Classical Composers
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Potpourri
100

This composer is known as the "father of the string quartet" and the "father of the symphony"

Who is Haydn?

100

These two instruments were the most common to feature in a solo concerto

What are the piano and violin?

100

Chamber music typically has this many players per part

What is one?

100

Concerning this symphony, this is the composer and no.

What is Beethoven's 5th?

100

This keyboard instrument was invented around the start of the Classical era and was written for by every major composer of the era

What is the piano?

200

This composer worked for the Esterházy family for almost 30 years

Who is Haydn?

200

Concerti tended to follow these speeds for their three movements in this order

What is fast-slow-fast?
200

This is the instrumentation of a string quartet

What are 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello?

200

This is the name of this chamber music ensemble

What is a string quartet?

200

Classical composers favored homophony over this musical texture, popular during the Baroque Era

What is polyphony?

300

This composer's works were longer and more substantial than any other composer of the Classical Era

Who is Beethoven?

300

In a double-exposition sonata form, the themes are played by this, then this

What is the orchestra and soloist?

300

This person, necessary for keeping large orchestras together, is not needed for small chamber music ensembles

Who is a conductor?

300

This style (a very common one in the Classical Era of music composition) features one musician with a full orchestra

What is a solo concerto?

300

This is how many operas Beethoven wrote

What is one?

400

This composer was able to compose his music completely in his head, and then later simply write it down

Who is Mozart?

400

This is the part of single-movement sonata that both themes are played in the same key

What is the recapitulation?

400

The original version of this opera mocked the aristocracy heavily and had to be edited to be less offensive

What is The Marriage of Figaro?

400

Concerning this large work, this is its title and its composer

What is The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart?

400

Later in life, Beethoven had to be communicated to via a _____, due to his deafness

What is a notebook?

500

This composer by age 12 had only risen to the level of substitute court organist

Who is Beethoven?

500

Although they can't gaslight, the themes are treated in this way during the development in single-movement sonata form

What is manipulated?

500

This is the name of the Italian comic opera style

What is opera buffa?

500

Concerning this Classical Era symphony, this is its nickname and its composer

What is the Surprise Symphony by Haydn?

500

This is Figaro's occupation in Mozart's opera

What is a servant of the Count?

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