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| Who composed Cleofide, Act II, Scene 9? |
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| Who composed The Beggar's Opera, Scene 13? |
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| Who composed Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II, Scene I? |
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| Who composed Sonata in A Major, Movement 2? |
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| Who composed Sinfonia No. 8 in Eb Major, Movement I? |
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| Who composed String Quartet in Eb Major (The Joke), Movement 4? |
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| Who composed Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter"), K. 551, finale? |
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| Who composed Don Giovanni, Act One, Scenes 1-2? |
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| Who composed Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 13 (Pathetique), Movement 1? |
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| Who composed Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Movement 1? |
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| Who composed String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, Movement 1? |
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| What were some facts about the classical period? |
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| Occurred between 1750-1820, France, Prussia, Austria-Hungry among major powers, middle class growing, Age of Revelations (America, France, Industrial), most people living in cities, inoculations appearing |
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| What was the Age of Enlightenment? |
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| Period when people started applying reasonable approaches to problems, rights for the individual, and a growing interest in social equality |
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| Who were the philosophes? |
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| Social reformers who sought to make things better |
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| Promoters of social reform with interest in arts, literature, and science |
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| Most influential social reformer who believed that no one was born good or evil |
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| French writer known for his satire; wrote Candide |
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| What was considered the most important aspect of Classical music? |
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| Melody; counterpoint was avoided |
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| Modern and most sophisticated music |
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| What was the German word for sentimental music called? |
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| Used harmonies without distracting from the melody |
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| What is comic, short opera called? |
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| What is serious opera associated with Metastasio called? |
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| What is a musical interlude used in a larger opera called? |
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| What poet and opera writer was associated with opera seria and promoted morality through entertainment? |
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| What is 3-set form opera called? |
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| What was considered the best opera writer and composed Cleofide, Act II, Scene 9? |
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| What is an easy to sing opera developed in England that featured racy dialogue, short songs, and sometimes used music from existing melodies with new lyrics called? |
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| What was the most famous ballad opera written by John Gay that had 62 performance? |
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| Who was the self-taught composer who composed The Beggar's Opera, Scene 13? |
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| What is the German from of a Ballad Opera called? |
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| What was the movement called that had more natural recitative and broader opera? |
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| Who was the German man who led the reform opera movement, wrote 35 operas, and composed Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II, Scene I? |
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| Location of court in Germany that housed well-renown orchestra |
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| Who was the leader of the Mannheim orchestra and composed Sinfonia No.8 in Eb Major, Movement I? |
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| What is a Mannheim crescendo? |
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| A gradually louder section in an orchestra |
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| What child of Bach helped to invent modern classical style, worked for the court of Frederick the Great, wrote the Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, and composed Sonata in A Major, Movement 2? |
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| Carl Philipp Emanuel (CPE) Bach |
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| What composer born in Austria, was a boy soprano at St. Stevens in Vienna, had smapp pox, nicknamed "The Joker", had 104 symphonies, consistently used sonata form, wrote 6 large scale masses, was Wolfgang's teacher, and composed String Quartet in Eb Major (The Joke), Movement 4? |
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| Wealthy family to whom Haydn worked for |
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| What was Haydn expected to do at Esterhazy? |
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| Expected to compose, conduct, teach music to personnel, and keep instruments clean; Duke Nikolaus oversaw his career |
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| Cello/viola type instrument that Duke Nikolaus played |
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| Who cataloged Haydn's music with "hob."? |
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| What was the German movement expressing emotion in music called? |
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| What was the Oxford Symphony? |
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| Symphony written for Haydn's doctorate occasion |
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| Who was the violinist, conductor, and composer, who published a treatise on violin, and had two children named Nannerl and Wolfgang? |
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| What composer traveled around most of his childhood life performing for royalty, composed his first piece at the age of 3, spent most of his life in Vienna, wrote 17 concertos, and composed Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter"), K. 551, finale and Don Giovanni, Act One, Scenes 1-2? |
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| What was Wolfgang's last symphony? |
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| What was Wolfgang's first opera called? |
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| Who was the teacher and catholic priest that opened a whorehouse with the prostitute he got pregnant and wrote complex chorales for Wolfgang's plays so that multiple people could sing? |
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| What comedy was banned by the Emperor in Vienna until Wolfgang appealed it? |
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| What was Wolfgang's 2nd opera the premiered in Prague and had serious and comic characters? |
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| What was Wolfgang's last opera that had elements of tarot cards and a libretto written by Emanuel Schickeneder called? |
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| What was the last piece written by Wolfgang that was a death mass called? |
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| What were some main points of the French Revolution? |
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| Lower class resented upper class royalty, king and queen no longer in power, economic hardships, guillotine invented |
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| Period between 1793-1794 when everyone was at risk to be killed under any type of charge |
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| What French leader rose up against royalty and named himself Emperor? |
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| What place established in Paris, France had the beginnings of music theory teaching, private lessons, etc.? |
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| What German composer/ pianist met Mozart at 16, had a father that lied about his age, studied briefly with Haydn, eventually lost his hearing around the age of 27, and composed Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 13 (Pathetique), movement 3, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Movement 1, and String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 131, Movement 1? |
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| What was Beethoven's period of his basis of knowledge and imitation of his teachers? |
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| What was Beethoven's period of new harmonies, beginning deafness, and change of the musical period? |
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| What was Beethoven's period of chronic illness, full deafness, and financial suffering? |
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| What was the name of the letter that Beethoven wrote to his brother about his hardships called? |
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| What was the name of the symphony whose name means "heroic" was written by Beethoven and dedicated to Napoleon and had 5 movements describing the rise and fall of his hero? |
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