Composers
This composer continued writing music even after he went deaf.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This is the name of Haydn's 94th symphony and the listening prompt.
What is the Surprise Symphony?
The main focus of Classical music; was used to organize sections of music and made it very predictable.
What is Musical Form?
The Emperor of Austria who commissioned Mozart to write an opera for him.
Who is Emperor Joseph II?
A new keyboard instrument that could play in different dynamics.
What is the fortepiano?
He was a musical genius who could listen to a brand new symphony once and have every note of every instrument memorized.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
The composer of the listening prompt.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
An element of music that indicates volume; Haydn and Beethoven liked to drastically change them for effect.
What are dynamics?
A set of numbers used to categorize music in the Classical period.
What are opus numbers?
An instrument that has 6 strings and is played by strumming; the modern day version of the instrument was created during the Classical era.
What is a guitar?
He was Beethoven's music teacher and therefore influenced Beethoven's style to drastically change dynamics.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
The opera that the listening prompt is from.
What is Don Giovanni?
This is like a musical but it has continuous music and was very popular during the Classical era.
What is opera?
The city that served as the music capital of the world during the Classical era.
What is Vienna, Austria?
A higher pitch double-reed instrument whose modern-day version was created in the Classical era.
What is the oboe?
An Austrian composer who died at the young age of 31; he composed mostly Lieder.
Who is Franz Schubert?
The nursery rhyme that comes from this piece by Mozart.
What is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
A type of Musical Form usually for solo piano with multiple movements.
What is a Sonata?
A very short, French, Emperor who Beethoven dedicated his 3rd Symphony to until he betrayed his people and Beethoven subsequently scratched out the dedication.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
A lower pitch double-reed instrument whose modern-day version was created in the Classical era.
What is the bassoon?
This composer connected Mozart and Beethoven by being a friend and mentor to the former and a teacher to the latter.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
This is the Symphony number of the listening prompt.
What is Beethoven's 9th Symphony?
A type of Musical Form with an orchestra and a soloist featured throughout.
What is a concerto?
In the middle of the Classical period, in 1776, this declaration was signed to separate one of England's countries from England's reign.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What are strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion?