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This composer held a substantial appointment with the Esterházy court while standardizing Classical-period formal structures (especially the string quartet).
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn?
This major city in Austria was the imperial center of Holy Roman Empire under Habsburg Empire and home to major career successes for Mozart and Haydn, among others.
What is Vienna?
This German composer is known for bringing Italian opera to England, more specifically London.
Who is Georg Frideric Händel?
This Italian composer (and, in some respects, nepo baby) wrote a huge output of 555 sonatas, but only 30 were published during his lifetime.
Who is Domenico Scarlatti?
This opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opens with the following short speech turned musical monologue.
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What is Le Nozze di Figaro?
This virtuoso violinist and harpsichordist, composer, and fencer joined Gossec's Concerts des Amateurs and became its director before facing racist and anti-Black obstructions with the Paris Opera despite his substantial success.
Who is Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-George?
This famous teacher and violinist spent most of her career working at the Venetian orphanage Ospedale della Pietà. Her own teacher, Antonio Vivaldi, wrote many of his violin concertos specifically for her.
Who is Anna Maria della Pieta?
This compositional technique, used in fugues, translates to “tightening”.
What is stretto?
Other than Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, this French late-Baroque composer was also named a “Chevalier”.
Who is François Couperin?