Musical Forms
Composers
Musical Innovations
Misc.
100
A comic Opera
What is Opera Buffa
100
The Creation
What is Haydn's most famous work
100
an early piano that used hammers to play the strings as opposed to the harpsichord, which plucked the strings
What is the pianoforte
100
The family that Haydn composed for, creating a lot of compositions
Who is the Esterhazy family
200
Funeral music or music of the dead
What is a Requiem
200
The Creation of the world
What is The Creation about
200
The inventor of the pianoforte
Who is Muzio Clementi
200
Was not the center of music but was still used. Adopted secular styles and put to sacred text
How did Church music fit into the Classical Period
300
A serious Opera
What is Opera Seria
300
This composer was a prodigy who traveled across Europe to spread his ingenious use of musical expression, until his death at the age of 35
Who is Mozart
300
A German art song
What is a Lied
300
Beethoven looked at Mozart's music mainly for this
What is his use of expression
400
A piece of music written in 4 movements for the entire orchestra
What is a symphony
400
Beethoven's composition teacher
Who is Haydn
400
Balanced, free, and simple
What are characteristics of Classical music
400
Haydn's inspiration for the Creation
What is Handel's Messiah
500
A 3 movement piece of music written for 1-3 instruments
What is a sonata
500
The Ninth Symphony
What is Beethoven's final work
500
This composer made the pianoforte popular during the Classical period
Who is Mozart
500
The name of the piano sonata by Beethoven that we listened to in class
What is the Moonlight Sonata
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