La Serva Pedrona

(Who wrote, when)

Pergolessi  (1710-1736)

1733

The Beggar's Opera

(Who wrote, when)

John Gay (1685-1732)

1728

Cleofide

(Who wrote, when)

Johann Hasse (1699-1783)

1731

Orfeo and Euridice

(Who wrote, when)

Christoph Gluck (1714-1787)

1762

Scarlatti

(Years, Work for Who, Where, # sonatas, form, style)

(1685-1657)

Piano Concerto in D  (1740)

Worked for the king of Portugal and then for the Spanish Court in Madrid

Composed 555 sonatas, many in rounded binary form

Baroque melodies, galant intervallic content

Spanish flavor of castanets and strumming.  Some require crossing fo hands or two manuals

Sammartini

(Years, Where, Study Piece and date, most important early composer of what?)

1700-1775

Northern Italy (Milan)

Symphony in F - 1740

Most important composer of Symphonies

Movements: 3 (Fast-slow-fast)

Scoring: 4-part strings

Form:  Binary

Periods

Texture: No formal counterpoint; galant melody

Stamitz

(Years, Study Piece and Date, Where Worked)

1717-1757

Symphony in Eb - 1750

Mannheim, Germany.  Led the Orchesta.  Used Mannheim Crescendo and Mannheim Rocket

C.P.E Bach

(Years, Piece and Date, Who worked for)

(Book, Sonata set, Style)

The most famous Bach (of his time) oldest son

1714-1788

Sonata in A -- 1765

Worked for Fredrick the Great

Wrote keyboard book "Essays on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments (1753-1762)

Sechs Clavier-Sonaten fur Kenner und Liebhaber 1765 composed, 1779 published

Prefered Clavichord, Plectra sound, Empfindam Style

F#minor - A major.  One repetition of material

J.C. Bach

(Years, Nickname, Piece and date,

1735-1785

"London Bach"

Concerto 7, No. 5 - 1770  (Piano and strings)

Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Lully (1632-1687)

Purcell (1659-1695)

Corelli (1653-1713)

Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Bach (1685-1750)

Handel (1685-1758)

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