Background Info
The dates of the Classical Period
What is 1750-1820?
A large instrumental ensemble that combines various instruments
What is an Orchestra?
A type of composition in three sections in which two themes are explored in various keys
What is a Sonata Form?
The number of instrument families in the orchestra
What is 4?
Mozart's middle name
What is Amadeus?
The central location of the Classical Period
What is Vienna, Austria?
Soloist with the orchestra as accompaniment
What is a Concerto?
The first section presents the main theme/idea of music composition, usually in two different keys.
What is the Exposition?
This instrument family sits in front of the orchestra.
What is the string family?
This film was narrated from this individual's perspective and was jealous of Mozart
Who is Salieri?
The social structure of the Classical Period
What is a larger middle class?
A group of pieces called movements only applied for works with 2 instruments
What is a Sonta?
The second section which develops a musical idea, often contrasted with variations of various keys
What is the Development?
The leader of an orchestra.
What is the conductor?
What is False?
This term refers to the period music 1750-1820
A dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
The third section presents the musical theme/idea from the first section usually in the initial/tonic key.
What is the Recapitulation?
This instrument family primarily sits in the back of the orchestra.
What is the percussion family?
The name of the first non-Greek mythology or religious opera
What is "Don Giovanni"?
This term refers to conventional Western music following long-established principles rather than folk, jazz, or popular tradition
What is classical?
An extended musical composition often for an orchestra (around 30-100 musicians)
What is a Symphony?
The passage that brings a piece (or movement) to an end.
What is a Coda?
These instruments were added during the Classical Period
What is the piano, clarinet, and french horn?
The name of Mozart's final composition?
What is Requiem in D Minor, K. 626?