which statement is NOT true about Johann Joachim Quantz?
A)He wrote about 300 flute concertos.
B)Quantz became a well-known violin soloist.
C)Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was a flute player and one of Quantz's patrons.
D)Quantz performed for the public as well as in palace chambers for his royal patron.
6
How would a concerto soloist let the conductor know that a cadenza was ending?
A)The concerto soloist would play very slowly.
B)The concerto soloist would tap the floor.
C)The concerto soloist would play a trill.
D)The concerto soloist would play a fast descending scale.
7
When do cadenzas usually occur in solo concertos?
A)At the beginning of slow movements.
B)At the beginning of the development section.
C)At the end of fast movements.
D)Between movements one and two and movements two and three.
8
Notes that are short and detached are called...
A)legato
B)marcato
C)staccato
D)tenuto
9
Instead of repeating the exposition in the first movement of a Classical solo concerto, the composer wrote the themes out two or more times so that both the soloist and the orchestra had an opportunity to play them. What is the term for this form?
A)single-exposition sonata form
B)double concerto form
C)double-theme sonata form
D)double-exposition sonata form
10
What follows the Double Exposition?
A)recapitulation
B)development
C)cadenza
D)second movement
11
What happened to the concerto grosso in the classical era?
A)The solo parts became more prominent in comparison to the orchestra.
B)The form of the concerto grosso gradually changed to the sonata form.
C)A fourth movement was added to the concerto grosso.
D)It fell into disuse.
12
When a solo concerto was performed for members of the growing middle class during the Classical period, at most, how many listeners could attend?
A)a few thousand
B)under fifty
C)a few hundred
D)The middle class did not attend solo concerto performances.





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