Golden Age of Music
In what centuries did it take place?
Classical musical, unlike Baroque music, was based on clarity, _________, and balance between the elements.
simplicity
Classical music was less ornamented than ones from the ________ period.
Baroque
The main composers of the classical period were?
Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
What major new way of thinking was occurring at this time?
In the _____________, the music is balnced and uses precise proportions, nothing is done in excess.
composition
Some instruments became more important during this time like the French horn and ___________.
clarinet
Composers were becoming popular and gaining social recognition enough that they did not even require ________ to support them.
patrons
Which city is considered to be the musical capital of this time within Europe?
Vienna
The ________ is more smooth and natural.
rhythm
Opera was becoming more accessible and easier to understand this kind of opera is called opera ______ or comic opera.
buffa
This composer had a talent for mixing the best of the different opera styles.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Musicians found a new audience in the ____________, and began performing public concerts.
bourgeoisie
The ________ is almost always symmetrical in phrases of four or eight bars.
melody
In terms of religious music, the ______ and oratorio were still being used from the Baroque period.
mass
One of his famous compositions is called "Moonlight Sonata." He was a German composer and pianist.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Name two classical composers who lived in Vienna.
Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.
The __________ ___________ was born, it included new instruments adding to the number of musicians and achieving a balnce of the different timbres.
classical orchestra
Opera is still the most important genre within ____________ ______ music.
secular vocal
He is considered to be the father of the symphony.
Joseph Haydn