Music Appreciation, Class #9 Brookdale Community 音乐欣赏课#9代尔社区.pptVIP

Close-up Of The Locket Extraordinary Beethoven web sites San Jose State University /depts/beethoven/ “Beethoven’s Hair” http://www.beethovenshair.ca/ Help! November 6, 2008 Test #2 Review CD Tracks Cumulative New tracks Sample review questions What were the most important changes made to the piano during the Classical era? What enormous political/social event was celebrated with a performance of the Beethoven 9th in December 25, 1989? At the end of his career, Haydn wrote his first and only oratorio. It is a highly descriptive telling of Holy Scripture from Genesis and the Psalms. What is the name of this piece? Compare Haydn’s years with the Esterházy family vs. Mozart and his employers. What was the tradition known as DROIT DE SEIGNEUR? What are the “Sketch Books”? What are “Conversation Books”? What city was the musical and cultural center of the Classic period? The exposition of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony contains how many notes? How does the overture to Mozarts Don Giovanni end? Beethoven violently changed the dedication of the “Emperor” concerto to the “Eroica” concerto in December 1804. Why? Thousands of Viennese attended Beethoven’s funeral. Among his pallbearers was what great composer and Beethoven devotee? Why is the Classical Period also known as the “Age of Reason” or the “Age of Enlightenment”? Mozart was unusually proud of which two specific scenes in The Marriage Of Figaro. Why? What is Don Giovanni’s fate? Is he dragged to Hell, or does he alone make the decisions which determine that fate? In what way is that revolutionary? Who was Lorenzo Da Ponte? Why was he hired to work in Vienna? Da Ponte promised Emperor Franz Joseph a major change in Beaumarchasis’ radical play The Marriage Of Figaro in order to obtain permission to work with Mozart on the project. What was Da Ponte’s promise, and did he keep it? What is THE HEILIGENSTADT LETTER? Who was Antonio Salieri? Facts vs. fiction, please! How and when did the myths