Classical

Opera Genres

100

German; spoken dialogue; real life, but often exotic; duets, trios

What is Singspiel

200

French; spoken dialogue; comical subjects; duets, trios, musical numbers

What is Opera Comique

300

French; spoken dialogue (no recitatives); not serious; real life subjects; duets, trios

What is Opera Bouffe

400

English; spoken dialogue; real life subjects; duets, trios

What is Ballad Opera

500

(Looking for 2 answers) 1. Italian; all sung (recitatives); Baroque style of serious opera; mythological subjects 2. Italian; all sung (recitatives); less virtuosic solo singing; real life subjects; duets, trios

What is 1. Opera Seria 2. Opera Buffa

General

100

Years of________. Age of ________.

When is 1750-1820 What is Enlightenment

200

Name THREE political figures (Hint: They are well known in the U.S.)

Who is George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.

300

Literature of Classical Time Period (2 possible answers)

What is Voltaire and/or Encyclopedia Britannica

400

Name the English/American political activist/philosopher & ONE of the THREE French philosopher

Who is Thomas Paine (English/American) Who is Voltaire or Rousseau or Montesquieu

500

This was the Age of Revolutions; many opinions, many wars; less absolutes in government; free thinking; wars were for human rights, not land. Name FOUR of these wars:

What is the American Revolution What is the French Revolution What is the War of 1812 What is the French and Indian War

Musicians

100

Austrian; first "free agent"

Who is Mozart

200

German; will carry ideas into the Romantic Era; wrote the first song cycle (An die fern Geliebte)

Who is Beethoven

300

Austrian; worked for the Esterhazy court; last "servant" musician

Who is Haydn

400

Reforms of operatic style; less flashy; music should serve the poetry

Who is Gluck

500

(Looking for 2 answers) 1. Son of J.S. Bach; influenced Haydn and Mozart 2. Another son of J.S. Bach

1. Who is C.P.E. Bach 2. Who is J.C. Bach

Instrumental Genres

100

multi-movement work with the typical order of the movements being fast, slow, fast

What is Sonata

200

large group of instruments; strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion

What is Symphony

300

small group of instruments; 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello

What is String Quartet

400

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

What is Sonata Form

500

(Looking for 3 answers) 1. expose the thematic material 2. develop, change the material that is already presented 3. recap the original theme and "bring it on home"

What is 1. Exposition 2. Development 3. Recapitulation

Terms Category

100

German term; similar to Galant; intricate harmonies

What is Empfindsam stile

200

song-like melodies short phrases, cadences, light accompaniment

What is Galant style

300

Resting points; articulation between phrases

What is Periodicity

400

Broken chord accompaniment

What is Alberti

500

Association with a literary movement; Greater extremes in volume

What is Sturm und Drang