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This is the other name of Rococo?
What is Rocaille?
100
He wrote "Brilliant auteur de la lumiere."
Who is Christroph Willibald Gluck?
100
Beethoven was this nationality.
What is German?
100
Musical culture became mostly centralized around Paris during the reign of this king.
Who is Louis XIV?
100
This form of musical performance combines both music and drama.
What is Opera?
200
This means to slow down.
What is ritard?
200
March to the Scaffold is the fourth movement of this symphony.
What is Symphonie Fantastique?
200
This composer was known as the Isaac Newton of music.
What is Jean Phillipe Rameau?
200
The storming of the Bastille occured on this date.
What is July 14, 1789?
200
A single instrument solo with orchestra is featured in this type of piece.
What is a concerto?
300
This term identifies a male's upper voice.
What is falsetto?
300
The title of this piece translates to "heroic symphony."
What is Symphony No. 3 Eroica?
300
He is known as the Father of Symphony.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
300
Louis XIV played this Roman god in the Ballet of the Night.
Who is Apollo?
300
The famous cultural battle over respective merits of French and Italian opera in the 1750's is known as this.
What is Querelle des bouffons?
400
There are this many tones in a chromatic scale per octave.
What is 12?
400
"Chant du neuf Thermidor" consists of this many stanzas, in its entirety.
What is 8?
400
This composer wrote operas on themes from antiquity emphasizing the nobility of monarchs.
Who is Christoph Willibald Gluck?
400
The Baroque period occured between these years.
What is 1600-1750?
400
Marie Antoinette enjoyed dressing up as one of these while tending to the royal farm.
What is a shepherdess?
500
Waviness in a singing voice, especially on long sustained notes, is known as this.
What is vibratto?
500
This piece has the feeling of a lilting, rustic dance.
What is Hymne a la Statue de la liberte?
500
This is Mozart's only completed opera.
What is Fidelio?
500
The founding of these events in 1725 spoke greatly to the increasing popularity of the Enlightenment.
What are the concert spirituel, or public concerts?
500
Mozart infused a plethora of Masonic symbols into this opera.
What is The Magical Flute?