Composer
Who is Mozart
Three elements that can be changed when creating Variations
What are: melody, rhythm, tonality (harmony), meter?
Name the 2 main events during the Classical era
What was the Revolutionary War and the Industrial Revolution?
This work helped expand the orchestra from about 40 players to about 70 players
What is Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Why is the White House a good example of the Classical Time Period
The composer of the Surprise Symphony
Who is Haydn?
What is the music word we use when we describe how loud or soft a piece of music is.
What is dynamics?
The two impacts the Industrial Revolution had on music.
What were better instruments and urbanized culture?
Ah Vous Dirai-je, maman is a folk song that Mozart developed into what form
Theme and Variations
Classical music typically has _________ melodies and _____________
Clear, accompaniment
The composer of the 5th Symphony we listened to
Who is Beethoven
When using the analogy of a paper, what is the movement of a symphony compared to
What is a paragraph
What mindset did the Revolutionary War have on the culture?
Strengthened the concept of Natural Rights- what humans are suppose to just naturally have
What was the joke in Haydn's Surprise Symphony?
The loud surprise chord at the end of the phrase
Classical music was extravagant or simple?
Simple yet elegant
One of Haydn's contributions and the reason he was known as the "Father of the Symphony"
What is musical form?
How did dynamics change from the Baroque to the Classical Period
They used to be terraced, either loud or soft, now they're gradual, using crescendos and decrescendos
Who was a revolutionary mind of the Classical Era
Ben Franklin
The motif from Beethoven's 5th Symphony (Sing it)
Ba-na-na-naaaa
What is the difference between the Baroque and Classical keyboard instrument
Harpsichord (Baroque) was plucked
Pianoforte (Classical) was hammered
Beethoven was the bridge between these two time periods
What is Classical and Romantic?
What is the definition of Theme and Variations?
Theme- the main melody of a piece
Variations- a version of the main theme but with changes made to it
Why was the classical era called the classical era
They went back to the “classics” -tried to emulate the ideals of antiquities particularly Greece.
Haydn's Surprise Symphony is a good example of what musical element
Dynamics
Classical Music was all about....
Rules, Balance, Order, Symmetry...