Question | Answer |
What is an oratorio? | A large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.
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What is fugue? | A contrapuntal composition based on a melody/subject/voice.
| What key does Gloria from Haydn’s Nelson Mass begin in? | D major.
| In Haydn’s Gloria from the Nelson mass where could you find a Dominant 7th Root position chord? | Bar 20
| How would you describe the texture in the opening of Haydn’s Quoniam Tu Solus? | Homophonic, choral style.
| At bar 33 in Quoniam Tu Solus by Haydn there is a modulation, what is the modulation and how does it relate to the tonic key of D major? | It modulates to B minor, which is the relative minor.
| What is a countermelody? | A new melody, not as important, played at the same time as the melody.
| What is canon 2 in 1? | Two voices sing what could be sung by one voice.
| In Credo, by Haydn, where would you hear a suspension? | In bar 29.
| What form is Am Feierabend by Schubert written in? | Ternary Form.
| What voice type sings Am Feierabend by Schubert? | A male tenor.
| What is the home key of Der Neugierige by Schubert? | B Major.
| What word setting did Schubert use for Ungeduld? | Strophic.
| What form did Bach write his Brandeburg Concerto No.2, 1st movement in? | Quasi Ritornello.
| What is a tromba? | Trumpet.
| What form is Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 written in? | Sonata Form.
| What does Zu 2 mean? | Both players play the same part in unison.
| In the exposition of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, at which bar do we hear a modulation to the subdominant minor? | Bars 28-29
| What does allegro molto appassionato mean? | Fast tempo with much passion.
| How would you describe the harmony of Handel’s Zadok the Priest? | Diatonic, Constant, Chromatic harmonies, mainly root position and first inversions, tonic and dominant mainly in middle section. |