Hadyn
Created by Joseph Haydn, this is made with two violins, a cello, and a viola.
What is a string quartet?
Mozart wrote over 600 of these
What are compositions?
The symphony nicknamed ¨fate knocking on the door¨
What is the 5th symphony?
the written music of an opera
What is a score?
When Haydn was a boy, he cut this in school and got expelled.
What is a wig?
The last opera Mozart ever written
What was the Magic Flute?
Beethoven was the bridge between the classical and this era
What is the Romantical era?
small printed notes used for decoration also known as musical ornaments
What are Grace Notes?
When Haydn was a singer at St Stephen's Cathedral, the choir master suggested becoming this to keep his soprano voice.
What is a Castrati?
Mozart was good at these instruments by 5 years old.
What is a piano and violin?
the symphony that Beethoven wrote and composed completely deaf
What is the 9th symphony?
The text of an opera. Usually not written by the composer
What is a Libretto?
Haydn invented this symphony after pranking a member of the royal family by awakening them
What is a surprise symphony?
Mozart, listening to the piece Miserere in the Vatican Sistine Chapel, wrote down the score from memory. This is an example of...
What is a child genius/raw talent?
The teacher who Beethoven briefly got composition lessons from and whom Beethoven hated
Who is Joseph Haydn?
Two notes played rapidly back and forth
What is a trill?
Haydn worked as the court composer at this family ´s palace for most of his life.
Who is the Esterházy family?
At the end of Mozart´s life, he was broke and was buried here
What is a paupers grave?
A personal letter written as a testament to his increasing deafness and insight into the thoughts of Beethoven.
What is the Heiligenstadt testament?
a genre of opera associated with German music and language
What is a singspiel?