Classical Era
These are the years that the classical era took place.
What is 1750-1820?
This is a percussion instrument made of metal in a geometric shape.
What is the triangle?
This composer went deaf later in his life but continued to write music.
Who is Beethoven?
The orchestra became this during the classical era.
What is larger?
In the classical era, music was still for these types of people to listen to.
What is wealthier?
This person "discovered" electricity during the classical era.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This is the deepest (lowest) and largest instrument in the string section of the orchestra.
What is the double bass?
The age at which Mozart began giving public performances.
What is 6 years old?
Where baroque music was heavily ornamented, classical music was made to be this.
What is clearer and easier to listen to?
The city of Vienna is in this country.
What is Austria?
This instrument replaced the fortepiano as the preferred keyboard instrument in the classical era.
What is the harpsichord?
This instrument sounds like a trombone but has the shape of a snake head at the top.
What is the buccin?
This composer is known to have "invented" the string quartet.
Who is Haydn?
This is the name for orchestra music with 4 movements.
What is a symphony?
This composer was also a good singer and was a member of the Choir School of St. Stephen's cathedral.
Who is Haydn?
A European city that many of the composers in the classical era worked in.
What is Vienna?
This instrument is used to tune the entire orchestra
What is the oboe?
Beethoven is sometimes considered a classical composer and is sometimes considered a composer of this era.
What is romantic?
Classical style is considered to be in the style “galant” which emphasizes this.
What is lightness?
Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven are often referred to as composers of this "school."
What is the Viennese School?
These two wars took place during the classical era.
What is the American Revolution and the French Revolution?
The string section of the orchestra did this during the classical era.
What is shrank?
This composer also had a very talented sister who stopped playing music when she got older because it was not "proper" for women to do so.
Who is Mozart?
A classical form of music that has three parts: the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation. Also known as sonata form.
What is ABA form?
The vaccine for this disease was developed during the classical era.
What is smallpox?