Classy Composers
This was a child prodigy of the time who was writing symphonies by age 12.
Who is Mozart?
This is usually the form of the first movement of a symphony.
What is sonata form?
The definition of classical music can be explained that this music is anything BUT these genres.
What is folk, rock, jazz, or pop?
Tunes of the classical era were usually this.
What is singable?
Beethoven developed this disorder due to frequent fevers as a child.
What is deafness?
These are the 4 sections of sonata form.
What is the exposition, development, recap (recapitulation), and coda?
This specific event happening simultaneously as the classical era effected the way things were manufactured.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Music of the classical era does not have unity of ________.
What is mood?
This composer was a jokester who's 94th symphony was later named "The Surprise Symphony."
Who is Haydn?
This form is where the theme is stated and then changes in new ways.
What is theme and variations?
This specific date happened simultaneously with the classical period that was the "birthday" of the United States of America.
What was July 4, 1776?
This composer's music sounds more aggressive with the use of larger orchestras and more technical passages.
Who is Beethoven?
These 3 composers were the "main" ones during the classical era.
Who is Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven?
The 3rd movement of the symphony is usually in this meter.
What is triple meter?
This city was "music central" during the classical era.
What is Vienna?
This symphony was based off a 4-note motif.
What is Beethoven's 5th?
This family hired Haydn for most of his career.
Who are the Esterhazy's?
What are the sections (in order) of rondo form?
What is A B A C A B A?
This instrument replaced the harpsichord and placed in homes/parlors of the rising middle class.
What is the piano?
In Haydn's Surprise Symphony, the melody is played twice at the beginning. What changes when it's repeated?
What is drop in dynamics/gets softer?