Instruments
If you hear this keyboard instrument, the piece is definitely Baroque.
What is the harpsichord?
He went deaf in his 30s and could not hear his 9th symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
What is terraced dynamics?
What is The Liberation of Ruggiero by Caccini?
These brass instruments from the Baroque era has crooks that change the instrument's key.
What are the trumpet and horn?
He was a child prodigy whose father was his teacher, manager, and publicist.
Who is Mozart?
This era had mostly homophonic textures.
What is Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by J.S. Bach?
This woodwind instrument was invented in the Classical era.
What is the clarinet?
She is the first known female opera composer.
Who is Caccini?
This form has a repeating ostinato (usually in the bass) that repeats over and over and over and over and over...
What is a passacaglia?
What is String Quintet in C Major by Boccherini?
These brass instruments were first used by Beethoven in his 5th symphony at the end of the Classical era.
What are the trombone and tuba?
He spent most of his life working at an orphanage in Venice, composing music for the children to perform.
Who is Vivaldi?
Mozart's Symphony No. 40, 1st movement is in this form with an exposition, development, and recap.
What is Sonata form?
This violin-maker was so famous in his day that people thought he used magic in his wood varnishes.
Who is Antonio Stradivari?
Who is Anna Amalia?
This style of German opera has some dialog and is usually comic.
What is a singspiel?