He started losing his hearing while still young and composed many of his famous works while completely deaf.
Who is Beethoven?
100
An orchestral music form usually with four movements in the Classical Era.
What is a symphony?
100
How old Mozart was when he died.
What is 35?
100
The most used section of a Classical Era orchestra.
What is the string section?
100
The composer we studied who was a bridge between the Classical and Romantic Eras of music.
Who is Beethoven?
200
He was called "Papa".
Who is Haydn?
200
Haydn wrote this piece as a bit of a joke, with the beginning very quiet and suddenly becoming loud.
What is the Surprise Symphony?
200
How old Beethoven was when he died.
What is 56/57?
200
The percussion instrument mainly used in Classical Era orchestras.
What is timpani?
200
The tempo (speed) of the 2nd movement of a symphony.
What is slow?
300
He was a child prodigy who toured England as a child with his sister.
Who is Mozart?
300
It is one of Beethoven's most famous pieces and starts with da-da-da-duh.
What is Symphony #5?
300
How long a Classical Era symphony typically lasted.
What is 20-45 minutes?
300
The instrument Beethoven used to play "The Moonlight Sonata".
What is the piano?
300
The number of keys on a piano.
What is 88?
400
The wealthy family who Haydn worked for.
Who is the Esterhazy family?
400
The queen of the night sings a very high soprano part in this opera by Mozart.
What is The Magic Flute?
400
The year Mozart died (can be rounded to the nearest decade)
When is 1791? (1790-anything accepted)
400
A woodwind instrument that was not used in Baroque orchestras, and was new in the Classical Era.
What is the clarinet?
400
Two revolutions that were taking place during the Classical Era.
What is the American, French and Industrial Revolution. (two accepted)
500
The composer who is portrayed as being jealous of Mozart in the movie, Amadeus.
Who is Salieri?
500
The opera that was banned in Vienna before Mozart cut out the bad parts and received permission to perform it.
What is The Marriage of Figaro?
500
The elegance of the Classical Era can be traced to the excavations they were making of this ancient city.
What is Pompeii?
500
The instrument Mozart was playing just before he collapsed, while the Bird character, Papageno, was singing in his opera (as shown in Amadeus).
What is the celeste, celesta, keyboard glockenspiel, keyboard bells, or something similar.
500
Because of it's famous short and long pattern, this Symphony by this composer was used in World War II as a form of morse code to indicate "V" for Victory.