Mozart's Music

During which period did Mozart explore chromatic harmony to a degree rare at the time?

• Early period
• Throughout his entire career
• Middle period
• Late period

What are the hallmarks of clarity, balance, and transparency in Mozart's music?

• Complex and intricate melodies
• Clear and balanced structure
• Unpredictable and dissonant harmonies
• Emotional and dramatic expression

What are the central traits of the classical style that can be identified in Mozart's music?

• Complexity, dissonance, and ornamentation
• Improvisation, syncopation, and repetition
• Clarity, balance, and transparency
• Emotion, drama, and intensity

According to Charles Rosen, what is necessary to comprehend Mozart's structures and magnificence?

• Analyzing his rhythmic patterns
• Appreciating the delicacy of his music
• Understanding his use of chromatic harmony
• Recognizing the violence and sensuality in his work

What genre did Mozart almost single-handedly develop and popularize?

• Symphony
• Chamber music
• Opera
• Solo concerto

What is a recognizable feature of Mozart's works?

• Borrowed sequences from Baroque music
• Complex harmonies and dissonance
• Homotonal movements and rounded binary forms
• Symmetrical phrases and articulated structures

Which style greatly influenced Mozart's development?

• French overture and opera seria
• Italian overture and opera buffa
• German overture and opera buffa
• English overture and opera seria

How did Mozart's style evolve over time?

• From rounded binary forms to symmetrical phrases
• From dissonance to consonance
• From Baroque to Classical
• From complexity to simplicity

What are the central traits of the classical style in Mozart's music?

• Complexity, dissonance, and unpredictability
• Emotion, intensity, and drama
• Rhythm, syncopation, and improvisation
• Clarity, balance, and transparency

What period did Mozart's music span?

• Baroque
• Romantic
• Modern
• Classical