Say What?
This form, often found in the first movement of a symphony, consists of three main parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation
What is Sonata form?
*Listen to the example*
This composer wrote this string quartet in a playful, tuneful style
Who is Franz Haydn?
[String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, no. 2 (The Joke)]
During the 18th century, the Enlightenment related to music by emphasizing reason, progress, and a preference for this
What is the natural? What is nature? [will accept either of these responses]
In an opera, the action progresses through this type of singing
What is recitative?
This composer was known as the "father of the symphony" because he set standards and patterns that later composers incorporated
Who is Haydn?
During the 18th century, musicians increasingly depended this group for support [churches, public, government, wealthy patrons]
What is the public?
*Listen to the example*
This composer wrote this piano sonata that features a lovely melody
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
[Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332, First movement]
Music in the 18th century focused on this [form, rhythm, melody, dynamcis]
What is melody?
This was a type of Italian comic opera that was performed in between acts of serious operas
What is an intermezzo?
As a young child, this composer traveled many places to perform with his family and was exposed to and absorbed the styles of a number of composers around the world
Who is Mozart?
This Classical period musical style featured songlike melodies, short phrases, and light accompaniment
What is galant?
*Listen to the example*
This performance would be best described as being in this style, in which the action progresses
What is a recitative?
[Ah, quanto mi sta male from La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Pergolesi]
In 18th century orchestras, the usual role of the winds was to fill in harmonies and do this
What is double the strings?
This type of opera performance in the 1700s was sung throughout and had a plot centered around ordinary people
What is opera buffa?
This composer wrote the intermezzo La Serva Padrona
Who is Giovanni Pergolesi?
This genre of music from the Baroque period, in which a solo instrument is featured with an orchestra, remained in common use throughout the Classical period
What is the Concerto?
*Listen to the example*
The larger work that this piece of music is from is based on a tragic Greek myth
What is Orfeo ed Euridice
[Che faro senza Euridice by Christoph Gluck]
What musical technique did the pianoforte allow performers to do that was not possible on a harpsichord?
What is play dynamic changes (such as crescendos)?
This type of opera performance in the 1700s featured serious subjects, often involving mythological stories, heroes, and historical figures.
What is opera seria?
Christoph Gluck, known for reform opera, wrote this opera based on a story from Greek mythology
What is Orfeo ed Euridice?
This Classical period musical style is characterized by surprising turns of harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, and speechlike melody
What is empfindsam ("sensitive" style)
*Listen to the example*
This performance would be best described as being in this style, in which a singer expresses their emotions, thoughts, or desires
What is an aria?
[Son imbrogliato io from La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Pergolesi]
Some features of Classical period music include a melody over light accompaniment, short phrases, and and movements that contained this [a single idea, development of the same material, constrasting moods]
What is constrasting moods?
The end of the 18th century saw a growing preference for opera in this type of language
What is the Vernacular?
One of the first composers of African descent to achieve recognition in Europe
Who is Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges?