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Beethoven
100
This characteristic is easy to remember and singable
What is Melody
100
How many movements are often used in classical pieces?
What is 4
100
Why was he sent to a relative when he was younger?
To receive basic music lessons
100
What did his father do?
He was a court musician
100
What country was Beethoven born in?
What is Germany
200
What Texture is Classical music?
What is homophonic
200
Which movement is dance-related?
What is movement 3
200
Why did he go to Vienna?
To be a choirboy in the Cathedral of St. Stephen
200
Which Opera was performed two months before his death?
What is The Magic Flute
200
He came from a family of...?
What is musicians
300
This characteristic adds variety to classical music. This changed a lot from baroque to classical.
What is rhythm
300
Where was one of the music centers of Europe during the classical period?
What is Vienna
300
Where did he serve for almost 30 years?
Esterhazys (rich and powerful Hungaran family)
300
What rate of speed did Mozart write his pieces?
What is rapidly
300
Why did Beethoven become a legal guardian of his brothers after his mom died?
His father became an alcoholic
400
Great variety and contrast of what received new emphasis in classical music?
What is mood
400
What form are most pieces from the classical period in?
What is Sonata Form
400
How old was he when he died?
What is 77
400
Why was his music becoming unpopular?
His music was considered complicated and hard to follow
400
His piano playing and conducting weakened with time. Why was this?
His hearing was weakening
500
Classical composers' interest in expressing shades of emotion led to the use of what?
What is dynamics
500
What are the 4 sections of sonata form?
What is exposition, development, recapitulation, coda
500
Some scholars believed he invented what form?
What is string quartet
500
This opera was considered a unique blend of comic and serious
What is Don Giovanni
500
Why are rhythms repeated over and over in his works?
To create momentum