Composers
Instrumentation
Musical Forms
Musical Elements
Miscellaneous
100
Three dominant composers of the classical period.
Who is Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven?
100
instruments for Piano Trio.
What is Piano, Violin, and Cello?
100
italian for joke; replaces the minuet and trio in a symphony.
What is scherzo?
100
the dynamics of this period were different in this way from the baroque period.
What is more broad; gradual. Ex: Decrescendo, Crescendo, Sforzando, etc.
100
the time span of the classical period.
What is 1750 to 1820?
200
This composers lifer time spanned the end of the classical period and was important as an influence in the romantic period.
who is Ludwig Van Beethoven?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! this instrument was beginning to develop after its predecessor the Harpsichord. strings were now struck with a hammer instead of being plucked which offered variability to the dynamics; however, still not fully developed instrument in this period.
What is the piano?
200
sonata for orchestra.
What is a symphony?
200
the music of the classical period can best be described in this way.
what is clearer, lighter, elegant, simple, and brighter?
200
Beethoven's famous 5th symphony was inspired after what he deemed was this.
What is The Knock of Fate?
300
was an Austrian child prodigy very skilled in the styles of classical music, but lived adult life with little recognition dying at the age of 35.
Who is Mozart?
300
the instrumentation of a string quartet.
What is Violin 1, violin 2, Viola, and Cello?
300
A B A C A
What is form for Rondo?
300
the texture of the music of this period was predominantly this. there was more emphasis on the melody with a supporting harmonic sound.
What is homophonic?
300
Give at least three significant historical wars of this period.
7 Years' War (1756-1763), American Revolution (1775-1783), 1787 - French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), War of 1812.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This composer introduced himself in later classical period and was very influential in the transition into the romantic. over his short life he had produced over 600 secular works.
Who is Franz Schubert?
400
the typical string quintet consist of this
What is Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola 1, Viola 2, and Cello.
400
Sonata-Allegro form.
What is Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, and Coda?
400
this was a moment of free time in a piece for a soloist in which no tempo or rhythm is marked, allowed for virtuoso display.
What is a cadenza?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Arpeggiated Accompaniment introduced during this period in which the notes of a chord would be presented in lowest, highest, middle, and highest note again and then repeated.
What is Alberti Bass?
500
son of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, was a composer of the early classical period.
who is Carl Phillipp Emmanuel Bach?
500
The full instrumentation and sections of a classical orchestra.
Sections and instruments as follows: Woodwinds: Flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons. Brass: French horns, Trumpets. Percussion: Timpani Strings: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! piece of music usually written in somebody's honor. typically light calm music, played in the evening. a form of music although characterized in the classical period, the form exists in prior and proceeding periods.
What is a serenade?
500
with an increased size in the orchestra it became more common if needed for a single part to divide into two. although giving more layer of texture sacrificed orchestral weight this was called...
What is divisi.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Mozart composed this piece the morning of its premiere! talk about procrastination.
What is the overture to Don Giovanni?
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