"The Big Three"
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100

Who are the big three? First and Last names!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig Van Beethoven

100

I am performing a solo with an orchestra behind me. What kind of music is this?

A concerto

100

What years define the Classical era?

1750-1820

100

What is another name for the Classical Era?

Age of Enlighment or Age of Reason

100

A short, recurring musical idea

Motive

200

Who was the child prodigy that wrote his first symphony at age 7?

Mozart

200

This musical form is a Mass of the Dead.

Requiem

200

Name the four categories of an orchestra

Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion

200

In the Baroque era, music was made predominately for the church. Who was music created for for in the classical era?

The rich or the public

200

This classical music was composed for small groups of instruments and meant for smaller, intimate performance spaces.

Chamber music

300
Started to write Romantic music before it was cool, known best for his sonatas and symphonies

Beethoven

300

This is a large group of musicians playing different instruments.

Orchestra

300

True or False: The Classical Era favored balance, order, and simplicity. Composers started to use more specific directions when writing by incorporating dynamics and other stylistic markings.

True.

300

Father of the Symphony or Father of String Quartet

Haydn

300

German art song meant for solo voice and piano

Lieder

400

Composed the "Surprise Symphony".

Haydn

400

Mozart's "The Magic Flute" was what kind of music?

Opera

400

Primary form of music that was created and used in Classical era. 

Sonata or Sonata-allegro form

400

What keyboard instrument was created in Classical Period?

piano

400

System where wealthy people provide financial support to composers for their work

Patronage system

500

Joseph Haydn taught others about composition techniques, orchestration, and musical pacing. His influence can be heard in ______'s symphonies and string quartets.

Beethoven

500

This is a fancy solo section in a concerto meant to display the technical facility of the soloists

Cadenza

500

The composers in this era started to put their feelings and emotions in their music...which leads us into the next era of music. What comes after the classical era?

Romantic

500

Name of a person who writes original music

Composer

500

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

10

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