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- 1What are the dates of the classical period?1600-1750
- 2Specify 5 features used in classical music?simplicity and clarity
graceful balanced melodic phrases
periodic phrasing
regular cadenced
diatonic
functional harmony
homophonic texture
contrast of keys, melodic themes and dynamics - 3What are the 4 types of regular cadences?perfect
imperfects
plagal
interrupted - 4what does diatonic mean?belonging to the key
- 5what are the four classical forms?symphony
string quartet
solo concerto
solo sonata - 6name a famous composer from the classical period.haydn
Mozart
Beethoven - 7What did Mozart have a child prodigy on?piano
violin
composition - 8when and where was he born?Salzburg
1756 - 9when and where did he die?Vienna, Austria
1791 - 10what forms did he compose?operas
concertos
symphonies - 11what was in the string section of a typical classical orchestra?1st and 2nd violins
violas
cellos
double basses - 12what was in the woodwind section of a typical classical orchestra?1 or 2 oboes and or flutes
bassoons - 13what was in the brass section of a typical classical orchestra? how many?2 horns
2 trumpets
trombones - 14what was in the percussion section of a typical classical orchestra? how many2 timpani drums
(tonic and dominant) - 15what does symphony mean?'sounding together'
- 16how many movements did a typical classical symphony have?4
- 17what key is Mozart's symphony no. 40 in throughout?G minor
- 18what key is the 2nd subject in?Bb Major
- 19how many movements does Mozart's symphony have?4
- 20what two things didn't the orchestra have?trumpets
timpani drums - 21what does adante mean?moderate
- 22What does allegretto mean?not quite allegro
- 23what does Allegro assi mean?super fast
- 24what form is the 1st movement in?sonata form
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- GCSE Music (Symphony no.40) Flashcards on symphony no.40 background, created by Harriette Spence on 10/05/2016.
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