He went from being a court entertainer to a creative artist.
Who is a composer?
100
Papa
What was Haydn's nickname?
100
sonata form
What is the form of the first movement of a symphony?
100
A city with a famous orchestra in the early days of the orchestra
What is Mannheim?
100
they are named for their number, eg. _______ no. 39 by Mozart
What is a symphony?
200
the trombone
What instrument did not exist 250 years ago?
200
Mozart's musician father
Who was Leopold?
200
4
What is the standard number of movements in a symphony?
200
A famous conductor who, at age 81, has a little difficulty negotiating stairs and must sit while conducting, but whose brilliant conducting style is undimmed.
Who is Andre Previn?
200
exposition+bridge=dominant as
recapitulation+bridge=?
What is the tonic?
300
Whoever could be spared from the hunt would come inside and played in this.
What is an orchestra?
300
Theophilus
What is the Greek for "Amadeus"?
300
exposition, development, recapitulation
What are the three parts of a symphony movement in sonata form?
300
What musical term means "mis-shapen pearl"?
What is Baroque?
300
the term for a key change
What is a modulation?
400
The name for a progressive crescendo, and a contemporary instrumental group.
What is Mannheim Steamroller?
400
Vienna
What is the city in which Mozart and Haydn met?
400
the bridge
What is the transition portion of a symphonic movement called?
400
the result of 2 or more pitches sounding simultaneously
What is harmony?
400
the "tail" of a musical composition
What is the coda?
500
Chords played by a harpsichord above the bass line
What is the "basso continuo"?
500
40
How many symphonies did Mozart write?
500
the new key in which the exposition is written after the bridge in sonata form
What is the dominant key?
500
the usual form of the third movement of a symphony; it means literally a "joke"
What is a scherzo?
500
the first Afro-American conductor to conduct a symphony orchestra in the US