A genre written for solo piano or another solo instrument and piano, which has three movements. It is most closely associated with the piano.
Who is the sonata?
100
He wrote more than 650 compositions, which display perfect formal control only matched by the works of J S Bach.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
A dramatic musical form that involves an exposition, development and recapitulation. The only form invented in the classical era.
What is Sonata-Allegro form?
100
This Serenade for strings by Mozart was intended to be played for an evening garden party.
What is Eine Kline Nachtmusik (a Little Night Music)?
100
The eighteenth century period in philosophy during which thinkers gave free rein to the pursuit of truth and the discovery of natural laws.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
A classical genre created by Franz Joseph Haydn for two violins, viola and cello, which has four movements and was intended for a small audience or just the performers themselves.
What is the String Quartet?
200
This is the number of movements in a string quartet or classical symphony.
What is four movements?
200
This is a three-part musical form in which the third section is a repeat of the first: ABA
What is Ternary form?
200
This symphony is in a minor key, and has an anxious and agitated tone. It foretells the end of its composer's life.
What is Symphony No. 40 by Mozart?
200
This family of instruments made up the core of the classical orchestra.
What is the strings family?
300
A four movement genre performed by the orchestra, lasting about 25 minutes in the classical period.
What is the symphony?
300
This was the original name for the piano.
What is the pianoforte?
300
The form in which the A section is repeated at least three times: ABACABA
What is Rondo form?
300
This work has a movement in Rondo form, and is performed on trumpet by Wynton Marsellis
What is Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, by Haydn?
300
The Classical orchestra consisted of about this many players.
What is about 40?
400
A large scale multi-movement work featuring a soloist and orchestra, and is intended for a public audience.
What is the Solo Concerto?
400
This type of opera began to become popular during the Enlightenment.
What is "comic opera"?
400
This form is a stylized dance in 3/4 time signature, and often is followed by a trio section.
What is the Minuet?
400
This famous tune is heard in the College of Charleston Alma Mater, as well as in a Protestant Hymn.
What is the Emperor String Quartet, second movement, by Haydn?
400
This instrument was added to the symphony during the classical era.
What is the clarinet?
500
This genre has its origins in the Baroque era, and is a stage play set to music, with arias and recitatives.
What is opera?
500
He was one of the most influential creators of the mature classical style, composed over 100 symphonies, was the creator of the string quartet genre, and was employed by the Esterhazy family near Vienna.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn?
500
The form in which the theme continually returns but is varied by changing the notes of the melody, the harmony, the rhythm or some other feature of the music.
What is Theme and Variations form?
500
The composer wrote this work with the intent of waking up his audience and bringing attention to his music in London.
What is the Symphony no. 94, "the Surprise", second movement, by Haydn?
500
This classical opera tells the tale of an amoral philanderer who is finally dragged down to hell by the ghost of the man he has killed.