Instrumental Music
This instrument essentially replaced the harpsichord in the Classical Era
What is the piano?
This group of singers plays the role of "the people" in an opera.
What is the chorus?
The Classical Era began in this year
When is 1750?
This is Mr. Ellis' favorite sport to watch.
What is football?
Name one instrument that joined the orchestra in the Classical Era (The team has 3 guesses)
What is the clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, or timpani?
This music was meant to open the opera and introduce the music.
What is an overture?
The Classical Era ended in this year
When is 1820?
(Teams only get one chance to answer)
Mr. Ellis thinks a straw has this many holes
What is 1?
The Classical orchestra had about this range of members.
What is 30-50? (any range within 5 of the numbers listed is acceptable)
Mozart wrote the overture to Don Giovanni in about this amount of time.
What is 12 hours or overnight?
This texture has one melodic part, accompanied by other non-melody parts
What is homophony?
Mr. Ellis would do this if he won the lottery (after all the boring responsible stuff)
What is travel?
This is a large piece of instrumental music of several movements, first written in the Classical Era.
What is a symphony?
As opposed to opera seria, this kind of opera was light-hearted, and often made fun of the nobility.
What is opera buffa?
Instead of emotion, the Classical Era emphasized this in music
What is structure?
This is Mr. Ellis' favorite pizza topping
What are peppers? (Also onions)