Keyboards
The reason harpsichord is different from the piano
- it sometimes has two keyboards, rather than one.
- its strings are plucked, rather than struck.
- it is not capable of a wide dynamic range.
Intruments in a string quartet
two violins, viola, and cello.
Father of the String Quartet
Haydn
The Classical symphony had its roots in the...
opera overture
German Translation for Eine kleine Nachtmusik
A Little Night Music
A Keyboard instrument that requires your feet for playing
Organ
music without a story or text
absolute music
How many movements make up a typical Haydn symphony?
four
The third movement in a 4 movement cycle will always be a
Dance
Tru of false:
A theme divided into small units is called a motive.
True
The last of the Keyboard intruments to be invented
Piano
One of the greatest symphonic composers of all time
Beethoven
Hydns Home Country
Austria
Which is usually the slow movement of the multimovement cycle such as a symphony?
second
The heart of the orchestra
The string section
Bach's Primary instrument
Organ
The genre that focuses on a soloist accompanied by an orchestra
Concerto
Name of Haydn's Patrons
Esterhazys
The typical Classical orchestra consisted of ________ players.
thirty to forty
One of Bach's most famous books
Well Tempered Clavier
Instrument used in opera for recitative
Harpsichord
The virtuosic abilities of the soloist is displayed in this part of the concerto
Cadenza
The most gifted child prodigy in the history of music.
Mozart
The letter break down for Ternary and Da Capo Arias
A-B-A
The cadenza is found in this movement in this location
near the end of the first movement.