"The Big Three"
Who are the big three? First and Last names!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig Van Beethoven
I am performing a solo with an orchestra behind me. What kind of music is this?
A concerto
What years define the Classical era?
1750-1820
What is another name for the Classical Era?
Age of Enlighment or Age of Reason
A short, recurring musical idea
Motive
Who was the child prodigy that wrote his first symphony at age 7?
Mozart
This musical form is a Mass of the Dead.
Requiem
Name the four categories of an orchestra
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion
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
This classical music was composed for small groups of instruments and meant for smaller, intimate performance spaces.
Chamber music
Beethoven
This is a large group of musicians playing different instruments.
Orchestra
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.
Father of the Symphony or Father of String Quartet
Haydn
German art song meant for solo voice and piano
Lieder
Composed the "Surprise Symphony".
Haydn
Mozart's "The Magic Flute" was what kind of music?
Opera
Primary form of music that was created and used in Classical era.
Sonata or Sonata-allegro form
What keyboard instrument was created in Classical Period?
piano
System where wealthy people provide financial support to composers for their work
Patronage system
Joseph Haydn taught others about composition techniques, orchestration, and musical pacing. His influence can be heard in ______'s symphonies and string quartets.
Beethoven
This is a fancy solo section in a concerto meant to display the technical facility of the soloists
Cadenza
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
Name of a person who writes original music
Composer
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
10