MUSIC NCEA 1.

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WESTERN ART MUSIC
SYMPHONY NO. 5
by LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT PART II RECALL
QUESTION & ANSWER BOOKLET
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
No borrowing or loaning of equipment.

NAME:______________________________
GRADE:_____________________________

1. What is the Classical period?

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2. How long did the Classical period last for?
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3. Name a historical event happened during the late 18 th centuryearly 19th century:
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4. How did this event change the way musicians live/work?
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____________________________________________________ M
5. Name 3 Classical composers alive during Beethovens times:
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6. When and where was Beethoven born?
_________________________________________________________ A
7. What is the Testament of Heiligenstadt? When was it written?
Why was it written?
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_______________________________________________ M
8. Choose one of the below relationships to comment briefly on:
Beethovens relationship with his family (eg father,
brother, nephew)
or
Beethovens relationship with his pupils/lovers
or
Beethovens relationship with composers during his day
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__________________________________________ M
9. List 3 of Beethovens non-symphonic works:

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10.
Whats the difference between a symphony, a concerto,
and an overture?
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11.
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
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12.
How many movements in Symphony No.5?
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13.
Please list all the instruments used in Symphony No. 5:
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14.
What is the tempo used for the first movement? Is this
typical of the symphony structure? Explain.
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15.
What is the structure of the first movement? Is this typical
of the symphony structure? Explain

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16.
Where is exposition and where does it start and where
does it finish in 1st movement (bar numbers)?
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17.
What is development and where does it start & finish in
st
1 movement (bar numbers)?
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18.
What is recapitulation and where does it start & finish in
the 1st movement?
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__________________________________________________ M
19.

What is the key used at the start of the piece? How is this

changed at the start of the second subject? How is this new key
related to the opening key (first subject)?
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____________________________________________________ M
20.
List 2 other places in the first movement where the music
modulates. You need to give the bar number and key.

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_______________________________________________ E
21.
How many themes do we have in exposition?
_________________________________________________________ A
22.
Give examples of the composition device (eg bar numbers,
instruments involved)
Repetition

Imitation

Sequence

Bar no.
Instruments
used:
E
23.
Give the bar number/s, instruments used in a section
where the 1st subject and 2nd subject appear at the same time:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________ M
24.

What is the cadence used at the end?

Key:__________________ Cadence:_______________________ M

25.
What makes this symphony unique & significant? Give two
reasons with examples or mentions to the score (e.g. bar
numbers).
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Reason 1:
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________________________________________ M
Reason 2:
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________________________________________ M

26.

How is climax created at the end of the

Recapitulation/Coda (start your explanation from the last couple

of pages) M/E
Melody/Pitch:
Rhythm:
Texture:
Timbre:
Dynamic:
Articulation:

MUSIC NCEA 1.6

WESTERN ART MUSIC
SYMPHONY NO. 5
by LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT PART II RECALL
QUESTION & ANSWER BOOKLET
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
No borrowing or loaning of equipment.

NAME:______________________________
GRADE:_____________________________

1. The Classical period in Western Music started approx.__________

and finished __________.
A
2. Name a historical event happened during the Classical period
________________________________________________________ A
3. How did this event change the way musicians live/work?
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ M
4. Name 2 musical inventions during the Classical period
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ A
5. How did these musical inventions change the way
musician/composers live/work?
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ M
6. What is so special about the music produced during the
Classical period? (think of the music Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven wrote)
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ M
7. Name a Classical period composer:____________________ Give one
interesting fact about this composer:__________________________A
8. When and where was Beethoven born?
_________________________________________________________ A
9. When did Beethoven move to Vienna? (give approximate
year/age
_________________________________________________________ A
10.
What is the Testament of Heiligenstadt? When was it
written? Why was it written?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________ E
11.
Choose one of the below relationships to comment briefly
on:
Beethovens relationship with his family (eg father,
brother, nephew)
or
Beethovens relationship with his pupils/lovers
or
Beethovens relationship with composers during his day
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________ M
12.
List 3 of Beethovens non-symphonic works:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________ A
13.
Whats the difference between a symphony, a concerto,
and an overture?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________ E
14.
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
_________________________________________________________ A
15.
How many movements in Symphony No.5?
_________________________________________________________ A
16.
Complete the column on the right hand side analysing
Beethovens Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
Music Element/
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt
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Structure/Form (Sonata Form)

Exposition (please give bar no.)
Development (bar no.)
Recapitulation (bar no.)
Tonality/ Harmony /Starting Key

Timbre/Instruments Used

Tempo

17.
Explain what a sonata form is, and how the ideas in this
piece of music are introduced/developed/structured. Make sure
you describe what happens with the two themes during the 3
different sections of a sonata form
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18.
The key has changed at the start of the second subject?
How is this new key related to the opening key (first subject)?
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ M

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19.
List 2 other places in the first movement where the music
modulates. You need to give the bar number and key.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________ E
20.
How many themes do we have in exposition?
_________________________________________________________ A
21.
Using the staff below, write out the 1st (motif) and 2nd
theme (M)

22.

Using the staff below, write out the motif used at the very

beginning:
23.

Using the staff below, copy out 2 other places in the

movement where the motif has been reused/developed/varied.

Include the bar no.

24.

Give examples of the composition device (eg bar numbers,

instruments involved)
Repetition

Imitation

Sequence

Bar no.
Instruments
used:

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25.
Give the bar number/s, instruments used in a section
where the 1st subject and 2nd subject appear at the same time:
_____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ M
26.

What is the cadence used at the end?

Key:__________________ Cadence:_______________________ M
27.
What makes this symphony unique & significant? Give two
reasons with examples or mentions to the score (e.g. bar
numbers).
Reason 1:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________ M
Reason 2:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________ M
28.

How is climax created at the end of the Exposition (repeat

bar line) M/E

Melody/Pitch:
Rhythm:
Texture:

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Timbre:
Dynamic:

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