Musical Eras
The texture of Classical era music is mostly homophonic, whereas Baroque music predominantly utilizes this type of texture.
Polyphonic
In reference to meter, duple means divisible by this number.
Two
He continued composing after losing his hearing.
Beethoven
The Classical symphony typically has this many movements.
Four
Everybody knows that he practically invented the string quartet.
Haydn
Up until the Classical era, most ordinary citizens heard music here.
Not to be confused with pitch, this word means the "quality of a sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another."
Timbre
Though not as famous as Handel during his lifetime, many consider him to be the greatest composer of the Baroque era and perhaps of all time.
Bach
Played by a melodic bass instrument and keyboard, this baroque convention faded from musical compositions in the Classical era.
Basso Continuo
Beethoven's famous 5th Symphony comes from this period of his compositional output.
Middle or "Heroic"
The early period of this musical era was one of the most revolutionary in music history.
Baroque
These are the three types of musical texture.
Monophony, Homophony, Polyphony
For a time, Beethoven studied under this distinguished composer.
Haydn
The three sections of sonata form have these names.
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Many of the cadenzas to Mozart's piano concertos still in use today were composed by this guy, a fellow composer from a younger generation.
Beethoven
The growing middle-class had a great influence on this musical era.
Classical
The text of an opera is known as this.
Libretto
A devout Catholic, this Renaissance composer from Italy was known for his elegant and serene vocal polyphony.
Palestrina
A minuet or scherzo often appears in this movement of a symphony.
Third
This operatic device imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech and is sparsely accompanied.
Recitative
Florence, Italy was the capital of musical activity in the Renaissance; this city was the center of musical life in the Classical era.
Vienna, Austria
A trio sonata involves this many instruments.
Four
These two guys were the first to write organum, the addition of a second part to Gregorian chant.
Léonin and Pérotin
Subject
Beatriz, Countess of Dia, was a composer-poet of secular songs, AKA this.
Trobairitz