Classical Composers
This composer is known as the "father of the string quartet" and the "father of the symphony"
Who is Haydn?
These two instruments were the most common to feature in a solo concerto
What are the piano and violin?
Chamber music typically has this many players per part
What is one?
Concerning this symphony, this is the composer and no.
What is Beethoven's 5th?
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?
This composer worked for the Esterházy family for almost 30 years
Who is Haydn?
Concerti tended to follow these speeds for their three movements in this order
This is the instrumentation of a string quartet
What are 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello?
This is the name of this chamber music ensemble
What is a string quartet?
Classical composers favored homophony over this musical texture, popular during the Baroque Era
What is polyphony?
This composer's works were longer and more substantial than any other composer of the Classical Era
Who is Beethoven?
In a double-exposition sonata form, the themes are played by this, then this
What is the orchestra and soloist?
This person, necessary for keeping large orchestras together, is not needed for small chamber music ensembles
Who is a conductor?
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?
This is how many operas Beethoven wrote
What is one?
This composer was able to compose his music completely in his head, and then later simply write it down
Who is Mozart?
This is the part of single-movement sonata that both themes are played in the same key
What is the recapitulation?
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?
Concerning this large work, this is its title and its composer
What is The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart?
Later in life, Beethoven had to be communicated to via a _____, due to his deafness
What is a notebook?
This composer by age 12 had only risen to the level of substitute court organist
Who is Beethoven?
Although they can't gaslight, the themes are treated in this way during the development in single-movement sonata form
What is manipulated?
This is the name of the Italian comic opera style
What is opera buffa?
Concerning this Classical Era symphony, this is its nickname and its composer
What is the Surprise Symphony by Haydn?
This is Figaro's occupation in Mozart's opera
What is a servant of the Count?