LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE TOWARD CLASSICAL MUSIC

Directions: Please encircle the letter of the correct answer. (40 pts.). Items number 1 - 38 are based on lower order
thinking skills, items 39 – 40 are based on higher order thinking skills.

1. What are the dates of the Classical Period? 7. The technique which uses a broken-up triad
a. 1750-1825 in the accompaniment is known as:
b. 1600-1750 a. Alberti Bass
c. 1450-1600 b. Basso Continuo
d. 1825-1900 c. Concerto Grosso
d. Picardy Third
2. By what other names is this period known?
a. Age of Reason 8. True or False: Classical harmonies were
b. Age of Enlightenment generally written out, as opposed to
c. Age of Aquarius improvised.
d. Both Age of Reason and Age of a. True
Enlightenment b. False

3. Select the composer who does not belong to 9. The only important innovation in vocal
the Classical period. music during the classical period is:
a. W. A. Mozart a. Oratorios
b. L. v. Beethoven b. Opera
c. F. P. Schubert c. Mass
d. F. J. Haydn d. Lieder

4. Amateur musicianship became popular 10. One of the most important ideals in classical
because of the invention of what instrument? art, music, and architecture is:
a. Piccolo a. Balance
b. Trombone b. Emotion
c. Pianoforte c. Ornamentation
d. Contrabassoon d. Minimalism

5. What city was the center of musical culture 11. Which of the following forms did NOT
during the classical period? typically include 4 movements?
a. Vienna a. Strong Quartet
b. Salzburg b. Sonata
c. Rome c. Symphony
d. Bonn d. Rondo

12. Which of the following patterns characterize

6. True or False: The music of this era is the 4 movement of a sonata?
known for its clarity, repose, balance, a. Fast – Slow – Minuet & Trio – Fast
lyricism, and emotional restraint. b. Slow – Fast – Scherzo – Dance
a. True c. Fast – Faster -Ballad – Closer
b. False d. Opener – Ballad – Production Number -
Closer
13. What is the most common type of chamber 21. True or False: Mozart lived a wealthy
music in the classical period? lifestyle with financial security.
a. Piano sonata a. True
b. String quartet b. False
c. Divertimento
d. Violin concerto 22. Which of the following is NOT an opera
written by Mozart?
14. Which of the following was not part of the a. Don Giovanni
classical orchestra? b. The Marriage of Figaro
a. 2 flutes c. The Magic Flute
b. 2 trumpets d. Fidelio
c. 2 oboes
d. 2 saxophones 23. What does the “K” number in a listing of
Mozart’s music signify/
15. The two types of opera in classical period a. The Köchel catalogue
are: b. The temperature in degrees Kelvin
a. Opera & opera buffa c. The Kapellmeister’s signature
b. German opera & Italian opera d. The King of Germany’s approval
c. Chamber opera & Large productions
d. Singspiel and Classical Opera 24. True or False: Mozart died from poisoning
16. From what country was F. J. Haydn? by his rival composer, Salieri.
a. Austria a. True
b. Germany b. False
c. Italy
d. England 25. Who was Mozart’s friend and mentor?
a. Haydn
17. What was Haydn known as? b. Bach
a. “Father of the Symphony” c. Beethoven
b. “II Prete Rosso” d. Salieri
c. “The Child Prodigy”
d. “The Deaf Guy” 26. How many symphonies did Beethoven
write?
18. How many symphonies did Haydn write? a. 9
a. 9 b. 41
b. 41 c. 104
c. 104 d. 11
d. 6
27. True or False: Beethoven was fully deaf
19. Name the composer that was a child during his entire career.
prodigy, beginning his performing career at a. True
age 6. b. False
a. Haydn
b. Salieri 28. Which of the following is not a work by
c. Mozart Beethoven?
d. Beethoven a. Choral Symphony
b. Jupiter Symphony
20. In what city was W. A. Mozart born? c. Pastoral Symphony
a. Salzburg, Germany d. Eroica Symphony
b. Vienna, Austria
c. Bonn, Germany
d. Rome, Italy
29. Select the years of birth of F. J. Haydn and 37. What is the nickname of Beethoven’s 5th
W. A. Mozart. symphony?
a. 1732 & 1756 a. Eroica
b. 1732 & 1770 b. Pastoral
c. 1756 & 1809 c. Fate
d. 1756 & 1770 d. Choral

30. Select the composer who wrote the most 38. Classical melodies use pairs of phases of
number of symphony equal length known as:
a. L. v. Beethoven a. Periods
b. W. A. Mozart b. Motives
c. R. A. Schumann c. Dynamics
d. F. J. Haydn d. Movement

31. Which of the following is not a work by 39. – 40. Listening comprehension.
Haydn?
a. Surprise Symphony
b. Rhenish Symphony
c. Clock symphony
d. The Creation

32. True or False: Beethoven died in 1872

a. True
b. False

33. True or False: Mozart wrote 41 symphonies.

a. True
b. False

34. True or False: The Trout Quintet is

composition of the classical period.
a. True
b. False

35. True or False: The pianoforte was not

invented during the Classical period.
a. True
b. False

36. True or False: Composers in the classical

period composed more piano sonatas, in
comparison with the other periods in history
of music.
a. True
b. False
 LEVEL OF ATTITUDE TOWARD CLASSICAL MUSIC

Directions: Please put an ‘X’ mark in the box that best describes your level of agreement or disagreement
in the statements provided, with 1 as the lowest – ‘strongly disagree’ and 4 as the highest –
‘strongly agree’.

Item 1 2 3 4
1. Classical music is boring.
2. Listening to classical music makes me sleepy.
3. Listening to classical music makes me emotional.
4. The complexity of classical music is the reason why I like it.
5. Classical music is my first choice to listen to.
6. I like playing classical music in my instrument of choice.
7. I go to classical music concerts even if it is expensive.
8. I go to classical music concerts even if it is only for classy people.
9. I will only listen to classical music if it is required in my class.
10. I will only go to a classical music concert if someone will go with
me.
11. Classical music is easy to follow.
12. Classical music should be played in the mainstream media (radio
and/or TV).
13. I see classical music as a high art.
14. Classical music is tiring to listen to.
15. Classical music is therapeutic.
16. I would rather listen to other genres of music than to classical
music.