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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 more control over what was played by the soloist.
C)Soloists who wrote cadenzas wanted credit for writing them and to 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
Which statement about classical cadenzas is not true?
A)Classical soloists would avoid using thematic material from the movement they had just played.
B)Classical cadenzas were usually improvised by the soloist during the classical period.
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.
4
Which statement about Johann Joachim Quantz is not true?
A)He wrote about 300 flute concertos.
B)Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was a flute player and one of Quantz's patrons.
C)He wrote about 200 flute concertos.
D)Quantz performed for the public as well as in palace chambers for his royal patron.
5
How would a concerto soloist let the conductor know that a cadenza was ending?
A)The soloist would play very slowly.
B)The soloist would tap on the floor.
C)The soloist would play a fast descending scale.
D)The soloist would play a trill.
6
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.
7
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.
8
What follows the double exposition?
A)Recapitulation.
B)Development.
C)Cadenza.
D)Second movement.
9
What happened to the concerto grosso in the classical era?
A)It fell into disuse.
B)The form gradually changed to the sonata form.
C)A fourth movement was added to the concerto grosso.
D)The solo parts became more prominent in comparison to the orchestra.
10
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)Less than fifty.
C)A few hundred.
D)The middle class did not attend solo concerto performances.





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