Classical Music Review

3. examples of these include rondo, theme and variation, and sonata
6. how the music is voiced - in classical it was typically homophonic
7. this composer spent his entire career in the patronage system
8. and variation a form in which a basic musical idea or theme is repeated several times with changes added to each repetition
10. a style during the late baroque period and early classical period in which the baroque style's elaborate filigree, exaggeration, and ornamentation are replaced with softer lines and pastels
11. the most common form of the classical period, it consists of four main sections and is the standard form for the first movement of a symphony
12. tuneful and easy to remember music where symmetry is common and phrases occur in pairs
14. this composer never worked within the patronage system and began to suffer from hearing loss in his late twenties
15. a stylistic rejection of baroque and rococo styles and an attempt to recapture the simplicity and grandeur of ancient Greek and Roman art
16. examples of this musical term are syncopation, unexpected pauses, and shifts between longer and shorter notes

1. the return of the main themes of a piece in sonata form
2. the opening section of a piece in sonata form during which the main themes are presented
4. this composer was a child prodigy who left the patronage system to freelance in Vienna
5. this musical characteristic is another term for volume of the music and varied widely throughout a piece of music
9. the concluding section of a piece in sonata form, usually in the tonic key
10. a form in which a tuneful main theme (A) returns several times in alternation with other themes (ABACA)
12. and trio usually a movement within a larger work; this form is written in a triple meter with an ABA form
13. the section within a piece in sonata form in which the themes are explored and presented in new ways and modulate to other keys