Classical Music- Types of Composition - Statistics

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	Hint	Composers	Answer	% Correct
D	A composition for two performers of equal importance	Brahms, Schubert, Poulenc	Duet	84%
S	A multi-movement compostion for full orchestra	Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich	Symphony	82%
O	Musical drama with scenery, acting, and a sung libretto with orchestral accompaniment	Mozart, Puccini, Wagner	Opera	81%
E	A technical study, raised to virtuostic levels by certain composers	Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff	Etude	80%
Q	Common trem for chamber music for 4 performers; typical instrumentation for strings consists of two vilons, a viola, and a cello	Beethoven, Schumann	Quartet	68%
N	Expressive, lyrical composition generally written for piano	Field, Chopin	Nocturne	66%
H	A dance from Cuba, usually in slow to moderate duple time	Bizet	Habanera	56%
F	An imaginative "free form" composition which does not follow any strict overall form	Brahms, Chopin	Fantasia	53%
V	Composition which states a musical motif, theme, or harmonic sequence and then modifies it in numerous ways	Haydn, Beethoven Schubert	Variations	51%
B	A rather long, expressive "narrative" composition	Chopin, Brahms	Ballade	47%
R	Free form composition usually with a dramatic, "heroic" and/or national character	Brahms, Gershwin, Liszt	Rhapsody	43%
C	A choral composition with a continuous narrative text, sacred or secular, consisting of numerous sections or movements	Bach, Rameau, Handel	Cantata	42%
G	Liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic church	Anoymous	Gregorian chant	39%
J	An English popular dance of the 16th century	derived from folk music	Jig	39%
I	Name applied to 19th century character pieces, generally rather short	Schubert, Chopin	Impromptu	38%
A	A light spirited piece; also a move in ballet	Burgmuller, Debussy	Arabesque	37%
K	The first item of the ordinary of Roman Catholic mass, consisting of three invocations, each sung three times	anonymous	Kyrie	37%
T	Virtuostic, but also expressive composition with somewhat free tempos, alternating full chords with rapid scale passages	Bach, Schumann, Debussy, Prokofieff	Toccata	23%
M	An unaccompanied vocal contrapuntal part-song, particularly popular during the Renaissance, employing counterpoint	anonymous	Madrigal	17%
L	Austrian dance in the character of a slow waltz	Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert	Landler	8%
Z	A Spanish opera particularly popular in the 19th century which has spoken dialog as well as sung, but can be of a serious nature; it takes its name from a palace near Madrid, similar to Versailles	Barbieri, Chapi	Zarzuela	2%
P	A 17th and 18th century term for a suite or set of variations	Bach	Partitia	1%

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