A-level music AoS1 & AoS2

• Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 103 in EE Major is also known as the Drum Roll Symphony.
• Joseph Haydn was born in Vienna, Austria.

  False
• Haydn became a chorister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna at the age of eight.
• Haydn spent the majority of his career at the palace of the Esterházy family in Eisenstadt.
• Which composer did Haydn meet in Bonn before his trips to London?

  Beethoven
• Johann Peter Salomon commissioned Haydn to write 12 symphonies in London.
• The "Drum Roll" Symphony earned its nickname due to a long opening timpani roll.
• What is Haydn often referred to as in music history?

  The father of the symphony
• The symphony as a genre developed and was formalised in the Classical period.
• Match the musical structure with its description:

  Sonata form ↔️ Exposition, development, recapitulation

  Theme and variations ↔️ Changes to melody, rhythm, or key

  Rounded binary form ↔️ A-B-A structure
• Order the sections of sonata form:

  1️⃣ Exposition

  2️⃣ Development

  3️⃣ Recapitulation

  4️⃣ Coda
• In which key is the first movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 103?

  EE major
• The second movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 103 is a double theme and variations.
• The clarinets in Haydn's Symphony No. 103 are transposing instruments in BE.
• In which key is the third movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 103?

  EE major
• Only the first and second movements of Haydn's Symphony No. 103 are studied for the OCR specification.
• When reading the score, clarinets in BE sound a tone lower
• By how much do horns in EE sound lower than written?

  Major sixth
• Trumpets in EE sound a minor third higher
• What structure does the first movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 103 follow?

  Sonata form
• The first movement begins in 3/4 time with the tempo marking "Adagio."
• After the "Adagio," the movement switches to 6/8 time and "Allegro con Spirito.
• Arrange the sections of the exposition in the first movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 103.

  1️⃣ First subject group

  2️⃣ Transition

  3️⃣ Second subject group
• What is explored during the development section of the first movement?

  Different keys
• The slow introduction returns after the recapitulation's second subject.
• Haydn's melodies were influenced by folk songs from the Austrian and Hungarian
• What type of phrasing is often used in Haydn's melodies?

  Period phrasing
• Haydn's melodies in this movement are primarily diatonic with limited chromaticism.
• Haydn's melodic economy often involves using only one or two themes
• Which instrument plays the slow-moving theme in the introduction?

  Bass instruments
• Match the phrases of the introduction theme with their descriptions.

  Question phrase ↔️ Moves to dominant of BE major

  Answer phrase ↔️ Returns to tonic of EE major
• What rhythm characterizes the first subject theme in the "Allegro con Spirito"?

  Quaver and semiquaver
• The "Allegro con Spirito" begins on the second beat of the bar in 6/8 time.
• The transition in the exposition modulates to the dominant key of BE major
• Which instrument leads "transition motif 2"?

  Oboe
• "Transition motif 3" is a free inversion of motif "b."
• The second subject theme is a lyrical four-bar melody for oboe and first violins
• Which key is suggested by the unison idea in bars 332–39 of the introduction?

  C minor
• Arrange the modulations in the transition from bars 48–79 in the exposition.

  1️⃣ EE major

  2️⃣ BE major

  3️⃣ G major
• In which key is the second subject presented in the exposition?

  BE major