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| What years was the Classical Period in? |
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| What type of music did the Classical music change to? |
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| Who were Bach's children and what were their years? |
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| Wilhelm Friedmann Bach (1710-1784), Carlo Phillip Emanuel (C.P.E.) Bach (1714-1788), and Johann Christian Bach (1753-1782) |
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| Who led everyone into the Classical Period? |
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| List the greatest composers of the era. (Not the Bach brothers) |
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| Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Wolfgang Armadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
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| What were the changes Mozart made to Vivaldi's original concerto? |
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| bigger orchestra, uses orchestra differently, blending, not short; developed ideas |
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| What are some of the instruments that Mozart added to Vivaldi's original orchestra? |
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| woodwinds, trumpets, horns, and timpani |
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| In the Classical Period, what happened to the middle class? |
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| What kind of concerts began in the Classical Period? |
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| What was happening with scientific and intellectual fields? |
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| What emphasized natural law and human progress? (what period?) |
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| What other names were there for the CLassical Period? |
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| Enlightenment or Age of Reason |
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| What did the Enlightenment of Age of Reason favor? |
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| common sense, equal rights, and faith in the individual |
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| The Classical Period was at the same time as these events in the Americas. |
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| American Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. |
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| What had to be balanced, clear and understandable? |
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| What did Mozart do in the late 1700's? |
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| What was used to help the mood of the scenes in Classical operas? |
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| What did 'symphony' come from? |
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| Who was Giovanni Sammartini? |
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| an early symphonist in Italy who composed 70 symphonies in 4 movements with a minuet for the third |
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| The symphonist who wrote more than 100 symphonies. |
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| a wheel maker named Mathias who held a lot of power in the town among farmers |
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| Was there any real music in Haydn's house? |
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| How old was Haydn when he went with a relative to Heinburg because of his musical gifts? |
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| Where did Haydn go at age 8? |
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| Was Haydn deeply religious? |
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| What happened to Haydn at St. Stevens in 1749. |
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| What did Haydn do after the woman he loved, Kella, refused him? |
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| he married her sister, Maria Anna and they were unhappy |
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| What did Prince Paul do for Haydn? |
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| gave him a job as a favor |
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| Who settled into the Court of Esterhayzy? |
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| What did the composers of the Classical Period look to? |
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| Who was a cross-over composer? |
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| Classical composers were looking for a way to express themselves more... |
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| What did the Bach brothers emphasize? |
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| harmony+melody - harmonies underneath the melody |
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| What led to homophonic music? |
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| Chordal Accompanament-the melody over harmony |
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| What age did Mozart start playing the clavichord? |
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| Leopold- a court musician |
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| What age did Mozart compose his 1st symphony? |
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| What age did Mozart compose his first opera? |
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| Mozart was a child ______. |
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| Did Mozart like being taken everywhere by his father to perform? |
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| no, he wanted to stay and train in Vienna |
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| At what age did Mozart leave his father's coverage? |
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| Mozart married __________ at 20 years old. |
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| Did Mozart handle money well? |
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| Who wrote thousands and has his own cataloging system for his works alone? |
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| Was Mozart happy in his work? |
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| no, he wasn't understood by the people he worked for |
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| What age did Mozart die at? |
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| Mozart wrote ___________ music, not sacred music. |
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| Mozart wrote how many operas in 21 years? |
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| Mozart changed Vivaldi's short motives into ____________. |
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| serious opera - some real life |
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| comic opera - Mozart focused on these |
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| The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giavanni, and Torendot |
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| What would people do at Classical operas? |
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| walk around and talk while listening to opera |
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