Baroque Era
This is a form of Polyphonic music.
What is Counterpoint?
What is Vienna?
Audiences are NOT supposed to do this between movements of a symphony.
What is clapping?
This is approximately how old Mozart was when he started composing.
5 - 6 years old.
This is approximately how many musical works Wolfgang Mozart wrote in his lifetime.
What is 600?
This musical genre was born and became extremely popular in the Baroque Era.
What is Opera?
This is another name that the Classical Era is known as.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
This is at the end of a piece of music, and also means "tail" in Italian.
What is a Coda?
This is approximately how old Beethoven was when he started showing signs of deafness.
Before age 30.
Joseph Haydn became "beloved friends" with this composer, and was influenced by his music even though he was much younger.
Who is Wolfgang Mozart?
This is a kind of opera where characters sing about Religious or Bible stories.
What is an Oratorio?
This is the basic idea of "Enlightenment" as it was known in the Classical Era.
What is individual development?
This is the name of an Italian opera that is meant to be lighter-hearted and comical in nature.
What is Opera Buffa?
Haydn said of this composer, "[He] will one day be considered one of Europe's greatest composers, and I shall be proud to be called his teacher."
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
These are the nicknames of Haydn's most famous symphonies. (Both are needed for full points.)
What are Surprise and Farewell?
This kind of opera song, meant to be very melodic, has a character sing about their feelings.
What is an Aria?
A picture of 2 cookies, representing 2 melodies, may represent this kind of musical form.
What is Binary form?
This is a long piece of music written for an orchestra?
What is a symphony?
This composer is well known for being a versatile writer/ being able to write very well in many styles.
Who is Wolfgang Mozart?
This composer is known for being an unhappy genius, his 9 symphonies, and music with a wider range of emotions.
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
These are important composers of the Baroque Era. (4 are needed for full points.)
Who are Antonio Vivaldi, Claudio Monteverdi, George Frideric Handel, and Johann Sebastian Bach?
This musical form has 3 sections, including 1 melody repeated at the end.
What is Ternary form?
These are all 3 names of sections in Sonata form.
What are Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation sections?
These are the things Joseph Haydn is most known for. (2 are needed for full points.)
Symphonies, and popularizing Sonata form.
These are 2 jobs Beethoven had to help keep his family afloat. (Both are needed for full points.)
Working as a church organist and in the city orchestra.