1. Mozart's father promoted his son's career in all of the following ways except:
A encouraging Mozart to move to Vienna and seek private commissions
B taking him on concert tours with his sister Anna Maria
C encouraging him to work in the court of the archbishop in Salzburg
D seeking court positions for him in other European courts |
2. Mozart's early symphonies and string quartets were strongly influenced by
A Beethoven
B Bach
C Händel
D Haydn |
3. Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro contains all of the typical characteristics of opera buffa except:
A plot dealing with contemporary characters as opposed to figures from mythology or history
B comic bass role
C stock characters from the commedia dall'arte
D use of tunes from popular drinking songs |
4. All of the following Mozart operas reflect the concerns of the Enlightenment except:
A The Marriage of Figaro
B Don Giovanni
C The Magic Flute
D Bastien und Bastienne |
5. The instruments in a Mozart string quartet are:
A violin, viola, cello, doublebass
B 2 violins, viola, cello
C violin, viola, cello, piano
D violin, 2 violas, cello |
6.Mozart failed to acquire the kind of court position he sought in Vienna.
A True
B False |
7. Mozart made frequent use of sonata allegro form. It major divisions are:
A variation of one main theme played at a fast tempo
B theme, new material, theme, other new material, theme
C theme, variaion 1, variation 2, variation 3, coda
D exposition, development, recapitulation |
8. The Magic Flute is characterized by all of the following except:
A use of an Italian libretto
B reference to the ideals of Freemasonry
C use of the German singspiel as a model
D large choral scenes |
9. All of the following statements about Mozart's Requiem are true except:
AThe text is taken from the Roman Catholic mass for the dead.
BIt was commissioned by a noblemen to honor the memory of his wife
CMozart completed it the year before his death.
DThe final portion was written by Mozart's student Süssmayr. |
10. Mozart was famous for writing all of the following types of compositions except:
ALutheran church music
Bsolo piano music
Cchamber music
Dstring quartets |
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