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Haydn Quiz

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1. Haydn was born in ________, the same year as George Washington:

1770
1756
1732
1685

2. As a child he was a choirboy at

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
St. Paul's Cathedral in London
none of the above

3. He spent most of his live in the employ of

the Empress Maria Theresa
the Archbishop of Solzburg
Emperor Leopold
the Esterhazy family

4. Many of his very early symphonies had only three movements. They were modeled after the

French overture
sonata da camera
Italian sinfonia
sonata da chiesa

5. Haydn wrote how many symphonies

41
9
104
56

6. In sonata allegro form in a major key the B theme in the recapitulations is in the:

dominant
mediant
relative minor
tonic

7. The last movement in a Classic symphony is most commonly a:

minuet
rondo
sonata allegro
song form

8.Haydn symphonies in minor keys are from which period of composition?

early
late
middle

9. Some of Haydn's symphonies have just one theme:

True
False

10. In a Haydn string quartet the first subject is almost always introduced by the:

cello
2nd violin
1st violin
viola

11. Many slow movements of Haydn string quartets are in theme and variation form. The most famous of these is from which quartet?

the Kaiser
the Jupiter
the Emperor
the Hungarian

12. Haydn wrote his oratorios The Creation and The Seasons for audiences in:

London
Vienna
Paris
Eisenstadt