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Which instrument is most closely associated with the sonata?

Which instrument was especially favored during the Romantic period because of its dark, rich tone and associations with the hunt and nature?

Where did Beethoven generally play his virtuosic Piano Sonata, Op. 13, the Pathétique?

Which section of the concerto’s first movement is given over to a fantasy-like improvisation?

Which composition conveys a sense of psychological progression over the course of its four movements? 

Who was the first composer to include a theme and variations form as a movement in a symphony?

Who plays the second exposition in double exposition form?

While men in the Classical period typically played string instruments such as the violin or cello, women of the time typically took up which instrument?

Which genre of composition typically opened and closed each orchestral concert during the Classical period?

Which figure, heard throughout the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, has been used throughout the history of music to denote pain and suffering?