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This is the time frame of the Classical Era.
What is 1750-1825.
100
Benjamin Franklin invented this instrument which is played by wetting the fingers and moving them around the edge of the glass.
What is the glass armonica.
100
Mozart began his musical career at the ripe age of what?
What is age 5.
100
Haydn began his musical career as what?
What is a chorister.
100
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in this location.
Where is Bonn, Germany.
200
The Classical Era started after the death of this famous composer.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach.
200
This American Composer was considered the first American composer and an important harpsichordist.
Who is Francis Hopkinson.
200
What upset Mozart's father to the state where Mozart was cut off financially?
What is got married.
200
Haydn began working with this family, who were famous for their patronage of the arts.
Who is the Esterhazys family.
200
At the age of 17, Beethoven traveled to Vienna to play for this other famous composer.
Who is Mozart.
300
What styles of music do not fit under the term of "Classical Music"?
What is rock, jazz, or popular music styles.
300
This group believed strongly that all hymns should be translated into a Native American language.
Who are the Moravians.
300
Mozart died at the age of 35 in 1791, at what station in his life.
What is virtually penniless.
300
Haydn traveled to this country twice, once in 1791 and again in 1794.
What is England.
300
At the age of 22, Beethoven went to study with this composer in Vienna.
Who is Haydn.
400
During the Classical Period, there was a dramatic shift in power from the aristocracy and the church to this social class.
What is the middle class.
400
This person was the first major Moravian composer of sacred music.
Who is George Gottfried Mueller.
400
Mozart was assigned only the simplest and uninteresting tasks by this person.
Who is Emperor Joseph II.
400
Because of his background, Haydn often incorporated what into his compositions.
What are folk tunes.
400
Beethoven started exhibiting symptoms of this terrible curse.
What is deafness.
500
A dramatic reaction in France over the Opera Buffa caused this reaction.
What is the War of the Buffoons.
500
In 1776, this important American document was signed.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
500
By the age of 13, Mozart was composing various types of musical works. What are three types?
What are sonatas, concertos, symphonies, religious works, and several operas.
500
Mozart began his compositional career after what event happened in his life?
What is his voice changed.
500
This great composer said the following statement about Beethoven: "Keep an eye on him- he will make a noise in the world someday."
Who is Mozart.