Background
This term refers to music not written to explain a story or put a picture in a listener's brain
Abstract music
A piece for one or two instruments, usually in 3 or 4 movements
Sonata
What movement inspired the French Revolution
Enlightenment
Haydn
Where did the first industrial revolution begin?
Great Britain
What is period of music succeeded the classical period?
Early romantic period
2 violins, a viola, and a cello
What group of thinkers' goal was to discover truth in examining the laws of the universe
Philosophes
Which composer was a child prodigy and died at the age of 35?
Mozart
What was the name of the steamboat that Robert Fulton invented?
The Clermont
What two cultures are connected to the classical music period?
Greek and Roman
A piece of orchestra with one or more soloists
Concerto
This war gave rise to the desire for democratic rule
What term refers to a repetitive usage in which a melody or musical idea appears in several different movements in a multi-movement work
Cyclical
More leisure time to make and listen to music
What is a feature of classical music?
-Repetitive
-Abstract
-Balanced
"Sounding together", a piece for orchestra that usually has 4 movements
Symphony
What type of skirts did women wear?
Hoop skirts
Where did Beethoven die?
Austria
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
-Dramatic
-Irregular
-Creative
Name the 4 main forms of instrumental music
Sonata, Concerto, Symphony, String Quartet
What art and architecture style was common during this era?
Neoclassicism
Which of our composers is not from Austria?
Beethoven
Who invented the spinning mule?
Samuel Hampton